With Sympathy (studio album)
by Ministry

With Sympathy by Ministry
Year: 1983
Overall rank: 12,204th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 48 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (165th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,718th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,204th)

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Ministry bestography

With Sympathy is ranked 5th best out of 21 albums by Ministry on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ministry is Κεφαληξθ [Psalm 69: The Way To Succeed And The Way To Suck Eggs] which is ranked number 2527 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 624.

Ministry album bestography « Higher ranked (7,472nd)
Twitch
This album (12,204th)
With Sympathy
Lower ranked (15,176th) »
Filth Pig

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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With Sympathy track list

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Average Rating: 
66/100 (from 48 votes)
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01/13/2025 15:41 JamesMowbray  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,20970/100
 
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08/04/2024 16:30 MetalMan67  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,95471/100
 
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80/100
From 01/19/2022 10:09
100% synthpop. The group felt pressured to produce this album and thus all albums after took a turn towards industrial. Although some of my favorite songs are their industrial ones this is actually a pretty complete synthpop album whereas there were a number of one hit wonder synthpop acts back in the early 80s
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From 04/24/2021 19:50
A surprisingly competent New Wave/Synthpop release.
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From 10/24/2014 18:19
It's interesting certainly. Sounds nothing like their later work, which has a very Industrial approach. This is practically New Wave and Synthpop.
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From 06/28/2013 17:54
Sounds very happy!
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Best Albums of 1983
1. Murmur by R.E.M.
2. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
3. Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
4. Synchronicity by The Police
5. War by U2
6. Speaking In Tongues by Talking Heads
7. Swordfishtrombones by Tom Waits
8. Kill 'Em All by Metallica
9. Let's Dance by David Bowie
10. Script Of The Bridge by The Chameleons
11. The Final Cut by Pink Floyd
12. Clics Modernos by Charly García
13. Soul Mining by The The
14. Piece Of Mind by Iron Maiden
15. The Hurting by Tears For Fears
16. Pyromania by Def Leppard
17. Holy Diver by Dio
18. Eliminator by ZZ Top
19. Script For A Jester's Tear by Marillion
20. Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
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