Pure Mania

Pure Mania
Studio album by The Vibrators
Released June 1977
Genre Punk, new wave
Length 34:42
Label Epic
Columbia
Producer Robin Mayhew, The Vibrators
The Vibrators chronology
Pure Mania
(1977)		 V2
(1978)V21978

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideA[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Trouser Press writer Ira Robbins described the album as 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] In his consumer guide for The Village Voice, critic Robert Christgau described the album as "good new-fashioned rock and roll at its wildest".[5]

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

References

  1. 1 2 Deming, Mark. "Pure Mania – The Vibrators". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Vibrators: Pure Mania". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the '70s. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  3. ↑ DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly, eds. (1992). "The Vibrators". The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
  4. ↑ Robbins, Ira; Doug Brod. "Trouser Press review". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
  5. ↑ Christgau, Robert (24 April 1978). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
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