Pure Mania Explained

Pure Mania
Type:studio
Artist:The Vibrators
Cover:Vibrators-Pure-Mania.jpg
Released:June 1977
Genre:Punk, new wave
Length:34:42
Label:Epic
Columbia
Producer:Robin Mayhew, The Vibrators
Next Title:V2
Next Year:1978

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.

Reception

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." Trouser Press called it "a treasure trove of memorable ditties".[1] 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." Village Voice critic Robert Christgau described it 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

The Vibrators
Technical

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robbins . Ira . Brod . Doug . Vibrators . . 12 January 2011.