How to Operate with a Blown Mind is the debut studio album by Lo Fidelity Allstars, released on Skint Records in 1998.

The Hartford Courant wrote that "there's something a little different about the Allstar approach, alternating the boomy, hooky dance tracks with spacy, equally melodic washes of instrumentals, over which are long, Beat poet-like rants.

"[5] NME named How to Operate with a Blown Mind the 21st best album of 1998.

[6] In a rundown of "intelligent big beat", Simon Reynolds called the album an "oxymoronic masterpiece of 'darkside big beat'.

"[7] All tracks are written by Lo Fidelity Allstars, except "Battle Flag" written by PigeonhedCredits adapted from liner notes.