Imaginative Plain is the fourth studio album by Mainliner, released on April 25, 2001 by P.S.F. Records.

Imaginative Plain
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 25, 2001 (2001-04-25)
RecordedOctober 2000 (2000-10)
StudioKS Studio
(Bottrop, DE)
GenreNoise rock, psychedelic rock
Length46:55
LabelP.S.F.
ProducerAsahito Nanjo
Mainliner chronology
Psychedelic Polyhedron
(1997)
Imaginative Plain
(2001)
Revelation Space
(2013)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Tiny Mix Tapes     [1]

In writing for the Chicago Tribune, Kevin M. Williams noted that the music sounded as if "The Stooges were jamming with the MC5, with a guest appearance from Jimi Hendrix, and they've lost the set list, so they're just rocking out" and that "Kawabata makes a strong case for a slot in the shredder hall of fame, laying down sheets of precise, note-rich frenzy from his severely overdriven guitar."[2] In a retrospective review, Tiny Mix Tapes awarded the album four-and-a-half out of five stars, saying "until experiencing Mainliner's Imaginative Plain, I’d never heard an album compressed within an inch of collapsing into a black hole, so dense that only pure distortion could escape."[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Asahito Nanjo

No.TitleLength
1."Imaginative Plain"4:23
2."Soft Line"7:45
3."Static"4:44
4."Ride Blue"16:43
5."Attack"3:20

Personnel

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Adapted from the Imaginative Plain liner notes.[3]

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
Japan 2001 P.S.F. CD PSFD-125

References

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  1. ^ a b Grisby (December 14, 2006). "Mainliner: Imaginative Plain". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Williams, Kevin M. (October 14, 2001). "Mainliner Imaginative Plain (PSF) Mainliner's..." Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Imaginative Plain (booklet). Mainliner. Tokyo, Japan: P.S.F. Records. 2001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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