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.
| Pure Mania | ||||
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| Released | June 1977 | |||
| Genre | Punk, new wave | |||
| Length | 34:42 | |||
| Label | Epic Columbia | |||
| Producer | Robin Mayhew, The Vibrators | |||
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Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | A[2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [3] |
In the 1992 Rolling Stone Album Guide, Mark Coleman wrote that Pure Mania was among "the few original punk artifacts that still sound urgent—and necessary."[3] Trouser Press called it "a treasure trove of memorable ditties".[4] 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."[1] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau described it as "good new-fashioned rock and roll at its wildest".[2]
Track listing edit
All songs by I.M. Carnochan except as indicated.
Side one edit
- "Into the Future..."
- "Yeah Yeah Yeah" (Pat Collier)
- "Sweet Sweet Heart"
- "Keep It Clean" (John Ellis)
- "Baby Baby"
- "No Heart"
- "She's Bringing You Down"
Side two edit
- "Petrol" (Pat Collier)
- "London Girls"
- "You Broke My Heart"
- "Whips & Furs"
- "Stiff Little Fingers" (John Ellis)
- "Wrecked on You"
- "I Need a Slave"
- "Bad Time"
Personnel edit
- The Vibrators
- Knox – guitar, keyboards, vocals
- John Ellis – guitar, vocals
- Pat Collier – bass, vocals
- John "Eddie" Edwards – drums
- Technical
- Simon Humphrey – engineering
- Steve Cunningham – engineering
- Keith Morris – photography
References edit
- ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Pure Mania – The Vibrators". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Vibrators: Pure Mania". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. p. 408. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved 4 February 2018 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ a b Coleman, Mark (1992). "The Vibrators". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 740. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
- ^ Robbins, Ira; Brod, Doug. "Vibrators". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
External links edit
- Pure Mania at Discogs (list of releases)