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How to Operate with a Blown Mind is the debut studio album by Lo Fidelity Allstars, originally released on Skint Records in 1998.

How to Operate with a Blown Mind

Studio album by

Lo Fidelity Allstars

Released

25 May 1998

Studio

The Brain Farm; Chiswick Reach

Genre

Big beat
dance-punk[1]

Length

69:06

Label

Skint Records

Producer

Lo Fidelity Allstars

Lo Fidelity Allstars chronology

How to Operate with a Blown Mind
(1998)

On the Floor at the Boutique
(2000)

Singles from How to Operate with a Blown Mind

"Kool Roc Bass"
Released: 1997
"Disco Machine Gun"
Released: 1997
"Vision Incision"
Released: 1998
"Battle Flag"
Released: 1998

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

In a rundown of "intelligent big beat", Simon Reynolds called the album an "oxymoronic masterpiece of 'darkside big beat'."[5] NME named it the 21st best album of 1998.[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lo Fidelity Allstars, except "Battle Flag" written by Pigeonhed.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Warming Up the Brain Farm"	2:55
2.	"Kool Roc Bass"	7:40
3.	"Kasparov's Revenge"	6:00
4.	"Blisters on My Brain"	6:46
5.	"How to Operate with a Blown Mind"	7:24
6.	"I Used to Fall in Love"	5:10
7.	"Battle Flag" (featuring Pigeonhed)	5:39
8.	"Lazer Sheep Dip Funk"	7:21
9.	"Will I Get Out of Jail"	6:18
10.	"Vision Incision"	9:37
11.	"Nightime Story"	4:16

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Taking Fear from Behind"	6:18

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

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)[7]	15
US Billboard 200[8]	115
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9]	1

References

Southall, Nick (2 August 2005). "On Second Thought Lo-Fidelity Allstars - How To Operate With A Blown Mind". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
Bush, John. "How to Operate with a Blown Mind - Lo Fidelity Allstars - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
Browne, David (22 January 1999). "How to Operate With a Blown Mind". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
Chonin, Neva (12 January 1999). "Lo Fidelity Allstars: How To Operate With A Blown Mind". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
"FAVES / UNFAVES". Simonreynoldsfavesunfaves.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
"Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1998". NME. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
"Lo Fidelity Allstars". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
"Lo Fidelity Allstars - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
"Lo Fidelity Allstars - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

External links

How to Operate with a Blown Mind at Discogs (list of releases)
How to Operate with a Blown Mind at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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