Mind Exploding

Mind Exploding is the fifth album by German hard rock band Lucifer's Friend. This album marks the point where they returned to a more hard rock oriented style with less of a progressive rock sound. It is more or less the missing link between I'm Just a Rock & Roll Singer (1973) and Banquet (1974); with the hard rock driven sound of the former, it still has the occasional horn section and progressiveness of the latter. This is the last album with John Lawton on vocals before he joined Uriah Heep. Lawton returned to Lucifer's Friend in 1981 to record the Mean Machine album.

Mind Exploding
Studio album by Lucifer's Friend
Released	1976
Recorded	1975–1976
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock
Length	38:58
Label	Janus Records (in the US) Vertigo Records (in Europe)
Lucifer's Friend chronology
Banquet (1974) Mind Exploding (1976) The Devil's Touch (1976)

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Track listing

Side One

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Moonshine Rider"	Hecht, Hesslein, Lawton	4:47
2.	"Blind Boy"	Hesslein, Lawton	4:46
3.	"Broken Toys"	Hesslein, Lawton	5:53
4.	"Fugitive"	Hesslein, Lawton	4:55

Side Two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Natural Born Mover"	Horns, Mavros, Lawton	4:24
6.	"Free Hooker"	Hesslein, Lawton	7:17
7.	"Yesterday's Ideals"	Hecht, Lawton	6:54

Personnel

• John Lawton – lead vocals
• Peter Hesslein – lead guitars, vocals
• Peter Hecht – keyboards
• Dieter Horns – bass guitar, vocals
• Curt Cress – drums