Fight for Your Mind

Fight for Your Mind
Studio album by
Ben Harper
ReleasedAugust 1, 1995
GenreAlternative rock
Length68:05
LabelVirgin
Producer
  • Ben Harper
  • Jean-Pierre Plunier
  • Bob "Stiv" Coke
Ben Harper chronology
Welcome to the Cruel World
(1994) 		Fight for Your Mind
(1995) 		The Will to Live
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
The Guardian[4]
Q[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Fight for Your Mind is the second album by Ben Harper. Released on August 1, 1995, it was his last solo album before adding the Innocent Criminals to his line-up. Reviews were generally very positive, praising Harper's fusion of multiple genres, from folk ("Another Lonely Day"), folk rock ("Gold to Me"), and politically charged reggae ("Excuse Me Mr.").

After Harper's well-received debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, he expanded on his fanbase by touring relentlessly with jam bands like Dave Matthews Band. On this, his second album, Harper added a more refined sense of his own intense spirituality, such as on the gospel-influenced album closers, "Power of the Gospel", "God Fearing Man" and "One Road to Freedom".

  1. ^ Goble, Ryan Randall. "Fight for Your Mind – Ben Harper". AllMusic. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Kot, Greg (August 17, 1995). "Still earnest". Chicago Tribune.
  3. ^ Ehrlich, Dimitri (August 11, 1995). "Fight for Your Mind". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  4. ^ Wazir, Burhan (July 21, 1995). "Ben Harper: Fight for Your Mind (Virgin)". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Ben Harper: Fight for Your Mind". Q. No. 107. August 1995. p. 123.
  6. ^ Randall, Mac (2004). "Ben Harper". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 363–64. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.