Pure (The Lightning Seeds album)

Pure
Album cover for Pure (1996)
Compilation album by
Released6 May 1996
Recorded1989–1991
GenreAlternative rock, pop
Length71:49
LabelVirgin (CDV 2805)
ProducerIan Broudie
The Lightning Seeds chronology
Jollification
(1994)
Pure
(1996)
Dizzy Heights
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Pure is a compilation album by pop band The Lightning Seeds, released in 1996 and reaching #27 in the UK Albums Chart.[2]

The first of what would turn out to be five compilations Ian Broudie released from 1996 to 2006, Pure, The Lightning Seeds' first release by Virgin, is almost a reissue rather than a compilation, since it consists of all but three of the songs released by Epic on the first two albums, Cloudcuckooland from 1990 and Sense from 1992; the only songs missing are one song from the first album ("Control the Flame") and two from Sense: ("Where Flowers Fade" and "Marooned").[3]

  1. ^ Woodstra, Chris. "The Lightning Seeds: Pure > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
  2. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 321. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  3. ^ Moxon, Mark (4 March 2002). "The Lightning Seeds – the Albums". Arts and Entertainment / Music / Musical Works. h2g2. Retrieved 27 May 2014. A rushed compilation of 18 songs from the first two albums, ...[i]t misses off one song from Cloudcuckooland ("Control the Flame") and two from Sense ("Where Flowers Fade" and "Marooned")...