Individual Thought Patterns

Individual Thought Patterns
Studio album by Death
Released	June 15, 1993
Genre	Technical death metal, progressive metal
Length	38:46
Label	Relativity, Relapse Records
Producer	Scott Burns, Chuck Schuldiner
Death chronology
Fate: The Best of Death (1992) Individual Thought Patterns (1993) Symbolic (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Sputnikmusic	[2]

Individual Thought Patterns is the fifth album by the death metal band Death, released in 1993. The album continues to expand on the technical, progressive style that began with Human, and incorporates elements of jazz as well. Founder, vocalist, and lead guitarist, Chuck Schuldiner is the main contributor to this album, which features guitarist Andy Larocque, drummer Gene Hoglan and bassist Steve DiGiorgio.

This album contains the Death track "The Philosopher", for which a music video was made that received airplay on MTV and was even reviewed - and comically panned - by Beavis & Butthead, where the duo mistake the boy in the video for Jeremy from the Pearl Jam video and mock Schuldiner's vocals. According to Metal-Rules.com, the album is the 100th greatest heavy metal album of all time,^[3] as well as the 11th greatest extreme metal album of all time.^[4] The album is included in Guitar Player Magazine's Metal Guitar albums Top 20.^{[citation needed]}

The album was reissued and remixed by Relapse Records in October 2011.

Track listing

All songs written by Chuck Schuldiner.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overactive Imagination"	3:28
2.	"In Human Form"	3:55
3.	"Jealousy"	3:39
4.	"Trapped in a Corner"	4:11
5.	"Nothing Is Everything"	3:16
6.	"Mentally Blind"	4:45
7.	"Individual Thought Patterns"	4:00
8.	"Destiny"	4:04
9.	"Out of Touch"	4:19
10.	"The Philosopher"	4:10
Total length:		38:46

2011 reissued Relapse Records version (bonus disc 1)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Leprosy" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
2.	"Suicide Machine" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
3.	"Living Monstrosity" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
4.	"Overactive Imagination" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
5.	"Flattening of Emotions" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
6.	"Within the Mind" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
7.	"In Human Form" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
8.	"Lack of Comprehension" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
9.	"Trapped in a Corner" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
10.	"Zombie Ritual" (live in Germany - April 13, 1993)
11.	"The Exorcist" (studio outtake)

2011 reissued Relapse Records version (bonus disc 2)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Overactive Imagination" (four-track demos - December 1992)
2.	"In Human Form" (four-track demos - December 1992)
3.	"The Philosopher" (four-track demos - December 1992)
4.	"Trapped in a Corner" (four-track demos - December 1992)
5.	"Individual Thought Patterns" (four-track demos - December 1992)
6.	"Jealousy" (four-track demos - December 1992)
7.	"Nothing is Everything" (four-track demos - December 1992)
8.	"Destiny" (four-track demos - December 1992)
9.	"Mentally Blind" (four-track demos - December 1992)
10.	"Out of Touch" (four-track demos - December 1992)
11.	"In Human Form" (Chuck's riff tape - 1992)
12.	"The Philosopher" (Chuck's riff tape - 1992)
13.	"Trapped in a Corner" (Chuck's riff tape - 1992)

Personnel

• Chuck Schuldiner - Guitar, Vocals, Producer
• Andy LaRocque - Guitar
• Steve DiGiorgio - Fretless Bass
• Gene Hoglan - Drums
• Scott Burns - Producer, Engineer
• Eric Greif - Legal and Intellectual Property management

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1993	Heatseekers	30

"The Philosopher" was released as a single and featured a music video.

References

1. ^ Huey, Steve (June 22, 1993). "Individual Thought Patterns - Death". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r184192. Retrieved October 13, 2011. 
2. ^ Death - Individual Thought Patterns (staff review). Sputnikmusic. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
3. ^ The Top 100 Heavy Metal Albums. Metal Rules. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
4. ^ Top 50 Extreme Metal Albums. Metal Rules. Retrieved August 18, 2011.

External links

• Lyrics @ Death official site