Imaginative Plain

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

Imaginative Plain
Studio album by Mainliner
Released	April 25, 2001 (2001-04-25)
Recorded	October 2000 (2000-10)
Studio	KS Studio (Bottrop, DE)
Genre	Noise rock, psychedelic rock
Length	46:55
Label	P.S.F.
Producer	Asahito Nanjo
Mainliner chronology
Psychedelic Polyhedron (1997) Imaginative Plain (2001) Revelation Space (2013)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

All tracks are written by Asahito Nanjo.

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

Personnel

Adapted from the Imaginative Plain liner notes.^[3]

Mainliner Kawabata Makoto – electric guitar Asahito Nanjo – vocals, bass guitar, production Koji Shimura – drums

Production and additional personnel Bucci & D.I.O – cover art Jerome Genin – front cover photo Mainliner – arrangements

Release history

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