State of Mind (Front Line Assembly album)

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State of Mind
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Studio album by
Front Line Assembly
Released1987 (1987)
RecordedAugust 1987 (1987-08)
Genre Electro-industrial, [1] industrial dance [2]
Length58:18
Label Dossier, ROIR, Third Mind, Cleopatra
Producer Michael Balch
Front Line Assembly chronology
The Initial Command
(1987)		State of Mind
(1987)		 Corrosion
(1988)
Alternative cover
State Of Mind 2.png
Re-release (1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
All Music Guide to ElectronicaStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Cash Box Favorable [2]
Factsheet FiveFavorable [4]

State of Mind is the second full-length studio album by electro-industrial artists Front Line Assembly. It was originally released in 1987 [5] by Dossier on LP format and CD format later in 1988. [6] State of Mind was later released on Cleopatra Records with alternate artwork and a bonus track, "Inside Out".

Contents

Band leader Bill Leeb said about choosing the label Dossier: "We just did it because I liked a lot of the other artists on the label." [7]

Release

Cleopatra re-issued State of Mind on vinyl on April 29, 2016. [8] This edition has the original 1987 track listing.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Leeb.

1987 Vinyl Release
No.TitleLength
1."First Reprisal"5:21
2."Consequence"5:37
3."Terminal Power"2:42
4."Testimony"5:27
5."Landslide"4:46
6."Burnt Soul"5:52
7."Malignant Fracture"4:15
8."Eastern Voices"5:27
1988 CD Release
No.TitleLength
1."First Reprisal"5:21
2."Consequence"5:36
3."Burnt Soul"2:42
4."Testimony"5:26
5."Landslide"4:45
6."Terminal Power"5:49
7."Malignant Fracture"4:16
8."Eastern Voices"5:27
9."Resistance"4:31
10."Sustain Upright"4:07
11."No Tomorrow"5:06
12."And They Shall Bow"4:45
1996 Re-release
No.TitleLength
1."Inside Out"4:16
2."First Reprisal"5:21
3."Consequence"5:36
4."Burnt Soul"2:42
5."Testimony"5:26
6."Landslide"4:45
7."Terminal Power"5:49
8."Malignant Fracture"4:16
9."Eastern Voices"5:27
10."Resistance"4:31
11."Sustain Upright"4:07
12."No Tomorrow"5:06
13."And They Shall Bow"4:45

Personnel

Front Line Assembly

Technical personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Mason, Stewart. Front Line Assembly: State of Mind at AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Woods, Karen (May 26, 1990). "Front Line Assembly: State of Mind". Cash Box . Vol. 53, no. 44. New York. p. 10. ISSN   0008-7289. OCLC   436591198.
  3. ↑ Bogdanov, Vladimir (May 14, 2001). All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music . Backbeat Books. p.  198. ISBN   9780879306281 . Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  4. ↑ Zampino, Phil (August 1990). "Frontline Assembly, "State of Mind"". Factsheet Five. No. 37. Rensselaer, New York: Mike Gunderloy. p.  115. ISSN   0890-6823. OCLC   297378290. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ Frontline Assembly - State Of Mind , retrieved October 6, 2022
  6. ↑ Frontline Assembly - State Of Mind , retrieved October 6, 2022
  7. ↑ Radio, Joe (April 24, 1988). "Interview: Front Line Assembly" . Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Cleopatra Records - Releases". Cleopatra . Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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