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Pure Mania

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Released
  
June 1977

Pure Mania (1977)
  
V2 (1978)

Release date
  
June 1977

Genres
  
Punk rock, New wave

Length
  
34:42

Artist
  
The Vibrators

Label
  
Epic/Sony Records

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Producer
  
Robin Mayhew, The Vibrators

Punk rock albums
  
V2, Troops of Tomorrow, Inflammable Material, Damned Damned Damned, Rattus Norvegicus

The vibrators pure mania 1977 full album


Pure Mania is the debut album by the punk band the Vibrators. It was released in 1977 on Epic Records and reached No. 49 in the UK Albums Chart. The song "Baby Baby" was released as a single and punk band Stiff Little Fingers got their name from the song of the same name from this album.

Contents

Into the future by the vibrators w lyrics


Reception

Trouser Press writer Ira Robbins described the album as a "treasure trove of memorable ditties". Allmusic's Mark Deming said the album "isn't purist's punk, but it's pure rock & roll, and there's nothing wrong with that." In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, critic Robert Christgau described the album as "good new-fashioned rock and roll at its wildest".

Track listing

All songs by I.M. Carnochan except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "Into the Future..."
  2. "Yeah Yeah Yeah" (Pat Collier)
  3. "Sweet Sweet Heart"
  4. "Keep It Clean" (John Ellis)
  5. "Baby Baby"
  6. "No Heart"
  7. "She's Bringing You Down"

Side two

  1. "Petrol" (Pat Collier)
  2. "London Girls"
  3. "You Broke My Heart"
  4. "Whips & Furs"
  5. "Stiff Little Fingers" (John Ellis)
  6. "Wrecked On You"
  7. "I Need a Slave"
  8. "Bad Time"

Personnel

  • Knox - guitar, keyboards, vocals
  • John Ellis - guitar, vocals
  • Pat Collier - bass, vocals
  • John "Eddie" Edwards - drums
  • Technical
  • Simon Humphrey, Steve Cunningham - engineers
  • Keith Morris - photography
  • Songs

    1Into the Future2:18
    2Yeah Yeah Yeah1:19
    3Sweet Sweet Heart2:38

    References

    Pure Mania Wikipedia