Pain of Mind

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{{Infobox album

| name = Pain of Mind

| type = studio

| artist = Neurosis

| cover = PainOfMind2000.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1987}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = *Hardcore punk

• crust punk{{cite web|title=Neurosis brings post-metal back to its roots|url=http://chimes.biola.edu/story/2016/sep/26/neurosis-brings-post-metal-back-its-roots/|last=Heilman|first=Maxwell|publisher=The Chimes|date=September 26, 2016|accessdate=January 5, 2017|quote=}}
• crossover thrash{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zhj9 | title=Neurosis - Times of Grace Review | publisher=BBC | accessdate=January 5, 2016 | author=Moffitt, Greg}}

| length = 37:33

| label = Alchemy (1987)
Alternative Tentacles (1990, 1994)
Neurot (2000)

| producer = Neurosis

| prev_title = Black (EP)

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = The Word as Law

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = PainOfMind1994.jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = The 1994 vinyl reissue cover to Pain of Mind

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r203871|pure_url=yes}} link]

| rev2 = Blabbermouth.net

| rev2Score = 7/10{{cite web |title=Neurosis - Pain of Mind |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/pain-of-mind/ |website=Blabbermouth.net |date=24 June 2018 |accessdate=2018-10-03}}

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Pain of Mind is the debut studio album by American post-metal band Neurosis, originally released through Alchemy Records in 1987. It was later reissued by Alternative Tentacles in 1994 and by Neurot Recordings in 2000; the 2000 reissue contains a special bonus disc that includes live tracks, live radio tracks, and demo tracks. Pennsylvanian politician R. Budd Dwyer is pictured on the front cover of the 1994 vinyl release, moments before he committed suicide during a televised press conference in 1987.

Pain of Mind is the only Neurosis album to feature guitarist Chad Salter.