Copyright © 1992 Earache
1. spite (4.30)
2. mothra (4.31)
3. i wasn't born to follow (7.22)
4. predominance (6.25)
5. pure (5.02)
6. monotremata (9.20)
7. baby blue eyes (4.39)
8. don't bring me flowers (6.38)
9. love, hate (slugbaiting) (9.57)
10. pure ii (21.04)
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Following the almost mystical Streetcleaner with its sonic and verbal metaphor unified at all levels by a highly organic album, "Pure" is bolder in aesthetic but more cautious in song structure and treatment of dynamic. Like rock anthems, many songs on this release bounce along on rhythms doubled before each fill, and resultingly influence the consistency of the album as a whole to be more of a 4/4 peristalsis. Grinding riffs and simpler melodic rockish riffing merge and interact across a space of an oligarchy of songs and an annexed ambient noise piece. Broadrick's vocals are more consistent in their tracing a beat or falling behind it with a howl, and drum machine and stringed instruments alike are more consistent in their volume and technique of attempt. On the whole not a bad album, but very surface in comparison to Streetcleaner and thus not as much praised at the time of its release.
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