Pure (The Primitives album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Pure

| type = Album

| artist = The Primitives

| cover = PureThePrimitives.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1989

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie pop

| length = 45:49

| label = RCA

| producer = Paul Sampson, Wayne Morris

| prev_title = Lovely

| prev_year = 1988

| next_title = Galore

| next_year = 1991

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Pure

| type = studio

| single1 = Way Behind Me

| single1date = 1988

| single2 = Sick of It

| single2date = 1989

| single3 = Secrets

| single3date = 1989

| single4 = All the Way Down

| single4date = 1990 (US promo only release)

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15765|pure_url=yes}}

| rev2 =Record Mirror

| rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Crossing|first=Gary|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-10-21-OCR.pdf|title=Review: The Primitives — Pure|magazine=Record Mirror|date=31 October 1989|access-date=21 October 2021|page=19|location=London|publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd.|via=American Radio History|issn=0144-5804|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101113021/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/80s/89/Record-Mirror-1989-10-21-OCR.pdf|archive-date=1 November 2021}}

}}

Pure is the second studio album by the British band The Primitives, released in 1989 as the follow-up to their debut, Lovely. The line-up changed slightly over the course of the previous year: Steve Dullaghan was replaced on the bass guitar by Paul Sampson, who also shared the production duties with Wayne Morris.

The first U.S. single from Pure was "Sick of It", which reached #24 in the UK. Pure also features "Way Behind Me", a single which was actually released shortly after the debut album (rising to #36 on the UK charts in 1988) and added to all future editions of Lovely. "Secrets" was also released as a single; however it stalled just inside the Top 50 (#49 UK). "I'll Be Your Mirror" is a cover of a Velvet Underground song from 1967.