''How to Operate with a Blown Mind'' is the debut studio album by

Lo Fidelity Allstars Lo Fidelity Allstars are an English electronic music group who have recorded since the late 1990s. Career Their members originate from various cities in Northern England. They were formed in Leeds before relocating first to London, where they ...

, released on

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in 1998.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' 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." ''

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'' named ''How to Operate with a Blown Mind'' the 21st best album of 1998. In a rundown of " intelligent

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called the album an "oxymoronic masterpiece of 'darkside big beat'."

Track listing

Personnel

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

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1998 debut albums Lo Fidelity Allstars albums Skint Records albums Dance-punk albums