Album · 1987
Pain of Mind
by Neurosis
Pain of Mind is a 1987 hardcore punk album by Neurosis. It runs 24 tracks across 72 minutes on Alchemy Records.
Hardcore Punk · Crossover Thrash · Crust Punk
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- 24
- Tracks
- 72 min
- Runtime
- 120 bpm
- Tempo
- G minor
- Key
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- Blabbermouth.net7/10
- AllMusic2/5
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24 tracks · 72 min
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Pain of Mind (2018 Remaster)Remaster · 2018 · 14 tracks
- 1Pain of Mind (2018 Remaster)
- 2Self-Taught Infection (2018 Remaster)
- 3Reasons to Hide (2018 Remaster)
- 4Black (2018 Remaster)
- 5Training (2018 Remaster)
- 6Progress (2018 Remaster)
- 7Stalemate (2018 Remaster)
- 8Bury What's Dead (2018 Remaster)
- 9Geneticide (2018 Remaster)
- 10Ingrown (2018 Remaster)
- 11United Sheep (2018 Remaster)
- 12Dominoes Fall (2018 Remaster)
- 13Life on Your Knees (2018 Remaster)
- 14Grey (2018 Remaster)
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About
Pain of Mind is the debut studio album by Californian band Neurosis, originally released on Alchemy Records in 1987. It was later reissued by Alternative Tentacles in 1994 and by Neurot Recordings in 2000; the 2000 reissue contains a special bonus disc that includes live tracks, live radio tracks, and demo tracks. Pennsylvanian politician Robert "Budd" Dwyer is pictured on the front cover of the 1994 vinyl release moments before he committed suicide during a televised press conference in 1987. Pain of Mind is the only Neurosis album to feature guitarist Chad Salter.
In brief
- When was Pain of Mind released?
- Pain of Mind was released in 1987 on Alchemy Records.
- How many tracks are on Pain of Mind?
- Pain of Mind has 24 tracks, with a runtime of 72 minutes.
- What genre is Pain of Mind?
- Pain of Mind is catalogued under Hardcore Punk, Crossover Thrash, Crust Punk.
- What BPM is Pain of Mind?
- Pain of Mind runs at a median tempo of 120 BPM across its tracks, most often in G minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Pain of Mind?
- Listeners of Pain of Mind also rate Panopticon by Isis, Oceanic by Isis, The Long Road North by Cult of Luna.




