State of Mind (Front Line Assembly album)

State of Mind is the second full-length studio album by electro-industrial artists Front Line Assembly. It was originally released in 1988 by Dossier, on both Compact Disc and LP format. State of Mind was later released on Cleopatra Records with alternate artwork and a bonus track, "Inside Out".

State of Mind
Studio album by Front Line Assembly
Released	January 1988[1]
Recorded	August 1987
Genre	Industrial, electronic, dark ambient
Length	58:18
Label	Dossier, ROIR, Third Mind, Cleopatra
Producer	Michael Balch
Front Line Assembly chronology
The Initial Command (1987) State of Mind (1988) Corrosion (1988)
Alternative cover
Re-release (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
All Music Guide to Electronica	[3]
Cash Box	Favorable[4]
Factsheet Five	Favorable[5]

Band leader Bill Leeb said about choosing the label Dossier: "We just did it because I liked a lot of the other artists on the label."[6]

Release

Cleopatra re-issued State of Mind on vinyl on April 29, 2016.[7] This edition contains only 8 tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Leeb.

1988 Release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"First Reprisal"	5:21
2.	"Consequence"	5:36
3.	"Burnt Soul"	2:42
4.	"Testimony"	5:26
5.	"Landslide"	4:45
6.	"Terminal Power"	5:49
7.	"Malignant Fracture"	4:16
8.	"Eastern Voices"	5:27
9.	"Resistance"	4:31
10.	"Sustain Upright"	4:07
11.	"No Tomorrow"	5:06
12.	"And They Shall Bow"	4:45

1996 Re-release

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Inside Out"	4:16
2.	"First Reprisal"	5:21
3.	"Consequence"	5:36
4.	"Burnt Soul"	2:42
5.	"Testimony"	5:26
6.	"Landslide"	4:45
7.	"Terminal Power"	5:49
8.	"Malignant Fracture"	4:16
9.	"Eastern Voices"	5:27
10.	"Resistance"	4:31
11.	"Sustain Upright"	4:07
12.	"No Tomorrow"	5:06
13.	"And They Shall Bow"	4:45

Personnel

Front Line Assembly

• Bill Leeb – mixing, vocals
• Michael Balch – mixing

Technical personnel

• Manfred Schiek – sleeve design
• Dave Ogilvie – editing

References

1. Levermore, Gary (1997). Front Line Assembly - Reclamation (booklet). Front Line Assembly. New York: Roadrunner. pp. 2–3.
2. Mason, Stewart. Front Line Assembly: State of Mind at AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
3. Bogdanov, Vladimir (May 14, 2001). All Music Guide to Electronica: The Definitive Guide to Electronic Music. Backbeat Books. p. 198. ISBN 9780879306281. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
4. Woods, Karen (May 26, 1990). "Front Line Assembly: State of Mind". Cash Box. Vol. 53 no. 44. New York. p. 10. ISSN 0008-7289. OCLC 436591198.
5. Zampino, Phil (August 1990). "Frontline Assembly, "State of Mind"". Factsheet Five. No. 37. Rensselaer, New York: Mike Gunderloy. p. 115. ISSN 0890-6823. OCLC 297378290. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
6. Radio, Joe (April 24, 1988). "Interview: Front Line Assembly". Retrieved July 21, 2014.
7. "Cleopatra Records - Releases". Cleopatra. Retrieved March 13, 2017.