A Criminal Mind
| "A Criminal Mind" | |
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| Song by Lawrence Gowan from the album Strange Animal | |
| Recorded | Startling Studios |
| Length | 7:21 |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| Writer(s) | Lawrence Gowan |
| Composer(s) | Lawrence Gowan |
| Producer(s) | David Tickle |
| Strange Animal track listing | |
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"A Criminal Mind" is a song written, composed, and performed by Lawrence Gowan, who refers to it as one of his signature songs.
After his 1982 debut album Gowan did not fare well, Gowan "found himself naturally gravitating" to the Queen Street West music scene that was developing in Toronto in the mid 1980s. This drew the attention of Columbia Records, which would fund his next album. Gowan spent a year writing songs, and also travelled to Scotland and Ireland to trace his heritage. While there, he received a telephone call from English record producer David Tickle, who said he would produce the album and arranged a recording session. Tickle secured the services of several session musicians from the backing band of Peter Gabriel for the recording session, including bassist Tony Levin, drummer Jerry Marotta, and guitarist David Rhodes. The album Strange Animal was recorded at Startling Studios owned by Ringo Starr.
Upon completion of recording for the album, Gowan collaborated with videographer Rob Quartly to create a music video for the song. They spent two months together, during which they created "a ground-breaking video" with a unique treatment according to Keith Sharp, as well as a music video for the song "(You're A) Strange Animal".
In an interview with Nick Krewen of Music Express magazine, Gowan stated that "videos can be powerful but they are so misused" and that he was "really happy" with the result for this video. Music critic John Griffin of The Gazette referred to as an "amazing video". It won the Juno Award for Best Video at the 1985 Juno Awards. Other nominees included the video for "(You're A) Strange Animal" from the same album, also produced by Quartly, and a third video produced by Quartly, for the song "Never Surrender" by Corey Hart. That year, the song was nominated for the Juno Award for Single of the Year, which was won by Corey Hart for "Never Surrender".
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