Simple Mind Condition

Simple Mind Condition
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 3, 2007 (Europe)
Recorded2002–2006
StudioMars Recording Compound, Cleveland, Ohio and Alfa Sound Services, Geneva, Illinois
GenreDoom metal, heavy metal, stoner rock
Length46:09
LabelEscapi Music
ProducerVincent Wojno and Trouble
Trouble chronology
Plastic Green Head
(1995)
Simple Mind Condition
(2007)
Unplugged
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net6/10[2]
Chronicles of Chaos8/10[3]
Metal Forces8.5/10[4]

Simple Mind Condition is the seventh studio album by American doom metal band Trouble. It was the band's first full-length studio release in twelve years, the longest gap between Trouble's studio albums to date; the band's previous album, Plastic Green Head, was released in 1995. The album is dedicated to former drummer Barry Stern, who died in 2005. To date, this is Trouble's last release with vocalist Eric Wagner and drummer Jeff Olson, who both left in 2008. Wagner died in 2021.[5]

Writing and recording sessions for the follow-up to Plastic Green Head lasted from 2002 to 2006, making it the longest time Trouble have ever spent making a record. Its release had been delayed several times before officially coming to fruition in 2007. It was released on April 3, 2007 in Europe and September 1, 2009 in North America.

A tentative title for the album was Seven, but the title was eventually scrapped.

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Trouble - Simple Mind Condition review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  2. ^ Kaye, Don. "Trouble - Simple Mind Condition". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  3. ^ Ulrey, Jeremy (June 23, 2007). "Trouble - Simple Mind Condition". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  4. ^ Arnold, Neil. "Trouble - Simple Mind Condition". Metal Forces. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  5. ^ "Former TROUBLE Singer ERIC WAGNER Dies After Battle With COVID Pneumonia". Blabbermouth.net. August 23, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2022.