Just unbelievable that such an album was not valued enough by public as a whole except for "Inside"... All the songs, one by one, are hits, lyrics are great, and the whole album a great composition. In 1995 in Kiev, Ukraine, I was sure it's one of the greatest bands ever
I‘ve Seen them live in February 95 playing in a record-shop in Sheffield. And yes You‘re absolutely right ! I‘m from Germany and as I remember they are‘nt played und public any more. I‘ve got. the CD somewhere in my moving-boxes. And their Songs dropped into my mind while taking a shower today in 25th of December 2021
Had the cassette version I bought in a record shop I frequently spent almost all the money. Roamed the streets after school with headphones and the album. My childhood maybe wasn't so good but from the musical point of view it was the best possible. And that makes me happy to this day.
Ha ha.....Me too.......spending all my money on music & living in headphones. Well worth it & also keeps me smiling through the madness. Rock on. :) :)
J'étais jeune fille au pair cette année-là à Édimbourg et j'ai acheté cet album. J'ai usé et usé la cassette à force de l'écouter !! Que de souvenirs...
I am in the process of putting this (together with what I can find from the unfinished second album) out on all the streaming services. Shouldn't be too long.
@@FatherStack I don't mind. One little piece of legal pedantry, can you please remove the phrase "Copyright belongs to the band." from you description? Thanks very much.
So, living in the States, I didn't realize until stumbling upon this upload that the version of this album released in the U.S. is so drastically different from the original release. I knew that the Intro was removed (a shame, because it sounds amazing here), Shouting In My Sleep was added (yeah!) and the tracks were reordered, but having listened to just a bit of this upload so far, the U.S. version seems to have been at least slightly re-tracked and at least somewhat substantially remixed. "Scared of Ghosts", for instance, has got overdubbed hi-hat on the U.S. version along with different guitar performances, and possibly some other production elements removed or toned down (I'll have to listen to my U.S. CD again to analyze more closely, though it has only been a few days since I last heard it!). So, as a big fan of this gem of an album, I'm curious to know if the plan is to release the album to streaming services with the mixes and track order represented on this video, or if the U.S. version (or a hybrid of the two) is the plan. Any chance of a spoiler? :) All of that aside, thank you for the fantastic artistry that is The Mind's Eye. It stands the test of time and remains a very exceptional and highly unique work. And by the way, if you find yourself with a few minutes of free time and ever feel like typing out some geeky background context notes about the various differences between the two versions of The Mind's Eye (or if there's a great online resource for this sort of analysis and info), I would love to read it. All my best!
@@itsaustintaft Hi Austin, thanks for the kind words. So far as I recall, there were three versions of the album. The first UK and European release, which had absolutely dreadful mastering; it was very brittle. Then a remastered version of that album, and then the US release. It's difficult to remember whether I did any additional production for the US release. I didn't know (or had forgotten) that Intro was left off, and there was, as you say, the additional track Shouting in my Sleep. I think the US version of Prayer before birth is quite different to the UK's one. We really are very close to the release of the stuff on streaming services. I'm going to include a few tracks that weren't released and what I can find of the unreleased second album.
Massively underrated album of the 90’s what a debut album, could of gone onto such great things. Thanks for sharing, absolutely loved listening to this.
I visited a friends house one day. She put a CD on, a new release, and told me she thought I might like it. She was not wrong. It was this. And ‘like it’ would be an understatement. The next day I bought my own copy. Have not seen her for 30 years, but this album always reminds me of her, in good way.
Man, I love this album! Bought it when I was 12, and spent 1994 listening to it almost every day. Was so proud of the CD and that you could fold the whole thing out so that you had this giant eye staring at you. As a teenager I thought the 1990s were crazy, but just look at where we're heading - I had no idea...
I have been searching for my copy of this CD for 5 years now and keep an eye on iTunes hoping it is loaded one day. Thank you for uploading this ❤️ it brings back memories of my teenage years and all those emotions -both happy and challenging. Wish I could get my hands on a digital or hard copy to purchase or download, do you know of anywhere?
In my opinion one of the best debut albums ever made. So sad, their story never continued. I don´t exactly know, what made Ray leave. I think, they could have made so much more out of this. But anyway, brilliant album. Thanx a lot for the upload ! Good old days :-)
Bought the album back then and I loved it. Dunno if it faded or I had my thoughts elsewhere, but good grief, The reunion was just the punch I got 25 earlier. Still in love.
@@FatherStack I worn some out. Mostly because the drunk farts just let'em on the floor and then step on it. Luckily Stiltskin survived. Probably 'cause it spent most of the time in the player 😂
I bought the cassette tape back then because of Inside... loved it from the beginning to the end. Brilliant! Shame it's not on Spotify... Thank you man!
Thank you so much for this. I used to have a bootleg cassete of this in the 90s, and I would gladly pay for a CD or an official mp3 download, but in the meantime at least there's this ♥️
You're very welcome. I've had the CD for years! Having found very few people have heard this excellent album, so I decided to upload it. I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
@@FatherStack thanks for replying. I was 12ish when I first heard Inside on MTV, instant love for the song and huge crush on Ray. Was living in Romania, virtually nobody had a CD player, no copyright law in place for another couple of years, and the local music shop was passing bootleg cassettes for originals. Most of my pocket money was spent on them. This album is part of my life.
When I was a kid my dad always had rock compilation cassettes playing in the car. Inside was one of my favourites! Heard it on the radio a few month ago at 33 and thought I'd check out what the band and album are like. Absolutely love it! There's at least 4 belting songs on here! And the rest are very fitting to the album. Very good listen. Thanks for unloading!
At about 13:27 there is a "Click" noise - I thought for ages that my copy was faulty now it's not - I first got this as a Cassette from a French friend who got me a Cassette of "U2: War" at the same time - Now I also have them on CD so no harm done. They are BOTH lovely Albums as is "U2: Under A Blood Red Sky" - I can remember listening to that on the way to the Isle Of Skye in Scotland - It was chucking it down outside but I was happy - Whenever I listen to that Album in particular I am instantly transported back to that time and place.
It's always raining in Scotland. It's why we need good music to cheer us up 😁 I've never noticed that click before. I heard a song (can't remember which one), but it always sounded like my mum hoovering and I used to always pause the song and it stopped. It happened every time I heard the song. Which I can remember what the song was. It's weird the things we hear in songs. In The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight by R.E.M., you can clearly hear Michael Stipe laughing when he say "Dr. Seuss". It always amused me.
/picardfacepalm.... HD APPLIES TO VIDEO NOT AUDIO...... MAX Quality for Audio is 320kbps and that STUDIO Quality... Save your bandwidth on your static videos, HD is a waste of processor power. Your not the only one to fall for this HD Promise... and Thanks btw :) Great Album
Yeah, it's a fantastic album. I couldn't find the album anywhere online. I had it in my CD collection, so I uploaded it here, to let others hear how great it is!
@@FatherStack That's what happened to an album I wrote. It just takes one person to bury it sadly. Which is sad because you make pittance from digital downloads. People getting greedy over pennies.
Yeah, it's a great album. I remember hearing "Inside" as a kid in the 90's. I heard it on a compilation album years later in the mid 2000's and bought "The Mind's Eye". I figured more people needed to hear it, so uploaded it here. I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@FatherStack yeah, not sure what made me think of the album.. it's not on Spotify, ' Rest in Peace' is still great. Yeah, 'inside' was the big one. Thanks for uploading x
Just unbelievable that such an album was not valued enough by public as a whole except for "Inside"... All the songs, one by one, are hits, lyrics are great, and the whole album a great composition. In 1995 in Kiev, Ukraine, I was sure it's one of the greatest bands ever
I‘ve Seen them live in February 95 playing in a record-shop in Sheffield. And yes You‘re absolutely right ! I‘m from Germany and as I remember they are‘nt played und public any more. I‘ve got. the CD somewhere in my moving-boxes. And their Songs dropped into my mind while taking a shower today in 25th of December 2021
Had the cassette version I bought in a record shop I frequently spent almost all the money.
Roamed the streets after school with headphones and the album.
My childhood maybe wasn't so good but from the musical point of view it was the best possible.
And that makes me happy to this day.
It's such a great feeling to revisit an album from your youth! Especially if it still holds up, which this one definitely does!
Ha ha.....Me too.......spending all my money on music & living in headphones.
Well worth it & also keeps me smiling through the madness. Rock on. :) :)
J'étais jeune fille au pair cette année-là à Édimbourg et j'ai acheté cet album. J'ai usé et usé la cassette à force de l'écouter !! Que de souvenirs...
Le chanteur, Ray Wilson fait des super trucs en solo aujourd'hui, si tu as envie d'écouter, il y'a presque tout sur Spotify.
I am in the process of putting this (together with what I can find from the unfinished second album) out on all the streaming services. Shouldn't be too long.
Excellent!
I hope you don't mind me uploading this.
@@FatherStack I don't mind. One little piece of legal pedantry, can you please remove the phrase "Copyright belongs to the band." from you description? Thanks very much.
@@peterlawlor5237 of course.
So, living in the States, I didn't realize until stumbling upon this upload that the version of this album released in the U.S. is so drastically different from the original release. I knew that the Intro was removed (a shame, because it sounds amazing here), Shouting In My Sleep was added (yeah!) and the tracks were reordered, but having listened to just a bit of this upload so far, the U.S. version seems to have been at least slightly re-tracked and at least somewhat substantially remixed. "Scared of Ghosts", for instance, has got overdubbed hi-hat on the U.S. version along with different guitar performances, and possibly some other production elements removed or toned down (I'll have to listen to my U.S. CD again to analyze more closely, though it has only been a few days since I last heard it!).
So, as a big fan of this gem of an album, I'm curious to know if the plan is to release the album to streaming services with the mixes and track order represented on this video, or if the U.S. version (or a hybrid of the two) is the plan. Any chance of a spoiler? :)
All of that aside, thank you for the fantastic artistry that is The Mind's Eye. It stands the test of time and remains a very exceptional and highly unique work. And by the way, if you find yourself with a few minutes of free time and ever feel like typing out some geeky background context notes about the various differences between the two versions of The Mind's Eye (or if there's a great online resource for this sort of analysis and info), I would love to read it. All my best!
@@itsaustintaft Hi Austin, thanks for the kind words. So far as I recall, there were three versions of the album. The first UK and European release, which had absolutely dreadful mastering; it was very brittle. Then a remastered version of that album, and then the US release. It's difficult to remember whether I did any additional production for the US release. I didn't know (or had forgotten) that Intro was left off, and there was, as you say, the additional track Shouting in my Sleep. I think the US version of Prayer before birth is quite different to the UK's one. We really are very close to the release of the stuff on streaming services. I'm going to include a few tracks that weren't released and what I can find of the unreleased second album.
"Footsteps" remains beautifully dramatic to this day
Yeah, it's a fantastic song!
yep! to this day since i bought the CD back then a mystery
Massively underrated album of the 90’s what a debut album, could of gone onto such great things. Thanks for sharing, absolutely loved listening to this.
I agree. They definitely could have gone on to do great things. It's shame.
A real shame, they should remastered it and release. Thanks again for sharing, brought back lots of great memories. 🙏
“When my ship comes in” is my favourite. Great àlbum!!!!
Yeah, it's a fantastic album! I still I listen to it often.
FatherStack me too. I have two CD Versions (Europe and USA) and the vinyl Version
@@peremarse awesome, dude! You're lucky!
I visited a friends house one day.
She put a CD on, a new release, and told me she thought I might like it.
She was not wrong.
It was this.
And ‘like it’ would be an understatement.
The next day I bought my own copy.
Have not seen her for 30 years, but this album always reminds me of her, in good way.
Yeah, it's a very overlooked album, unfortunately. I'm glad it gives you good memories.
Man, I love this album! Bought it when I was 12, and spent 1994 listening to it almost every day. Was so proud of the CD and that you could fold the whole thing out so that you had this giant eye staring at you. As a teenager I thought the 1990s were crazy, but just look at where we're heading - I had no idea...
I have been searching for my copy of this CD for 5 years now and keep an eye on iTunes hoping it is loaded one day. Thank you for uploading this ❤️ it brings back memories of my teenage years and all those emotions -both happy and challenging. Wish I could get my hands on a digital or hard copy to purchase or download, do you know of anywhere?
It's a fantastic album. I'd be more than happy to send you the CD I ripped this from, as I actually own 2 copies of it :)
Hi Kerry 😊👋
eBay has copies
Thanks for uploading this great album. Scared of Ghosts and Inside are awesome songs
You're very welcome, mate. It's a greatly under-rated album. My favourites are probably Scared of Ghosts and Sunshine and Butterflies.
Sunshine and Butterflies is a perfect song! Great!
I agree. It's probably my favourite track from the album.
In my opinion one of the best debut albums ever made. So sad, their story never continued. I don´t exactly know, what made Ray leave. I think, they could have made so much more out of this. But anyway, brilliant album. Thanx a lot for the upload ! Good old days :-)
You're very welcome, mate. I agree with you 100%
Bought the album back then and I loved it. Dunno if it faded or I had my thoughts elsewhere, but good grief, The reunion was just the punch I got 25 earlier. Still in love.
@janniball yeah, it's absolutely fantastic! I've bought the album 3 different times, because I've worn the CD out.
@@FatherStack I worn some out. Mostly because the drunk farts just let'em on the floor and then step on it. Luckily Stiltskin survived. Probably 'cause it spent most of the time in the player 😂
LOVE IT. Rock on People. :):)
I'm glad you love it as much as we all do!
I bought the cassette tape back then because of Inside... loved it from the beginning to the end. Brilliant! Shame it's not on Spotify...
Thank you man!
Yeah, it's an absolutely fantastic album!
Thank you so much for this. I used to have a bootleg cassete of this in the 90s, and I would gladly pay for a CD or an official mp3 download, but in the meantime at least there's this ♥️
You're very welcome. I've had the CD for years! Having found very few people have heard this excellent album, so I decided to upload it.
I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
@@FatherStack thanks for replying. I was 12ish when I first heard Inside on MTV, instant love for the song and huge crush on Ray. Was living in Romania, virtually nobody had a CD player, no copyright law in place for another couple of years, and the local music shop was passing bootleg cassettes for originals. Most of my pocket money was spent on them. This album is part of my life.
@@roxandra-marinaiancu2475 I first heard it in the late 90's. I loved it and it gets better and better every time I hear it.
Merci. Super album. Que de souvenirs!
Thanks a lot for this 🍻🤗
Brilliant thanks 😊👍🏽👏🏻👌🏼🙏👋🙌🍰🧔🤗
You're very welcome, mate :)
still amazing
It sure is!
i still have a stilitskin cassette tape until now, i bought it in 1996.
Awesome, dude! Keep that! It's a relic!
So have I !
This is exactly what we were thinking about 💭👋🙏🙌👆🏾👀🧔🤗👌🏼
Classic!!!
Shame they were always known as "the song on the Levis ad" band and this album was lost in obscurity.
I know. It's a genuinely great album.
Still have the cassette album, alas no cassette player, thx for this :)
You're very welcome, mate! It is indeed a fantastic album!
When I was a kid my dad always had rock compilation cassettes playing in the car. Inside was one of my favourites! Heard it on the radio a few month ago at 33 and thought I'd check out what the band and album are like. Absolutely love it! There's at least 4 belting songs on here! And the rest are very fitting to the album. Very good listen. Thanks for unloading!
You're welcome, dude. It's almost exactly how I found the album too! It's a genuinely brilliant album!
At about 13:27 there is a "Click" noise - I thought for ages that my copy was faulty now it's not - I first got this as a Cassette from a French friend who got me a Cassette of "U2: War" at the same time - Now I also have them on CD so no harm done. They are BOTH lovely Albums as is "U2: Under A Blood Red Sky" - I can remember listening to that on the way to the Isle Of Skye in Scotland - It was chucking it down outside but I was happy - Whenever I listen to that Album in particular I am instantly transported back to that time and place.
It's always raining in Scotland. It's why we need good music to cheer us up 😁
I've never noticed that click before.
I heard a song (can't remember which one), but it always sounded like my mum hoovering and I used to always pause the song and it stopped. It happened every time I heard the song. Which I can remember what the song was. It's weird the things we hear in songs.
In The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight by R.E.M., you can clearly hear Michael Stipe laughing when he say "Dr. Seuss". It always amused me.
'Rest in Peace' starts off sounding like it belongs in an advert but then turns out to be very interesting and good.
/picardfacepalm.... HD APPLIES TO VIDEO NOT AUDIO...... MAX Quality for Audio is 320kbps and that STUDIO Quality... Save your bandwidth on your static videos, HD is a waste of processor power. Your not the only one to fall for this HD Promise...
and Thanks btw :) Great Album
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I'm glad you enjoyed the album!
Шикарный альбом
Haven't listened to the entire album for about 15 years, just as good now as it was then, they just don't make music this good anymore
Yeah, it's a fantastic album. I couldn't find the album anywhere online. I had it in my CD collection, so I uploaded it here, to let others hear how great it is!
I had it on cassette and cd, ill have to have a proper look, think there's some kind of royalty dispute going on so you can't just buy it on download
@@ryanashburner6823 That's usually the case. It always comes down to royalties and problems with the record producers.
@@FatherStack That's what happened to an album I wrote. It just takes one person to bury it sadly. Which is sad because you make pittance from digital downloads. People getting greedy over pennies.
@@martinshearman-brettle1406 that sucks, dude. There's always someone who gets too greedy for their own good.
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inside is a great song
It is! The whole album is fantastic!
my ex girlfriend stole this cassette from me.
Deze is voor jou,Yvonne
Wow! Where does the time go? Not a bad album
Yeah, it's a great album. I remember hearing "Inside" as a kid in the 90's. I heard it on a compilation album years later in the mid 2000's and bought "The Mind's Eye". I figured more people needed to hear it, so uploaded it here.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.
@@FatherStack yeah, not sure what made me think of the album.. it's not on Spotify, ' Rest in Peace' is still great. Yeah, 'inside' was the big one. Thanks for uploading x
same song twice, sounds like stranglers
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