My Mind's Eye (Comsat Angels album)

Infobox Album
Name = My Minds Eye
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Comsat Angels


Released = 1993, reissued in 2001 and 2007.
Recorded =
Genre = Post-punk
Length = 39:17 (1993), 1:02:15 (2007)
Label = RPM Records (1993), Thunderbird (2001), Renascent (2007)
Producer = Comsat Angels
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hcfpxqwhldde link]
Last album = "Fire on the Moon" (1990)
This album = "My Minds Eye" (1993)
Next album = "The Glamour" (1995)

"My Minds Eye" was released in 1993 on RPM Records, Caroline Records in the US and rereleased by Thunderbird Records in 2001. The album was reissued with additional tracks by Renascent in February 2007.

This was the last album the Comsat Angels produced with their original line-up of band members. Around the time "My Minds Eye" was released, bass player Kevin Bacon left the band to devote more time to his career as a music producer. [Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97 [http://www.comsatangels.net/] ] For some of the tracks, Bacon was not involved in the writing and only came in to record them. [Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97 [http://www.comsatangels.net/] ] He would be replaced by Terry Todd for the band's last album and tour in 1994-95. [Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97 [http://www.comsatangels.net/] ]

When Comsat frontman Steve Fellows was asked which of the band's albums was his favorite, he named "My Minds Eye". [Liner notes from 2007 reissue of "My Minds Eye"] In a 1997 interview, Fellows said, "My Minds Eye" for me is the sort of apex of the group and although it didn't do that well and there wasn't a great deal of press surrounding it, the reviews we got for that were among the best we ever had." [Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97 [http://www.comsatangels.net/] ]

Track listing (1993/2001)

"All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake, except Driving, Beautiful Monster, My Minds Eye and Route 666 which were written by Fellows/Glaisher/Peake."

#"Driving" – 4:33
#"Beautiful Monster" – 2:24
#"Shiva Descending" – 4:09
#"My Minds Eye" – 3:26
#"I Come From The Sun" – 6:10
#"Field Of Tall Flowers" – 3:15
#"Always Near" – 3:25
#"Route 666" – 3:18
#"Mystery Plane" – 3:03
#"And All The Stars" – 4:27

Track listing (2007)

"All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake, except Driving, Beautiful Monster, My Minds Eye and Route 666 which were written by Fellows/Glaisher/Peake."

#"Driving (alt mix)" – 4:29
#"Always Near" – 3:25
#"Beautiful Monster" – 2:24
#"Shiva Descending" – 4:09
#"My Minds Eye" – 3:26
#"I Come From The Sun" – 6:10
#"Field Of Tall Flowers (acc mix)" – 3:13
#"Route 666" – 3:18
#"Mystery Plane" – 3:03
#"And All The Stars" – 4:27
#"Magonia (b-side)" – 3:26
#"Too Much Time (b-side)" – 3:59
#"There Is No Enemy (b-side)" – 4:42
#"My Minds Eye (the wind, the bass, the drums) (b-side)" – 3:09
#"Field Of Tall Flowers (original mix)" – 3:15
#"Driving (original mix)" – 4:33

Personnel

*Stephen Fellows - vocals, guitar
*Andy Peake - synthesizer, vocals
*Kevin Bacon - bass guitar
*Mik Glaisher - drums

References