How to Operate with a Blown Mind

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How to Operate with a Blown Mind is the 1998 debut album from Leeds experimental big beat group Lo Fidelity Allstars.

In a rundown of "intelligent big beat", Simon Reynolds called the album an "oxymoronic masterpiece of 'darkside big beat'."

Track listing

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

List of samples

The following lists songs that were sampled for How to Operate with a Blown Mind.

Warming Up the Brain Farm contains samples from:

• "Panther Power" by Paris
• "I Keep Forgettin'" by Checkmates
• "Memphis B-K" by Little Sonny

Kool Roc Bass

• "Here Comes the Beat" as performed by Pumpkin and the Profile All-Stars
• "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa and The Soulsonic Force
• "Gangster of Hip Hop" by Just Ice

How to Operate with a Blown Mind

• "Children Don't Get Weary" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
• "Lara's Theme" by James Last
• "The War in Korea" by James Cameron
• "What Is It?" by The Temptations

Battle Flag

• "Crosswind" by Billy Cobham

Lazer Sheep Dip Funk

• "I Need Some Money" by Eddie Harris
• "Kangol & Doc" as performed by UTFO
• "The Way We Were" performed by Norman Chandler

Will I Get Out of Jail?

• "So Lonely Without You" performed by Betty Crutcher
• "Be My Love" by The Originals
• "War of the Gods" by Billy Paul

Vision Incision

• "A Woman Needs a Good Man" by The Three Degrees

Nighttime Story

• "If & When" by The Three Degrees