Imaginative Plain

Imaginative Plain
Studio album by Mainliner
Released	April 25, 2001
Recorded	October 2000
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)

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

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 songs written and composed 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 Mainliner – arrangements

Release history

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

References

1. Grisby (December 14, 2006). "Mainliner: Imaginative Plain". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
2. Williams, Kevin M. (October 14, 2001). "Mainliner Imaginative Plain (PSF) Mainliner's...". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
3. Imaginative Plain (booklet). Mainliner. Tokyo, Japan: P.S.F. Records. 2001.

External links

• Imaginative Plain at Discogs (list of releases)