Pure (Godflesh album)

Pure
Studio album by Godflesh
Released April 13, 1992
Recorded September–October 1991
Genre Industrial metal
Length 79:32
Label Earache, Relativity
Producer J. K. Broadrick, G. C. Green
Godflesh chronology
Cold World [EP]
(1991)		 Pure
(1992)		 Merciless
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Q [2]
Robert Christgau [3]
Piero Scaruffi [4]

Pure is Godflesh's second official album, and one of the band's most popular and influential releases. It was released in 1992 on Earache Records. A music video was produced for the single "Mothra".

Tracks 9 and 10 did not appear on the initial cassette and vinyl versions of the album.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Spite" – 4:31
  2. "Mothra" – 4:31
  3. "I Wasn't Born to Follow" – 7:22
  4. "Predominance" – 6:16
  5. "Pure" – 5:02
  6. "Monotremata" – 9:21
  7. "Baby Blue Eyes" – 4:39
  8. "Don't Bring Me Flowers" – 6:48

Bonus Tracks (cd version only)

  1. "Love, Hate (Slugbaiting)" – 9:57
  2. "Pure II" – 21:04

Accolades

Year Publication Country Accolade Rank
1992 The Wire United Kingdom "Albums of the Year" 18 [5]
2000 Terrorizer United Kingdom "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties" * [6]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Credits

References

  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "allmusic ((( Pure > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r73133. Retrieved March 19, 2010. 
  2. ^ Columnist. "Pure". Q. May 1992. pg. 77, cited March 19, 2010
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Godflesh". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved on April 11, 2010.
  4. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Godflesh". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on March 19, 2010.
  5. ^ "The Wire - Albums of the Year". The Wire. Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20080410075210/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/thewire.html#1992. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 
  6. ^ "Terrorizer - 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Terrorizer. http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/terroris.htm#The%20Nineties. Retrieved 2008-04-16. 
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