''My Mind’s Eye'' is the eighth album by

the Comsat Angels The Comsat Angels were an English post-punk band (music), band from Sheffield, England, initially active from 1978 to 1995. Their music has been described as "abstract pop songs with sparse instrumentation, many of which were bleak and filled w ...

, released in 1992 on RPM Records, and in 1993 on Caroline Records in the US. It was rereleased by Thunderbird Records in 2001, and remastered with additional tracks by Renascent in February 2007. This was the last album the Comsat Angels produced with their original lineup. Around the time ''My Mind’s Eye'' was released, bass player Kevin Bacon left the band to devote more time to his career as a music producer. For some of the tracks, Bacon was not involved in the writing and only came in to record them. He would be replaced by Terry Todd for the band's last album and tour in 1994-95. When Comsats frontman

Stephen Fellows Stephen Fellows is an English singer, songwriter and musician. From 1978 to 1995, he was frontman for the band The Comsat Angels. He also managed the band Gomez and helped guide the band the Little Glitches Little Glitches are a folktronic ...

was asked which of the band's albums was his favorite, he named ''My Mind’s Eye''. In a 1997 interview, Fellows said, "''My Mind’s 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 13/3/9

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Track listing (1992/1993/2001)

All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake, except "Driving", "Beautiful Monster", "My Mind’s Eye" and "Route 666", which were written by Fellows/Glaisher/Peake. # "Driving" – 4:33 # "Beautiful Monster" – 2:24 # "Shiva Descending" – 4:09 # "My Mind’s 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 Mind’s 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 Mind’s 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" (

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) – 3:26 # "Too Much Time" (B-side) – 3:59 # "There Is No Enemy" (B-side) – 4:42 # "My Mind’s 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

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Andy Peake -

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

, vocals * Kevin Bacon -

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Mik Glaisher -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

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