How to Operate with a Blown Mind

How to Operate with a Blown Mind
Studio album by Lo Fidelity Allstars
Released	25 May 1998 (1998-05-25)
Studio	The Brain Farm; Chiswick Reach
Genre	Big beat dance-punk [1]
Length	69:06
Label	Skint
Producer	Lo Fidelity Allstars
Lo Fidelity Allstars chronology
How to Operate with a Blown Mind (1998) On the Floor at the Boutique (2000)
Singles from How to Operate with a Blown Mind
"Kool Roc Bass" Released: 1997 "Vision Incision" Released: 1998 "Battle Flag" Released: 1998

How to Operate with a Blown Mind is the debut studio album by Lo Fidelity Allstars, released on Skint Records in 1998.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

The Hartford Courant wrote that "there's something a little different about the Allstar approach, alternating the boomy, hooky dance tracks with spacy, equally melodic washes of instrumentals, over which are long, Beat poet-like rants." ^[5] NME named How to Operate with a Blown Mind the 21st best album of 1998. ^[6]

In a rundown of "intelligent big beat", Simon Reynolds called the album an "oxymoronic masterpiece of 'darkside big beat'." ^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lo Fidelity Allstars, except "Battle Flag" written by Pigeonhed.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Warming Up the Brain Farm"	2:55
2.	"Kool Roc Bass"	7:40
3.	"Kasparov's Revenge"	6:00
4.	"Blisters on My Brain"	6:46
5.	"How to Operate with a Blown Mind"	7:24
6.	"I Used to Fall in Love"	5:10
7.	"Battle Flag" (featuring Pigeonhed)	5:39
8.	"Lazer Sheep Dip Funk"	7:21
9.	"Will I Get Out of Jail"	6:18
10.	"Vision Incision"	9:37
11.	"Nightime Story"	4:16

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Taking Fear from Behind"	6:18

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• The Wrekked Train – vocals
• The Albino Priest – turntables, sampler
• A One Man Crowd Called Gentile – bass guitar
• The Slammer – drums
• Sheriff John Stone – keyboards
• The Many Tentacles – keyboards, engineering
• Sean "The Bison" Phillips – guitar (on "I Used to Fall in Love")
• Lisa Millett – vocals (on "Vision Incision")
• Ben Mitchell – keyboards (on "Vision Incision")

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC) [8]	15
US Billboard 200 [9]	115
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [10]	1

References

1. Southall, Nick (2 August 2005). "On Second Thought Lo-Fidelity Allstars - How To Operate With A Blown Mind". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
2. Bush, John. "How to Operate with a Blown Mind - Lo Fidelity Allstars - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved 19 November 2017.
3. Browne, David (22 January 1999). "How to Operate With a Blown Mind". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 2 January 2018.
4. Chonin, Neva (12 January 1999). "Lo Fidelity Allstars: How To Operate With A Blown Mind". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
5. Catlin, Roger (28 January 1999). "How to Operate with a Blown Mind Lo Fidelity Allstars". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 7.
6. "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1998". NME . 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
7. "FAVES / UNFAVES". Simonreynoldsfavesunfaves.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
8. "Lo Fidelity Allstars". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 2 January 2017.
9. "Lo Fidelity Allstars - Billboard 200". Billboard . Retrieved 2 January 2017.
10. "Lo Fidelity Allstars - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard . Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

• How to Operate with a Blown Mind at Discogs (list of releases)
• How to Operate with a Blown Mind at MusicBrainz (list of releases)