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How to Operate with a Blown Mind
Studio album by
Lo Fidelity Allstars
Released25 May 1998 (1998-05-25)
StudioThe Brain Farm; Chiswick Reach
Genre
Length69:06
LabelSkint
ProducerLo Fidelity Allstars
Lo Fidelity Allstars chronology
How to Operate with a Blown Mind
(1998) 		On the Floor at the Boutique
(2000)
Singles from How to Operate with a Blown Mind
  1. "Kool Roc Bass"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Disco Machine Gun"
    Released: 1997
  3. "Vision Incision"
    Released: 1998
  4. "Battle Flag"
    Released: 1998

How to Operate with a Blown Mind is the debut studio album by Lo Fidelity Allstars, released on Skint Records in 1998.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

The Hartford Courant wrote that "there's something a little different about the Allstar approach, alternating the boomy, hooky dance tracks with spacy, equally melodic washes of instrumentals, over which are long, Beat poet-like rants."[5] NME named How to Operate with a Blown Mind the 21st best album of 1998.[6]

In a rundown of "intelligent big beat", Simon Reynolds called the album an "oxymoronic masterpiece of 'darkside big beat'."[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Lo Fidelity Allstars, except "Battle Flag" written by Pigeonhed

No.TitleLength
1."Warming Up the Brain Farm"2:55
2."Kool Roc Bass"7:40
3."Kasparov's Revenge"6:00
4."Blisters on My Brain"6:46
5."How to Operate with a Blown Mind"7:24
6."I Used to Fall in Love"5:10
7."Battle Flag" (featuring Pigeonhed)5:39
8."Lazer Sheep Dip Funk"7:21
9."Will I Get Out of Jail"6:18
10."Vision Incision"9:37
11."Nightime Story"4:16
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Taking Fear from Behind"6:18

Personnel

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • The Wrekked Train – vocals
  • The Albino Priest – turntables, sampler
  • A One Man Crowd Called Gentile – bass guitar
  • The Slammer – drums
  • Sheriff John Stone – keyboards
  • The Many Tentacles – keyboards, engineering
  • Sean "The Bison" Phillips – guitar (on "I Used to Fall in Love")
  • Lisa Millett – vocals (on "Vision Incision")
  • Ben Mitchell – keyboards (on "Vision Incision")

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 15
US Billboard 200[9] 115
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[10] 1

References

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  1. ^ Southall, Nick (2 August 2005). "On Second Thought Lo-Fidelity Allstars - How To Operate With A Blown Mind". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "How to Operate with a Blown Mind - Lo Fidelity Allstars - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  3. ^ Browne, David (22 January 1999). "How to Operate With a Blown Mind". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ^ Chonin, Neva (12 January 1999). "Lo Fidelity Allstars: How To Operate With A Blown Mind". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ^ Catlin, Roger (28 January 1999). "How to Operate with a Blown Mind Lo Fidelity Allstars". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 7.
  6. ^ "Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1998". NME. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  7. ^ "FAVES / UNFAVES". Simonreynoldsfavesunfaves.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Lo Fidelity Allstars". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Lo Fidelity Allstars - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Lo Fidelity Allstars - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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