The Squirrely Years Revisited (3/28/2025) and new album in 2026

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The Squirrely (Early) Years Revisited is up for pre-order. Looks like Everyday Is Halloween and I’ll Do Anything For You will be released as singles (with music videos) prior to the album release.

Here’s the tracklist:

  1. Work For Love
  2. Here We Go
  3. All Day
  4. Everyday Is Halloween
  5. Revenge
  6. I’m Not An Effigy
  7. I’m Falling
  8. Same Old Madness
  9. I’ll Do Anything For You
  10. Just Like You
  11. We Believe
  12. Over The Shoulder

CD version : Ministry - The Squirrely Years Revisited (CD)
Vinyl version (does not have tracks 10-12) Ministry - The Squirrely Years Revisited (Colored Vinyl LP)

The goofy album title is to be expected, but this has to the worst album art to date. I was hoping for a reimagined Wax Trax era design, but we got this instead. Oh, Al…sigh. I really like the new versions that were played at Cruel World, so I’m still excited for this. Plus, we’ll be getting an early years tour, so that’s pretty cool too.

Here’s the write up by Cleo, looks like the final album with Paul is pushed back to 2026:

"Industrial metal rebel and icon Al Jourgensen finally makes peace with his past, exhuming a dozen of the best songs from his early synthwave years for a thoroughly brutal makeover!

Includes brand new studio re-animations of songs from the 1983 classic With Sympathy as well as early Wax Trax singles like “Everyday Is Halloween,” “All Day,” “I’m Falling” and more!

Will be heavily promoted with two pro-shot concept videos for the pre-release singles, “Everyday Is Halloween” and “I’ll Do Anything For You!”

Headline tour in support of this album, featuring a set built primarily around these songs, wil be announced soon PLUS appearances at massive festivals including Wacken, Sonic Temple, Tolminator and more!

Ministry’s final studio album coming in 2026!"

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Thanks for this…ordered it!

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Wow. That album cover is terrible. Still not as bad as FBTE though.

That’s a pass on this album and tour.

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I’m gonna get this too. I’m not sure if I will like it, but at least it will be interesting to hear these songs through his current lens. I kinda think they’ll manage pulling it off considering the goodness of the Fad Gadget cover from the last album.

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Thank you Realm!! I was starting give up on this project. Looking forward to hearing what they put together. For some strange reason, I like the squirrel front cover art…the rest is…well, interesting.

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Pass on all cleopatra garbage, not even a “real” label, they just whore stuff out.

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I dig the slipcase, but the inner cover art.
Phew.

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Totally. Looks like they went full on clip art.
I’ll be getting this too, though, 'cause I need to keep the cd set complete.