Animositisomina

Animositisomina is the eighth studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on February 18, 2003 by Sanctuary Records.

Animositisomina
Studio album by
Ministry
ReleasedFebruary 18, 2003 (2003-02-18)
Recorded2002
StudioSonic Ranch, El Paso
GenreIndustrial metal
Length53:45
LabelSanctuary
Producer
Ministry chronology
Sphinctour
(2002)		 Animositisomina
(2003)		 Houses of the Molé
(2004)
Singles from Animositisomina
  1. "Piss"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Animosity"
    Released: 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Alternative Press[1]
The Austin Chronicle[3]
Billboardfavorable[4]
Blender[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]

Background

The album's title is a palindrome made of the word "animosity" spelled without the final letter and both forward and backward. According to an interview on Fuse's Uranium, Jourgensen was bored at the time he was coming up with an album title. It is Ministry's first album to feature lyrics in the album sleeve, which prior albums did not provide.

"The Light Pours Out of Me" was written and originally recorded by Magazine for their Real Life album in 1978 and it is the only song in the album to have more than one word in the title. Ministry performed the song several times in concerts in the late 1980s, but it was never released or recorded officially.

Animositisomina is the last Ministry album with Paul Barker, thus ending the band's "Hypo Luxa/Hermes Pan" production duo. In addition, it is also the last album to feature Ministry performing in their traditional industrial metal style before switching to a more thrash-oriented sound on their next album, Houses of the Molé.

In April 2016, Jourgensen called Animositisomina his least-favourite Ministry album, declaring it was "not fun to make" as he was finally quitting heroin cold turkey during the recording sessions. Additionally, his relationship with Barker's had become antagonistic, which prompted the latter to quit the band after the Animositisomina tour. "Leper," the last song on the album, was left as an instrumental as Jourgensen had left the studio earlier than scheduled and was uninterested in writing lyrics.[8] Jourgensen considers Animositisomina a "non-album" and left most of the recording responsibilities to Barker.[9]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Animosity"Jourgensen, Barker, Brody, Grossman4:36
2."Unsung"Jourgensen, Barker, Svitek, Washam3:11
3."Piss"Jourgensen, Barker, Svitek, Washam5:10
4."Lockbox"Jourgensen, Barker, Brody, Svitek, Washam4:45
5."Broken"Jourgensen, Barker, Brody4:52
6."The Light Pours Out of Me" (Magazine cover)Devoto, Shelley, McGeoch4:26
7."Shove"Jourgensen, Barker, Brody5:53
8."Impossible"Jourgensen, Barker, Svitek, Washam, Kinslow7:43
9."Stolen"Jourgensen, Barker, Brody4:09
10."Leper" (instrumental)Jourgensen, Barker, Brody9:00

Personnel

Ministry

Additional personnel
  • Max Brody – drums and percussion, programming (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10), sax (9)
  • Adam Grossman – guitars (1)
  • Rey Washam – drums and percussion (2–4, 8)
  • Louis Svitek – guitars (2–4, 8)
  • Angela Lukacin-Jourgensen – background vocals (4)
  • Kathryn Kinslow – chorus vocals (8)
  • Justin Leeah - engineer
  • Joey Cazares - assistant engineer
  • Bobby Torres - assistant engineer
  • Paul Elledge - art & direction
  • Leasha Elledge - art & direction
  • Tim Bruce - design
  • Tom Baker - mastering

Chart positions
Chart (2003) Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 125
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 93
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 186
US Billboard 200[13] 157

References
  1. "Critic Reviews for Animositisomina". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  2. Bush, John. "Animositisomina - Ministry". Allmusic.
  3. Moser, Margaret (2003-02-21). "Review: Ministry (Animositisomina)". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  4. "Ministry: Animositisomina". Billboard. March 8, 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-03-01. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  5. Greer, Jim (March 7, 2003). "Ministry - Animositisomina". Entertainment Weekly. No. 699. p. 72. Retrieved 2022-06-24 – via the Internet Archive.
  6. Cherry, Robert (2003-02-11). "Ministry: Animositisomina : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2012-11-10.
  7. Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Ministry". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 544-5. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. "The Quietus | Features | Baker's Dozen | Revolting Lots: Al Jourgensen's Favourite Ministry Albums".
  9. Chillingworth, Alec. "Every Ministry album, ranked from worst to best". TeamRock. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  10. "French chart positions" (in French). lescharts.com.
  11. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  12. "Chart Log UK: M - My Vitriol". Zobbel.
  13. "Ministry Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
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