Individual Thought Patterns is the fifth studio album by American death metal band Death, released on June 22, 1993, by Relativity Records. It is the only album by the band to feature guitarist Andy LaRocque, the first to feature drummer Gene Hoglan and the second and last to feature bassist Steve DiGiorgio.
Schuldiner's lyrics explore human facets including critiques of social norms, constructs and perceptions. Manager Eric Greif described the album as "an angry record, angry lyrically", attributing it to his conflict with Schuldiner at the time.
This album contains the track "The Philosopher", for which a music video was made that received airplay on MTV and was even featured on, and comically panned by Beavis and Butt-Head, where the duo mistake the boy in the video for "Jeremy" from the Pearl Jam video and mock Schuldiner's vocals. The album is included in Guitar Player Magazine's Metal Guitar albums Top 20. The album was reissued and remixed by Relapse Records in October 2011.
Track LIst...
A1. Overactive Imagination
A2. In Human Form
A3. Jealousy
A4. Trapped In A Corner
A5. Nothing Is Everything
B1. Mentally Blind
B2. Individual Thought Patterns
B3. Destiny
B4. Out Of Touch
B5. The Philosopher
