Pure (Godflesh album)

Pure
Studio album by Godflesh
Released	April 13, 1992
Recorded	September – October 1991
Genre	Industrial metal, post-metal[1]
Length	48:30
Label	Earache, Relativity
Producer	J. K. Broadrick, G. C. Green
Godflesh chronology
Streetcleaner (1989) Pure (1992) Selfless (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Q	[3]
Robert Christgau	[4]

Pure is the second album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on April 13, 1992, on Earache Records. A music video was produced for "Mothra". The CD version includes two bonus tracks.

This LP was re-issued in August 2009 as part of a triple-CD package which also included both the Slavestate EP and the Cold World EP.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spite"	4:31
2.	"Mothra"	4:31
3.	"I Wasn't Born to Follow"	7:22
4.	"Predominance"	6:16
5.	"Pure"	5:02
6.	"Monotremata"	9:21
7.	"Baby Blue Eyes"	4:39
8.	"Don't Bring Me Flowers"	6:48
Total length:		48:30

CD-only bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Love, Hate (Slugbaiting)"	9:57
10.	"Pure II"	21:04
Total length:		79:31

Personnel

• G. C. Green – bass
• Justin Broadrick – guitar, vocals
• Robert Hampson – guitar ("Spite", "I Wasn't Born to Follow", "Predominance", "Don't Bring Me Flowers", "Pure II")
• Machines – rhythm, samples
• Paul Neville – guitar ("Love, Hate (Slugbaiting)")

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1992	The Wire	United Kingdom	"Albums of the Year"	18	[6]
2000	Terrorizer	United Kingdom	"100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties"	*	[7]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

References

1. Jahdi, Robin (24 June 2015). "The 40 best post-metal records ever made". Fact. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
2. Raggett, Ned. "allmusic ((( Pure > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved March 19, 2010.
3. Columnist. "Pure". Q. May 1992. pg. 77. March 19, 2010
4. Christgau, Robert. "Godflesh". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
5. "Pure". Crumbling Flesh. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
6. "The Wire - Albums of the Year". The Wire. Archived from the original on April 10, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
7. "Terrorizer - 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Terrorizer. Retrieved April 16, 2008.