Pure Energy

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Pure Energy
Compilation album by Information Society
Released	March 30, 2004
Genre	Synth-pop
Label	Cleopatra Records
Information Society chronology
strange haircuts // cardboard guitars // and computer samples (2001)	Pure Energy (2004)	Oscillator (EP) (2007)

Pure Energy: the very best of Information Society is a compilation album of synth-pop band Information Society. It is very poorly regarded by band members and fans alike.

[edit] Track listing

1. "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)"
2. "Peace And Love, Ince. (Biokraft Mix)"
3. "Empty"
4. "Closing In 2.0"
5. "On The Outside 2.1"
6. "Walking Away (Leather Strip Mix)"
7. "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy) Effcee Mix"
8. "Are 'Friends' Electric?" (Slightly Altered Version)
9. "Going, Going, Gone (Razed In Black Mix)"
10. "Express Yourself"
11. "Ozar Midrashim 1.1"
12. "Sleek 300 2.11"
13. "The Ridge 1.1"

[edit] Trivia

• This album had very little of the "classic" Information Society. It consisted of tracks from the albums Don't Be Afraid (done by Kurt Harland alone) and InSoc Recombinant (a remix album, again a solo work by Harland), along with different mixes of "Are Friends Electric?" and "What's On Your Mind".

• Despite being listed in the liner notes as the album's producer, singer Kurt Harland did not work on it, and did not know of it before it was released. Despite refusing to "endorse or un-endorse" it, he expressed a strong dislike regarding the cover art, for being poorly done and for depicting him bearing a firearm.[1]

• Paul Robb says this is "not an Information Society record" and "an insult to both the band and the fans". He also detested the cover art, calling it "dreadful". [2]

• The band's MySpace blog refers to it as "that horrible Cleopatra abomination".

[edit] External links

• Track-by-track review