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Pure Mania

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{{Infobox album

| name = Pure Mania

| type = studio

| artist = The Vibrators

| cover = Vibrators-Pure-Mania.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 1977

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| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Punk, new wave

| length = 34:42

| label = Epic
Columbia

| producer = Robin Mayhew, The Vibrators

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| prev_year =

| next_title = V2

| next_year = 1978

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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

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pure-mania-mw0000310353 |title=Pure Mania – The Vibrators |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=27 January 2010}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = A{{cite book |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=The Vibrators: Pure Mania |chapter-url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3897 |access-date=4 February 2018 |via=robertchristgau.com |title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies |title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies |publisher=Ticknor and Fields |year=1981 |isbn=0-89919-026-X |page=408}}

| rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book |last=Coleman |first=Mark |editor1-last=DeCurtis |editor1-first=Anthony |editor1-link=Anthony DeCurtis |editor2-last=Henke |editor2-first=James |editor3-last=George-Warren |editor3-first=Holly |chapter=The Vibrators |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=Random House |edition=3rd |year=1992 |isbn=0-679-73729-4 |page=740}}

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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".{{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |last2=Brod |first2=Doug |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/vibrators/ |title=Vibrators |website=Trouser Press |access-date=12 January 2011}} 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

  • 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

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External links

  • {{Discogs master|114582|name=Pure Mania}}

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Category:1977 debut albums

Category:The Vibrators albums

Category:Epic Records albums