''Crystal Logic'' is the third studio album by the American
heavy metal band
Manilla Road
Manilla Road was an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Wichita, Kansas, founded by Mark "The Shark" Shelton (vocals, guitar) and Scott "Scooter" Park (bass). Beginning in 1977, the early years of Manilla Road were spent playing m ...
, released in December 1983 (and reissued in 2002). On this album the band fully embraced
heavy metal, leaving behind the
psychedelic
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,
progressive and
hard rock
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influences which could be found on the two previous albums.
Critical reception
In the magazine ''
Metal Forces
''Metal Forces'' is a British heavy metal and hard rock music publication founded in 1983. It was well known for its coverage of unsigned bands through its ''Demolition'' feature and championed the likes of Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, HellsBel ...
'', Bernard Doe wrote, "Manilla Road suffer the same problem as
Brocas Helm in sounding a little dated in style. But let's not take away the band's musicianship which is quite excellent throughout, especially guitarist Mark Shelton's riffing and soloing".
In 2005, ''Crystal Logic'' was ranked number 344 in ''
Rock Hard'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''.
Aaron Lariviere of
The A.V. Club
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named it one of 1983's "excellent but tragically underrated records".
Track listing
All songs written by Mark Shelton.
Personnel
;Band
* Mark Shelton – lead vocals, guitars, arrangement
* Scott Park – bass, arrangement
* Rick Fisher – drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangement
;Production
*Larry Funk – engineer
*John Jinks – front cover art
*Cinda Hughes – back cover art
*Manilla Road – front cover design
*Mike Arnold – dust sleeve photo
*Sherry Avett, Mark Shelton – back cover design
*Rollin Murphy - Pyrotechnics
References
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Manilla Road albums
1983 albums