| Pigs on Purpose | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 6–8 September 1982 | |||
| Studio | Outlaw Studios, Birmingham | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 40:37 (original UK release 59:26 (2004 re-release) | |||
| Label | Cherry Red | |||
| Producer | Richard Strange | |||
| The Nightingales chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |    [1] |
Pigs on Purpose is the first studio album released by British post-punk band The Nightingales. It was released in 1982 through the Cherry Red record label and was distributed by Pinnacle.[2] The album reached #15 in the UK Indie Chart.
James Robert wrote that the album was "a summation of their live set", but "let down by a flat production that didn't do justice to the duelling guitar thrust".[3] Stewart Lee in 2004 wrote in The Sunday Times that it "is the CD reissue of the year".[4]
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Nightingales website - "Pigs on Purpose"
- ^ Robert, James (2003). Peter Buckley (ed.). The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. pp. 1819. ISBN 1858284570.
- ^ Lee, Stewart (5 December 2004). "The Nightingales: Pigs on Purpose". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 28 August 2021.