Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984)

Compilation album by

Ministry

Released

16 January 1987

Recorded

1981–84

Genre

Length

54:50

Label

Wax Trax!

Producer

Alain Jourgensen
Jay O'Roarke

Ministry chronology

Twitch
(1986)

Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984)
(1987)

The Land of Rape and Honey
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	4 / 10^[4]

Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) is a compilation album by American rock band Ministry, first released in 1987 by Wax Trax! Records. It comprises tracks from early non-album singles originally released on the label. The album was reissued by Cleopatra Records in 2014, including a second CD of early tracks.

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Track listing

Original 1987 release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Every Day Is) Halloween"	6:26
2.	"The Nature of Love"	6:57
3.	"All Day"	5:53
4.	"Cold Life"	5:12
5.	"Halloween Remix"	10:31
6.	"Nature of Love" (Cruelty Mix B)	6:52
7.	"All Day" (Remix B)	6:38
8.	"Cold Life" (Dub)	6:21

Tracks 1 and 3 are originally from the All Day single.
Tracks 2 and 6 are originally from the single The Nature of Love.
Tracks 4 and 8 are originally from the I'm Falling single.
Track 5 is originally from the Halloween Remix single.

2014 release

Disc One

No.	Title	Length
1.	"(Every Day Is) Halloween"	6:36
2.	"The Nature of Love"	7:04
3.	"All Day"	5:51
4.	"Cold Life"	5:11
5.	"Halloween Remix"	10:25
6.	"Nature of Love" (Cruelty Mix)	6:43
7.	"All Day" (Remix)	6:34
8.	"Cold Life" (Dub)	6:22

Disc Two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Same Old Madness"	5:58
2.	"Primental"	5:14
3.	"I'm Falling"	4:24
4.	"Nature Of Outtakes"	8:09
5.	"I'm Falling" (Alternative Mix)	4:04
6.	"Overkill"	4:31
7.	"He's Angry"	3:54
8.	"Move" (Original Mix)	6:21
9.	"Nature Of Love" (Cruelty B Mix)	6:43

Personnel

Al Jourgensen – vocals, guitar (4, 8), production, engineer (5, 7)
Thom Moore – engineer (1, 3)
Patty Jourgensen – additional vocals (2)
Richard 23 – additional vocals (2)
Stevo – additional percussion (3), drums (4)
Jay O'Roarke – production (4)
Lamont Welton – bass (4)
Preston – horns (4)
Steve Brighton – additional vocals (4)
Jon Mathias – remixing (6), engineer (6)
Sturm – remixing (6), engineer (6)
Iain Burgess – engineer (8)
Nancy Taylor – assistant engineer (8)
Brian Shanley – album cover

References

^ ^a ^b John Book. "Twelve Inch Singles: 1981-1984 - Ministry". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
^ McLeod, Kembrew (November 2004). "Ministry". In Brackett, Nathan (ed.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 544. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). "Ministry". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (3rd ed.). Muse UK Ltd. pp. 3692–3693. ISBN 1561592374 – via Internet Archive.
^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. New York: Vintage Books. pp. 250–251. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

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Al Jourgensen John Bechdel Cesar Soto Paul D'Amour Roy Mayorga Monte Pittman Martin Atkins Paul Barker Max Brody Tony Campos Jason Christopher Chris Connelly Stephen George Zlatko Hukic John Monte Nivek Ogre Casey Orr Paul Raven Bill Rieflin Aaron Rossi Mike Scaccia Louis Svitek DJ Swamp Tommy Victor Rey Washam Derek Abrams Sin Quirin London May
Studio albums	With Sympathy Twitch The Land of Rape and Honey The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs Filth Pig Dark Side of the Spoon Animositisomina Houses of the Molé Rio Grande Blood The Last Sucker Relapse From Beer to Eternity AmeriKKKant Moral Hygiene Hopiumforthemasses
Live albums	In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up Sphinctour Adios... Puta Madres Toronto 1986
Compilations and remixes	Twelve Inch Singles (1981–1984) Tapes of Wrath Greatest Fits Early Trax Side Trax Rantology Rio Grande Dub Ya Cover Up The Last Dubber MiXXXes of the Molé Every Day Is Halloween: The Anthology Undercover
Singles	"Cold Life" "I Wanted to Tell Her" "(Every Day Is) Halloween" "Over the Shoulder" "Stigmata" "Burning Inside" "Jesus Built My Hotrod" "N.W.O." "Just One Fix" "The Fall" "Lay Lady Lay" "Bad Blood" "No W" "Keys to the City" "Thunderstruck" "99 Percenters" "Double Tap" "PermaWar"
Other songs	"Thieves" "LiesLiesLies"
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