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Crystal Logic
Studio album by Manilla Road
Released	December 1983
Recorded	May–June 1983
Studio	Miller Studio, North Newton, Kansas
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	44:18
Label	Roadster
Producer	Mark Mazur
Manilla Road chronology
Metal (1982) Crystal Logic (1983) Open the Gates (1985)

Crystal Logic is the third studio album by the American heavy metal band Manilla Road, released in December 1983 (and reissued in 2002). On this album the band fully embraced heavy metal, leaving behind the space, progressive and hard rock influences which could be found on the two previous albums.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

In the magazine Metal Forces, Bernard Doe wrote, "Manilla Road suffer the same problem as Brocas Helm in sounding a little dated in style. But let's not take away the band's musicianship which is quite excellent throughout, especially guitarist Mark Shelton's riffing and soloing".

In 2005, Crystal Logic was ranked number 344 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Aaron Lariviere of The A.V. Club named it one of 1983's "excellent but tragically underrated records".

Track listing

All songs written by Mark Shelton.

Personnel

Band

• Mark Shelton – lead vocals, guitars, arrangement
• Scott Park – bass, arrangement
• Rick Fisher – drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangement

Production

• Larry Funk – engineer
• John Jinks – front cover art
• Cinda Hughes – back cover art
• Manilla Road – front cover design
• Mike Arnold – dust sleeve photo
• Sherry Avett, Mark Shelton – back cover design

References

1. Crystal Logic at AllMusic
2. Doe, Bernard (1984). "Manilla Road: Crystal Logic". Metal Forces (3).
3. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 72. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
4. Lariviere, Aaron (August 13, 2013). "Not Murmur: 36 great but underappreciated records from 1983". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 22, 2017.

• Manilla Road albums
• 1983 albums