Fight For Your Mind
Fight for Your Mind is a 1995 (see 1995 in music) album by Ben Harper. 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").
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. On this, his sophomore 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".
Track listing
- Oppression (Harper)
- Ground on Down (Harper)
- Another Lonely Day (Harper)
- Please Me Like You Want To (Harper)
- Gold to Me (Harper)
- Burn One Down (Harper)
- Excuse Me Mr. (Harper/Plunier)
- People Lead
- Fight for Your Mind (Harper)
- Give a Man a Home (Harper)
- By My Side (Harper)
- Power of the Gospel (Harper)
- God Fearing Man (Harper)
- One Road to Freedom (Harper)
Personnel
- Bradley Cook - Engineer
- Ben Harper - Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Producer, String Arrangements, Weissenborn
- Leon Mobley - Percussion
- J.P. Plunier - Producer, String Arrangements, Art Direction
- Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
- Femi Jiya - Mixing
- Eric Sarafin - Mixing
- Jeff Gottlieb - Associate Producer, Photography, Assistant Producer
- Bob "Stiv" Coke - Tabla, Tambourine, Tamboura, Sarod, Producer, Photography
- Tom Dolan - Art Direction, Design
- Todd Burke - Assistant Engineer
- Juan Nelson - Bass
- Brett Banduci - Viola
- Ryan Boesh - Assistant Engineer
- Ben Elder - Research
- The Dub Brothers - Mixing
- Ervin Pope - Organ, Organ (Hammond)
- Danielle Charles - Violin
- Paul Naguna - Assistant Engineer
- Timothy Loo - Cello
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