Fight for Your Mind

Fight for Your Mind is a 1995 (see 1995 in music) album by Ben Harper. 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"), Black Sabbath-style riffing heavy metal ("Ground on Down") and politically-charged reggae ("Excuse Me Mister").

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 sophomore 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".

Track listing

1. Oppression (Harper)
2. Ground on Down (Harper)
3. Another Lonely Day (Harper)
4. Please Me Like You Want To (Harper)
5. Gold to Me (Harper)
6. Burn One Down (Harper)
7. Excuse Me Mr. (Harper/Plunier)
8. People Lead
9. Fight for Your Mind (Harper)
10. Give a Man a Home (Harper)
11. By My Side (Harper)
12. Power of the Gospel (Harper)
13. God Fearing Man (Harper)
14. One Road to Freedom (Harper)

Personnel

• Bradley Cook - Engineer
• Ben Harper - Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Producer, String Arrangements, Weissenborn
• Leon Mobley - Percussion
• J.P. Plunier - Producer, String Arrangements, Art Direction
• Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
• Femi Jiya - Mixing
• Eric Sarafin - Mixing
• Jeff Gottlieb - Associate Producer, Photography, Assistant Producer
• Bob "Stiv" Coke - Tabla, Tambourine, Tamboura, Sarod, Producer, Photography
• Tom Dolan - Art Direction, Design
• Todd Burke - Assistant Engineer
• Juan Nelson - Bass
• Brett Banduci - Viola
• Ryan Boesh - Assistant Engineer
• Ben Elder - Research
• The Dub Brothers - Mixing
• Ervin Pope - Organ, Organ (Hammond)
• Danielle Charles - Violin
• Paul Naguna - Assistant Engineer
• Timothy Loo - Cello