Fight for Your Mind
Studio album by Ben Harper
Released	August 1, 1995
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	68:05
Label	Virgin
Producer	Ben Harper, J. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American Musician. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American Musician. P. Plunier, Bob "Stiv" Coke
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Ben Harper chronology
Welcome to the Cruel World (1994) Fight for Your Mind (1995) The Will to Live (1997)

Fight for Your Mind is a 1995 (see 1995 in music) album by Ben Harper. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American Musician. Welcome to the Cruel World (1994 Ben Harper 's debut record from Virgin Records established Harper as a popular Folk musician in the The Will to Live (1997 an album by Ben Harper which showed his continuing folk-centric focus while at the same time expanding on his rock talents See also 1995 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1995 Record Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American Musician. It was his last solo album before adding The Innocent Criminals to his line-up. Reviews were generally very positive, praising Harper's fusion of multiple genres, from folk ("Another Lonely Day"), folk rock ("Gold to Me"), Black Sabbath-style riffing heavy metal ("Ground on Down") and politically-charged reggae ("Excuse Me Mister"). Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. Black Sabbath are an Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s

After Harper's well-received debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, he expanded on his fanbase by touring relentlessly with jam bands like Dave Matthews Band. Welcome to the Cruel World (1994 Ben Harper 's debut record from Virgin Records established Harper as a popular Folk musician in the Jam bands (or jambands) are musical groups whose albums and live performances relate to a fan culture which originated with the 1960s group Grateful Dead and continued Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initials DMB) is a United States -based rock band originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia On this, his second album, Harper added a more refined sense of his own intense spirituality, such as on the gospel-influenced album closers, "Power of the Gospel", "God Fearing Man" and "One Road to Freedom". Gospel music is Music that is written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life as well as (in terms of the varying music styles to

Track listing

1. "Oppression" (Harper) – 2:58
2. "Ground on Down" (Harper) – 4:53
3. "Another Lonely Day" (Harper) – 3:43
4. "Please Me Like You Want To" (Harper) – 4:55
5. "Gold to Me" (Harper) – 5:00
6. "Burn One Down" (Harper) – 3:31
7. "Excuse Me Mr. " (Harper, Plunier) – 5:24
8. "People Lead" (Harper) – 4:13
9. "Fight for Your Mind" (Harper) – 4:06
10. "Give a Man a Home" (Harper) – 3:35
11. "By My Side" (Harper) – 3:34
12. "Power of the Gospel" (Harper) – 6:02
13. "God Fearing Man" (Harper) – 11:49
14. "One Road to Freedom" (Harper) – 4:14

Artwork

The Fight For Your Mind artwork features the use of military roundels from African nations to represent each track on the album. A roundel in Heraldry is any circular shape in military use it is an Emblem of nationality employed on military aircraft and air force flags generally round and The track corresponding to each roundel is:

• Angola - Oppression
  

  African Military roundels in the Fight For Your Mind artwork
• Cameroon - Ground on Down
• Central African Republic - Another Lonely Day
• Chad - Please Me Like You Want To
• Uganda - Gold to Me
• Jamaica - Burn One Down
• Egypt - Excuse Me Mr
• Niger - People Lead
• Ghana/Guinea - Fight For Your Mind
• Kenya - Give a Man a Home
• Nigeria - By My Side
• Somalia - Power of the Gospel
• Ivory Coast - God Fearing Man
• Ethiopia - One Road to Freedom

Harper has continued to use roundel inspired artwork on his other albums. Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (República de Angola Pronounced ʁɛˈpublikɐ dɨ ɐ̃ˈgɔlɐ Repubilika ya Ngola is a country in south-central A roundel in Heraldry is any circular shape in military use it is an Emblem of nationality employed on military aircraft and air force flags generally round and The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. Central Africa|Central African FederationThe Central African Republic ( CAR) République Centrafricaine ʀepyblik sɑ̃tʀafʀikɛn or Centrafrique) is a Landlocked Chad (Tchad تشاد Tshād) officially known as the Republic of Chad, is a Landlocked country in Central Africa. The Republic of Uganda is a Landlocked country in East Africa. Jamaica (ˈdʒəˈmeɪkə} is an Island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Niger ( or /ˈnaɪdʒɚ/) officially the Republic of Niger, is a Landlocked country in Western Africa, named after the Niger River. The Republic of Ghana is a country in West Africa. It borders Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast to the west Burkina Faso to the north Togo to the Guinea, officially Republic of Guinea (pronounced /ˈgɪni/ République de Guinée is a country in West Africa, formerly known as French Guinea The Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia to the north Somalia to the northeast Tanzania to the south Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal Somalia ( Soomaaliya; الصومال) officially the Somali Republic ( Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya, جمهورية الصومال) and formerly known Côte d'Ivoire (ˌkoʊt divˈwɑː(r ' in English, kot diˈvwaʀ in French) or Ivory Coast, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a NOTE This intro is the result of careful NPOV work Please do not make potentially controversial edits to it without first discussing on the talk page A roundel in Heraldry is any circular shape in military use it is an Emblem of nationality employed on military aircraft and air force flags generally round and

Certifications

Personnel

• Ben Harper - acoustic guitar, vocals, weissenborn
• Brett Banduci - viola
• Danielle Charles - violin
• Oliver Charles - drums
• Bob "Stiv" Coke - tabla, tambourine, tamboura, sarod
• Timothy Loo - cello
• Leon Mobley - percussion
• Juan Nelson - bass
• Ervin Pope - organ, Hammond organ

Production

• Producers: Ben Harper, Bob "Stiv" Coke, J. The Canadian Recording Industry Association is a Non-profit trade organization that was founded in 1964 to represent the interests of Canadian companies A steel-string acoustic guitar, is a modern form of Guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but strung with steel strings for a brighter louder sound Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The viola is a bowed String instrument. It is the middle voice of the Violin family, The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells This article is about the Indian drum For the drum with the same name in Arabic, see Goblet drum. The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles The tambura ( Hindi: तानपूरा is a type of Stringed instrument found in different versions in different places around the world most are plucked The sarod is a stringed musical instrument used mainly in Indian classical music. The violoncello (abbreviated to cello, or 'cello, plural cellos or celli —the c is tʃ The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The organ (from Greek όργανον – organon "organ instrument tool" is a Keyboard instrument of one or more divisions each The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company P. Plunier
• Associate Producer: Jeff Gottlieb
• Assistant Producer: Jeff Gottlieb
• Engineer: Bradley Cook
• Assistant engineers: Ryan Boesh, Todd Burke, Paul Naguna
• Mixing: The Dub Brothers, Femi Jiya, Eric Sarafin
• Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
• String arrangements: Ben Harper, J. P. Plunier
• Design: Tom Dolan
• Art direction: Tom Dolan, J. P. Plunier
• Photography: Bob "Stiv" Coke, Jeff Gottlieb
• Research: Ben Elder

References

1. ^ CRIA Gold and Platinum