Imaginative Plain

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

Reception
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." 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."

Personnel
Adapted from the Imaginative Plain liner notes.


 * Mainliner
 * Kawabata Makoto – electric guitar
 * Asahito Nanjo – vocals, bass guitar, production
 * Koji Shimura – drums


 * Production and additional personnel
 * Bucci & D.I.O – cover art
 * Jerome Genin – front cover photo
 * Mainliner – arrangements