Pure (The Lightning Seeds album)

Pure
Compilation album by The Lightning Seeds
Released	6 May 1996
Recorded	1989-1991
Genre	Alternative rock, Pop
Length	71:49
Label	Virgin (CDV 2805)
Producer	Ian Broudie
The Lightning Seeds chronology
Jollification (1994) Pure (1996) Dizzy Heights (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ian Broudie; except where indicated. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Life of Riley"		4:03
2.	"Sense"	Broudie, Terry Hall	4:11
3.	"Blowing Bubbles"		4:13
4.	"Pure"		3:47
5.	"Sweet Dreams"	Broudie, Richard Jobson	4:27
6.	"All I Want"	Broudie, Peter Coyle	2:54
7.	"A Small Slice of Heaven"	Broudie, Hall	3:48
8.	"Love Explosion"		4:16
9.	"Don't Let Go"		3:58
10.	"Joy"		4:16
11.	"The Price"		4:17
12.	"A Cool Place"		2:56
13.	"Happy"	Broudie, Ian McNabb	4:30
14.	"Tingle Tangle"		3:21
15.	"God Help Them"	Broudie, Paul Simpson	3:43
16.	"Bound in a Nutshell"		4:32
17.	"The Nearly Man"		3:08
18.	"Thinking Up, Looking Down"		5:19

• Tracks 1, 2, 3, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18 from Sense
• Tracks 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 from Cloudcuckooland

Charts

Charts (1996)	Peak chart position
UK Albums Chart	27[2]

Certifications

• United Kingdom (BPI): Silver (1 January 1997)

References

1. Woodstra, Chris. "The Lightning Seeds: Pure > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
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 2014-05-27. 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")...