United States of Mind (album)

For the compilation album by the jazz pianist Horace Silver, see The United States of Mind.
United States of Mind
Studio album by Covenant
Released March 2, 2000
Genre Synthpop, electronic music
Length 57:24
Label Metropolis Records
Covenant chronology

Europa
(1998)		 United States of Mind
(2000)		 Synergy: Live in Europe
(2002)
Singles from United States of Mind
  1. "Tour de Force"
    Released: 25 Oct 1999[1]
  2. "Dead Stars"
    Released: Feb 2000[2]
  3. "Der Leiermann"
    Released: 13 Jan 2000[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [4]

United States of Mind is Covenant's fourth full-length album, released in March 2000. Travelogue was a bonus disc for United States of Mind. The track "You Can Make Your Own Music" is a silent track, in reference to John Cage's song "4′33″". "Like Tears in Rain" was re-recorded in German and released as the single "Der Leiermann", which also included the original version.

Overview

The album's content finds the band united in a much more mainstream state of mind than any of their previous outings. For the most part, Covenant's typically harsh, staticky blasts of audio have been significantly smoothened out, flirting with the simple repetition of dance-pop on tracks with minimal lyrical content, and when present, lyrics often portray much more personal themes — with greater ambiguity — compared to the hostile manifestos of mankind's reality and the science fiction themes that pervade their earlier works. Some of the lyrics appear to be about reaching stardom, and the band even overflows with thanks to their fans on the liner notes. Sampled clips of dialogue, also usual on the early works, have been shed entirely save for the beginning of the gloom-bashing track "Humility". The track "You can make your own music" is a reference to the John Cage track 4'33".

Track listing

All lyrics written by Joakim Montelius, except where noted, all music composed by Eskil Simonsson.

No. TitleLyrics Length
1. "Like Tears in Rain"  Simonsson 5:51
2. "No Man's Land"  Simonsson 5:06
3. "Afterhours"  Simonsson 5:02
4. "Helicopter"    5:44
5. "Tour de Force"    4:46
6. "Unforgiven"    4:43
7. "Humility"    4:35
8. "Dead Stars" (Version)Simonsson 4:50
9. "One World One Sky"  Simonsson 5:01
10. "Still Life"    6:49
11. "You Can Make Your Own Music"    4:33
Travelogue
No. Title Length
1. "Fuzzy Logic"   7:15
2. "Humility" (V2) 5:08
3. "Alva Myrdal"   5:18

Covers

Chart positions

Chart (2000) Peak position
German Albums (Official Top 100)[7] 83

References

  1. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Covenant-Tour-De-Force/release/103421
  2. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Covenant-Dead-Stars/release/103426
  3. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Covenant-Der-Leiermann/release/103226
  4. ↑ Allmusic review
  5. ↑ Songs For a Widow 5/10 2008
  6. ↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stolen-Thunder-One/dp/B00506DBAA/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1332891600&sr=1-1-catcorr
  7. ↑ "Covenant – United States of Mind". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved April 2, 2014.