State of Mind (Front Line Assembly album)

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State of Mind
Stateofmind.jpg
Studio album by
Front Line Assembly
ReleasedJanuary 1988 (1988-01)[1]
RecordedAugust 1987 (1987-08)
GenreElectro-industrial,[2] industrial dance[3]
Length58:18
LabelDossier, ROIR, Third Mind, Cleopatra
ProducerMichael Balch
Front Line Assembly chronology
The Initial Command
(1987) 		State of Mind
(1988) 		Corrosion
(1988)
Alternative cover
Re-release (1996)
Re-release (1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic2.5/5 stars[2]
All Music Guide to Electronica3/5 stars[4]
Cash BoxFavorable[3]
Factsheet FiveFavorable[5]

State of Mind is the second full-length studio album by electro-industrial artists Front Line Assembly. It was originally released in 1988 by Dossier, on both Compact Disc and LP format. 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 contains only 8 tracks.

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Bill Leeb.

1988 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[]

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

Technical personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Levermore, Gary (1997). Front Line Assembly - Reclamation (booklet). Front Line Assembly. New York: Roadrunner. pp. 2–3.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Mason, Stewart. Front Line Assembly: State of Mind at AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Radio, Joe (April 24, 1988). "Interview: Front Line Assembly". Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  7. ^ "Cleopatra Records - Releases". Cleopatra. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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