Rather than the trademark bone-munching industrial metal of later years, {|With Sympathy|} is panto-goth new wave synth-pop that sounds less like the band chewing your pancreas and more like {|Human League|}'s surly little brother. Great stuff, then,... Read more

Rather than the trademark bone-munching industrial metal of later years, {|With Sympathy|} is panto-goth new wave synth-pop that sounds less like the band chewing your pancreas and more like {|Human League|}'s surly little brother. Great stuff, then, for those who allied themselves with {|Ally Sheedy|}'s character in {|The Breakfast Club|}. {|Here We Go|} grinds all over some electronic horns, {|Work for Love|} stop-starts and shouts about like {|Walk This Way|} without all that scary rap, and the whole record becomes a secret weapon against the contrived snarls of the albums to follow. Surely, {|Al Jourgensen|} must be more insecure about his past than a superstar linebacker over childhood courses in ballet. ~ Dean Carlson Less