''Altered State'' is the debut record of the American progressive rock band Altered State, released August 27, 1991 on Warner Bros. Records. The album's first single, ''

Step Into My Groove ''Step Into My Groove'' is the first single released by the band Altered State. Written by Gregory Markel Gregory Markel is a former Warner Bros. artist, founder of Infuse Creative, LLC, Grammy-nominated singer, and current member of alt-roc ...

,'' received radio and MTV airplay along with two alternate versions of the song went to radio as well, the ''Psychedelic Mix'' and ''Psychedelic Instrumental'' recordings, produced by Ben Grosse. ''The Los Angeles Times'' hailed the album as one of the Year's Best in 1991. Bill Hard of ''The Hard Report'' dubbed the record one of the best of 1992.

Track listing

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Ghost Beside My Bed ''Ghost Beside My Bed'' is a song written by Gregory Markel of the American progressive rock band Altered State, and was released on their 1991 debut album, '' Altered State''. The song was released as the second single on Feb 2, 1992. The lyrics ...

" (Markel) #"Heal Me" (Markel) #"Do What You Want" (Markel/Mathewson) #"Reunion" (Markel/Mathewson) #"One Small Boat" (Markel) #"Outside" (Markel) #"Surrender Now" (Markel/Mathewson) #"Drifting" (Markel/Mathewson/Moreland) #"Like Father"(Markel) #"Until The Music Ends" (Markel/Mathewson)

Personnel

* Gregory Markel:

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

*Curtis Mathewson:

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

*Chip Moreland:

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

Additional personnel

* Tony Berg: guitar * Nick South: bass * Jonathan Melvoin: percussion

Production

* Tony Berg: Producer *

Bob Clearmountain Bob Clearmountain (born January 15, 1953) is an American recording engineer, mixer and record producer. He has worked with many major acts, including Bruce Springsteen, the Rolling Stones, Toto, Bon Jovi and Bryan Adams, with whom he has a very l ...

: Mixer * Susan Rogers: Engineer *Ken Jordan: Engineer *Jeffrey Lord-Alge: Engineer *Susan Rogers: Engineer *Assistant Engineers: George Cowen, Gina Immel, Neil Azron, Chris Steinmetz and Red Relasatte *Designer: John Van Hammersveld *Recorded at: Sunset Sound, Cherokee, Zeitgist, A&M, Acme, Studio 55 and Rumbo *Mixed in: Bearsville, New York

References

1991 debut albums Albums produced by Tony Berg Warner Records albums Altered State (band) albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub