''Imaginative Plain'' is the fourth

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by Mainliner, released on April 25, 2001 by P.S.F. Records.

Reception

In writing for the ''

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'', Kevin M. Williams noted that the music sounded as if "

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were jamming with the

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, with a guest appearance from

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, and they've lost the set list, so they're just rocking out" and that " Kawabata makes a strong case for a slot in the shredder hall of fame, laying down sheets of precise, note-rich frenzy from his severely overdriven guitar." In a retrospective review,

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awarded the album four-and-a-half out of five stars, saying "until experiencing Mainliner's ''Imaginative Plain'', I’d never heard an album compressed within an inch of collapsing into a black hole, so dense that only pure distortion could escape."

Track listing

Personnel

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– electric guitar *

Asahito Nanjo Asahito Nanjo (南條麻人) is a Japanese underground musician, best known for his psychedelic rock groups High Rise, Mainliner and Musica Transonic, and the ethnic improvisation unit Toho Sara. He has been active on the Tokyo underground sce ...

– vocals, bass guitar, production * Koji Shimura – drums ;Production and additional personnel * Bucci & D.I.O –

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* Jerome Genin – front cover photo * Mainliner –

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Release history

References

External links

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