| How to Operate with a Blown Mind | ||||
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| Released | 25 May 1998 | |||
| Studio | The Brain Farm; Chiswick Reach | |||
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| Length | 69:06 | |||
| Label | Skint | |||
| Producer | Lo Fidelity Allstars | |||
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| Singles from How to Operate with a Blown Mind | ||||
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How to Operate with a Blown Mind is the debut studio album by Lo Fidelity Allstars, released on Skint Records in 1998.
| 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]
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 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 12. | "Taking Fear from Behind" | 6:18 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC) [8] | 15 |
| US Billboard 200 [9] | 115 |
| US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [10] | 1 |
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