''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,'' 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 Ben Grosse is an American record producer and mixer. Grosse has mixed and produce albums for numerous music industry acts, primary in the heavy metal and hard rock genres. His credits include Dream Theater, Marilyn Manson, Sevendust, Disturbe ...

. ''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

#"Step Into My Groove" (Markel/Moreland/Mathewson) #" Ghost Beside My Bed" (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 Gregory Markel is a former Warner Bros. artist, founder of Infuse Creative, LLC, singer and current member of alt-rock band "All In Your Head." In the early 1990s, he was a member of American rock band Altered State, as a vocalist, guitarist an ...

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

*Curtis Mathewson:

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

*Chip Moreland:

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

Additional personnel

Tony Berg Anthony Rains "Tony" Berg (born October 21, 1954) is an American musician, record producer, and A&R representative, in which role he has been described as an "industry guru". Berg's music career began in the late 1970s as a session guitarist who ...

: guitar * Nick South: bass *

Jonathan Melvoin Jonathan David Melvoin (December 6, 1961 – July 12, 1996) was an American musician, active in the 1980s and 1990s. Early life He was the son of Constance (née Ives) and Mike Melvoin, keyboardist for the Wrecking Crew, and brother of t ...

: percussion

Production

: Producer *

Bob Clearmountain Bob Clearmountain (born Chiaramonte, January 15, 1953) is an American mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with major acts, including Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Pretenders, and Bryan A ...

: 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