- Audio CD (Jan 19 1999)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import, Explicit Lyrics
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B00000HXJL
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette
- Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Warming Up The Brain Farm |
| 2. Kool Roc Bass |
| 3. Kasparov's Revenge |
| 4. Blisters On My Brain |
| 5. How To Operate With A Blown Mind |
| 6. I Used To Fall In Love |
| 7. Battle Flag Pidgeonhead |
| 8. Lazer Sheep Dip Funk |
| 9. Will I Get Out Of Jail? |
| 10. Vision Incision |
| 11. Nightime Story |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
These scrappy young Brits sound like the bastard children of the Stone Roses and Public Enemy, with a quick Chemical Brothers tryst on the side. All blaring sirens and ruthlessly scratched-up vinyl, shouted slogans and cheeky lyrics, their impact on the placid late-'90s U.K. music scene has been dramatic. How to Operate with a Blown Mind is packed with attitude and irreverence, but what really sets its blissful racket apart is its complete disregard for musical class. On standout songs like "Kool Roc Bass" and "I Used to Fall in Love," the group casts off pretensions and allows real emotion and melodies to shine through the tough exterior. --Aidin Vaziri
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
Overrated and Overhyped
Jun 12 2004
Format:Audio CD
I've had this CD in my collection for a while, and finally decided to get rid of it. I'm a big fan of big beats such as Fatboy Slim and Prodigy, but I don't feel like this CD has any soul. It has more of a rock edge.
The single Battle Flag is great, and I also liked track one. But, I found the rest of the tracks boring and unimaginative. I hate when I buy a cd, and find that there's really only one good track on it. I find that that's the case with this CD.
crack, you're under attack
Dec 29 2003
Format:Audio CD
The reason that a cd like this has garnered so many bad ratings is because people keep trying to classify it. They want to call it dance, dj, hip-hop...whatever. What makes this album great for me is that it defies classification. Its as if rap, trip-hop, house, techno, and disco had an orgy, and the Lo Fidelity All-Stars gave birth to the b-stard child of it all.
Yes, "Battleflag" is an incredible track, and it may be the best track the album has to offer, but its certainly not the only thing worth listening to. For people who just want straight forward dance tracks, there's "Kool Roc Bass", "Blisters On My Brain", and "Lazer Sheep Dip Funk" (which is still one of the funkiest tracks I've ever heard). For people with a desire to bump/grind, there is no better track than "Will I Get Out of Jail", which has a final minute and a half composed of orgasm noises. And "I Used To Fall In Love" is a slow-dance with an open-minded significant other. But with the changes in tone on the cd, it becomes painfully obvious that this doesn't work as just a background cd at a party.
Aside from "Battleflag", my two favorite tracks don't fit the idea of this as a party disc at all. The title track "How To Operate With A Blown Mind" is astounding. Minimal music for the first few minutes, while vocalist The Wrekked Train walks through the streets with a microphone and a bottle, ranting like a quiet maniac. You hear him cough, lose his place, f--- up the meter, and curse randomly, but its natural. It's real freestyling. Likewise the last track, "Nightime Story" has a sound more like Portishead than Chemical Brothers. While the All-Stars could have easily ended their cd with another funky dance hit, they instead sampled Three Degrees and made a somber lament which still plays well with the bass cranked to 11. Its a great end to a great, and vastly underrated cd.
How to operate with a blown mind
Nov 12 2003
Format:Audio CD
Lo-Fidelity Allstars is one of the handful of break beat artists/groups in dance music that I can tolerate. I always thought that they put out some of the most interesting dance music in recent years. Although they haven't really broken through the states with the exception of the minor hit "Pigeonhead" at least they aren't the one-trick pony that Fatboy Slim turned out to be. The group's debut album "How to Operate with a Blown Mind" is a sonic bombast of street poetry and corrosive techno beats. The results is combustible. A former roommate of mine didn't like most of the cd but I didn't think it was as bad as he thought it was. I enjoyed "How to Operate with a Blown Mind". It may not be in heavy rotation in my stereo but every now and then I like to throw it into the stereo to blow off steam. I personally wasn't turned off by the profanity in the album. I must say that the group's second studio album is better because the music is more diversified and mixes other genres of music into their sound. Of course I love "Pigeonhead". I can never tire of listening to that song. "Lazer Sheep Dip Funk"is a pretty cool track in my book. Overall "How to Operate with a Blown Mind" is a solid techno album.
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Eloquent street poetry
They really are ALLSTARS! Great lyrics laid on top of ever changing background. The pace changes effortlessy as from Lazer Sheep Dip funk to Will I get out of Jail? Read more
Published on July 5 2003 by Yumi
What did you expect?
Somebody's going to be really angry about this. I don't know who, but someone's going to yell at me and say "That was a wrong review! Go back to where you came from. Read more
Published on Dec 31 2001 by Chris D. [ICD]
Why don't you listen part 2
OOPS forgot to rate it. 5 stars it is then.
Published on Oct 18 2001 by P. Upsher
Hated it... "Battleflag" unedited even stunck
Not worth [price] in the bargain bin. I found this album to be awful, and the level of profanity is not needed. Read more
Published on Sep 22 2001 by Roy Fox
An oddesy through the underworld of sound
I'm a long time techno fan, but I've been totally blown away by this album. Its a total leap forward from any other album I own, it truly is a trip from the close of a rave to the... Read more
Published on Aug 18 2001 by "pacifcace"
hey its different!
I bought this disc totally on a whim. I was blown away by the sounds on this thing. Its a head trip. It is not pleasent that is for sure. Read more
Published on Feb 25 2001
Allstars taking over!
One of the most innovative dance albums of 1998, this album is weird, wacky, and rather brilliant. It's intelligent, and thoroughly classy. Read more
Published on Oct 6 2000 by "saturn017"
Not worth the trouble
"How To Operate With A Blown Mind" is a great example of a disc trying to be everything and winding up with nothing. Read more
Published on Sep 23 2000 by "littleoldme"
One good single doesn't cut it folks
Yes I did buy this album after hearing "Battle Flag", so did almost everyone. "Battle Flag" is one of the best singles the dance floor has seen in awhile but... Read more
Published on Sep 12 2000 by Damon Navas-Howard
Big Beat extravaganza
In fact to call it big beat is a bit reductive! HTOWABM is some sort of meltin' pot, combining hip hop, rock, house, etc. (the list is far from being over...). Read more
Published on July 2 2000 by Simone Oltolina
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