Animositisomina is the eighth studio album by American industrial metal band Ministry, released on February 18, 2003, by Sanctuary Records.
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 the album's title. It is Ministry's first album to feature lyrics printed within the album sleeve.
"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. 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.
On April 27, 2016, in an interview for The Quietus, Jourgensen called Animositisomina his least favourite Ministry album, declaring it was "not fun to make" as he had been in the process of quitting heroin cold turkey during the recording sessions. Additionally, his relationship with Barker 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. Jourgensen considers Animositisomina a "non-album" and left most of the recording responsibilities to Barker.
Though Jourgensen disliked Animositisomina, some fans enjoyed it for its fast and thrashy sound, after being dissatisfied with the slower-paced Dark Side of the Spoon and Filth Pig albums.
Track listing
Personnel
Ministry Al Jourgensen – vocals (1–8), guitars (1–8, 10), keyboards (1, 4–6, 8, 10), de-programming, production Paul Barker – bass, programming, keyboards (2, 5, 7, 9, 10), vocals (9), rhythm guitar (5, 7, 9), production
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)PeakpositionFrench Albums (SNEP)125German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)93UK Albums (OCC)186US Billboard 200157
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