State of Mind (Front Line Assembly album)

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".

State of Mind
Studio album by
ReleasedEarly 1988
RecordedAugust 1987 (1987-08)
GenreElectro-industrial,[1] industrial dance[2]
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)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
All Music Guide to Electronica[3]
Cash BoxFavorable[2]
Factsheet FiveFavorable[4]
Select[5]

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

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

Track listing

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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

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Front Line Assembly

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

Technical personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Mason, Stewart. Front Line Assembly: State of Mind at AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. ^ 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.
  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.