Mind Elevation

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Mind Elevation
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Studio album by
Released2 September 2002 (2002-09-02)
Genre Electronic
Length59:57
Label Warp
Nightmares on Wax chronology
DJ-Kicks: Nightmares on Wax
(2000)
Mind Elevation
(2002)
Late Night Tales: Nightmares on Wax
(2003)
Singles from Mind Elevation
  1. "Know My Name"
    Released: 2002
  2. "70s 80s"
    Released: 2003
  3. "Date with Destiny"
    Released: 2003

Mind Elevation is the fourth studio album by Nightmares on Wax. [1] It was released in 2002 on Warp. It peaked at number 47 on the UK Albums Chart. [2]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 65/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 65, based on 13 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mind Eye"7:05
2."Say-Say"4:39
3."Thinking of Omara"5:33
4."Date with Destiny"5:11
5."Bleu My Mind"3:50
6."Environment"3:54
7."Soul-Ho"1:45
8."Humble"3:22
9."70s 80s"5:32
10."Know My Name"4:33
11."BBH (Bongo-Brk-Haven)"6:10
12."Mirrorball"1:16
13."Thoughts"7:07

Charts

Chart (2002)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [6] 133
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 49
UK Albums (OCC) [2] 47
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [8] 20

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