Pure (Godflesh album)
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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.
Bonus Tracks (cd version only)
Godflesh
Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham, England. Originally known as Fall of Because, they formed in 1988 by Justin K. Broadrick and G.C. Green and disbanded in 2002. Godflesh's innovative music is widely regarded as a foundational influence on industrial metal and post-metal...
's second official album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, and one of the band's most popular and influential releases. It was released in 1992 on Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
. A music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
was produced for the single "Mothra".
Tracks 9 and 10 did not appear on the initial cassette and vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
versions of the album.
Track listing
- "Spite" – 4:31
- "Mothra" – 4:31
- "I Wasn't Born to Follow" – 7:22
- "Predominance" – 6:16
- "Pure" – 5:02
- "Monotremata" – 9:21
- "Baby Blue Eyes" – 4:39
- "Don't Bring Me Flowers" – 6:48
Bonus Tracks (cd version only)
- "Love, Hate (Slugbaiting)" – 9:57
- "Pure II" – 21:04
Accolades
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Wire The Wire (magazine) The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music... |
United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
"Albums of the Year" | 18 | |
| 2000 | Terrorizer | United Kingdom | "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties" | * | |
| "*" denotes an unordered list. | |||||
Credits
- G. C. Green - bass
- J. K. Broadrick - guitar, vocals
- Robert HampsonRobert HampsonRobert Hampson is an English musician and composer, known primarily as a guitarist in the band Loop, which he co-founded in London in 1985 with his then girlfriend Becky Stewart . Loop recorded three albums, the last of which made the U.K...
- guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 8, 10) - MachinesElectronic musical instrumentAn electronic musical instrument is a musical instrument that produces its sounds using electronics. Such an instrument sounds by outputting an electrical audio signal that ultimately drives a loudspeaker....
- rhythm and samples - Paul NevillePaul NevillePaul Christopher Neville , Australian politician, has been a Liberal National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1993, representing the Division of Hinkler, Queensland...
- guitar (track 9)