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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Incredible Sound Machine
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Mantronix]]
| cover      = Incredible_Sound_Machine.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Original album artwork by [[Mark Ryden]]
| released   = 1991
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
* [[Dance music|dance]]
* [[new jack swing]]
* [[House music|house]]
* [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]
| length     =
| label      =
* [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
* [[EMI Records|EMI]]<br /><small>0777 7 94570 2 1<br />C2-94570</small>
| producer   = {{hlist|[[Kurtis Mantronik]]|Dave Bright|[[Bryce Wilson|Bryce Luvah]]}}
| prev_title = [[This Should Move Ya]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12391|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|4}}<ref>May, Mitchell (2 May 1991). "Home Entertainment: Recordings". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. p. 7.</ref>
| rev3 = RapReviews
| rev3score = 4.5/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Juon |first=Steve 'Flash' |date=November 21, 2023 |title=Mantronix :: The Incredible Sound Machine – RapReviews |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2023/11/mantronix-the-incredible-sound-machine/ |access-date=November 21, 2023 |website=www.rapreviews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Q Magazine]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=":0"/>
}}
'''''The Incredible Sound Machine''''' is the fifth and final studio album by [[old school hip hop]]/[[electro (music)|electro funk]] group [[Mantronix]], and the third Mantronix album released on [[Capitol Records]]. ''The Incredible Sound Machine'' featured new member, vocalist [[Jade Trini Goring|Jade Trini]], who replaced D.J. D.  Trini joined [[rapping|rapper]] [[Bryce Wilson|Bryce "Luvah" Wilson]] (who made his debut on Mantronix's previous album, 1990's ''[[This Should Move Ya]]''), and founding member, DJ [[Kurtis Mantronik]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Bradley|first=Lloyd|date=5 March 1991|title=Clattering|journal=[[Q Magazine]]|volume=55|pages=67}}</ref>
''The Incredible Sound Machine'' was a departure from previous Mantronix albums, in that it favored [[house music]], [[R&B]], and [[new jack swing]] over the old school hip hop/electro funk sound for which the group was most famously known.<ref name=":0" />
Shortly after the European tour and promotion related to the release of the album, which was critically panned and commercially disappointing, Mantronix disbanded.<ref name="When Recorded Hip-hop was in its Infancy, One Man was Responsible for Really Pushing the Sonic Envelope. It's Been Far from Plain Sailing Since, But the Mantronix Legacy will Run Forever">{{cite web | url = http://www.cheebadesign.com/legends/articleX.html | accessdate = 29 December 2006 | title = When Recorded Hip-hop was in its Infancy, One Man was Responsible for Really Pushing the Sonic Envelope. It's Been Far from Plain Sailing Since, But the Mantronix Legacy will Run Forever | publisher = cheebadesign.com (original article printed in Hip Hop Connection Magazine) | date = July 2002 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110524234641/http://www.cheebadesign.com/legends/articleX.html | archivedate = 24 May 2011 }}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "Step to Me (Do Me)" <small>([[Kurtis Mantronik|Mantronik]], [[Angie Stone]])</small> – 4:00
# "Don't Go Messin' with My Heart" <small>(Dave Bright, Stone)</small> – 4:20
# "Flower Child (Summer of Love)" <small>(Mantronik, Stone, Terry Taylor)</small> – 4:56
# "Gimme' Something" <small>(Mantronik, Stone, Taylor)</small> – 4:07
# "Put a Little Love On Hold (Duet with Terry Taylor)" <small>(Mantronik, Stone, Bright)</small> – 4:44
# "Well I Guess You" <small>(Mantronik, Stone, Bright)</small> – 3:47
# "Step to Me (Do Me) (12" Extended Mix) (Bonus Track)" <small>(Mantronik, Stone)</small> – 5:29
# "If You Could Read My Mind" <small>(Mantronik, [[Bryce Wilson]])</small> – 4:40
# "Make It Funky" <small>(Wilson)</small> – 3:38
# "(I'm) Just Adjustin' My Mic ('91)" <small>(Mantronik, Wilson)</small> – 3:11
# "Operation Mindcrime" <small>(Mantronik, Wilson)</small> – 2:19
==Chart positions==
'''Album'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Year'''
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Chart'''
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Peak<br/>position'''
|-
|1991
|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/23066/mantronix/|title=MANTRONIX|date=22 February 1986|website=Official Charts}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|36
|}
'''Singles'''
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Year'''
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Single'''
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Chart'''
| style="text-align:center;"|'''Peak<br/>position'''
|-
|1991
|"Don't Go Messin' with My Heart"
|[[UK Singles Chart]]<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|-
|1991
|"Step to Me"
|UK Singles Chart<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|59
|}
== References ==
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==External links==
* [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r12391|pure_url=yes}} ''The Incredible Sound Machine''] at [[AllMusic]]
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