State of Mind (Front Line Assembly album)

State of Mind
Studio album by Front Line Assembly
Released	Early 1988
Recorded	August 1987 (1987-08)
Genre	Electro-industrial, [1] industrial dance [2]
Length	58:18
Label	Dossier, ROIR, Third Mind, Cleopatra
Producer	Michael Balch
Front Line Assembly chronology
The Initial Command (1987) State of Mind (1988) Corrosion (1988)
Alternative cover
Re-release (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
All Music Guide to Electronica	[3]
Cash Box	Favorable [2]
Factsheet Five	Favorable [4]
Select	[5]

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

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." ^[6]

Release

Cleopatra re-issued State of Mind on vinyl on April 29, 2016. ^[7] This edition has the original track listing.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Leeb.

1987 Vinyl Release

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

• Bill Leeb – mixing, vocals
• Michael Balch – mixing

Technical personnel

• Manfred Schiek – sleeve design
• Dave Ogilvie – editing

References

1. Mason, Stewart. Front Line Assembly: State of Mind at AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
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. Terry, Nick (September 1990). "Frontline Assembly: State Of Mind". Select . No. 3. p. 102.
6. Radio, Joe (April 24, 1988). "Interview: Front Line Assembly" . Retrieved July 21, 2014.
7. "Cleopatra Records - Releases". Cleopatra . Retrieved March 13, 2017.