Fight for Your Mind is an album by Ben Harper. Released in August 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"), Black Sabbath-style riffing heavy metal ("Ground on Down") 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". Fight for Your Mind is an album by Ben Harper. Released in August 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"), Black Sabbath-style riffing heavy metal ("Ground on Down") 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". false 2025-09-25 20:33:52 Fight for Your Mind 1995 1995-07-01 1995-07-01 136 Blues Folk Rock Rock 112299 2117473 b665509c-03ce-405c-ae6f-814a938dbc8e 1582a5b8-538e-45e7-9ae4-4099439a0e79 90316e26-abe5-3301-bccf-4e59cb299396 /media/data/media5/Music/Ben Harper/Fight for Your Mind/folder.jpg Ben Harper Ben Harper 1 1 Oppression 02:57 1 1 Oppression 02:58 1 2 Ground on Down 04:54 1 2 Ground on Down 04:53 1 3 Another Lonely Day 03:43 1 3 Another Lonely Day 03:43 1 4 Please Me (Like You Want To) 04:55 1 4 Please Me (Like You Want To) 04:55 1 5 Gold to Me 05:00 1 5 Gold to Me 04:58 1 6 Burn One Down 03:31 1 6 Burn One Down 03:30 1 7 Excuse Me Mr. 05:24 1 7 Excuse Me Mr. 05:23 1 8 People Lead 04:13 1 8 People Lead 04:13 1 9 Fight for Your Mind 04:04 1 9 Fight for Your Mind 04:06 1 10 Give a Man a Home 03:33 1 10 Give a Man a Home 03:35 1 11 By My Side 03:34 1 11 By My Side 03:35 1 12 Power of the Gospel 06:02 1 12 Power of the Gospel 05:58 1 13 God Fearing Man 11:47 1 13 God Fearing Man 11:49 1 14 One Road to Freedom 04:13 1 14 One Road to Freedom 04:12 Benjamin Charles Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records, and has toured internationally.Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013.At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper's joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, "No Mercy in This Land", was named Song of the Year.