''Impurity'' is a

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rock band

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, released in 1990. It was the first album without

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ist Jason Harris, who had been replaced by Peter Nice (better known as "Nelson"). It was the band's last studio album with

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. The album sees the band venturing further into the musical territory which they began exploring on their previous album, ''

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'' (1989).

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ist Ed Alleyne-Johnson was again a collaborator. It also contained the guitar work of Adrian Portas. The album reached #23 on the

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in October 1990.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that the album "exemplifies a fervent, trend- bucking band that has remained true to its original goals."

Singles

The singles released from the album were "Get Me Out" (September 1990), "Purity" (October 1990) and "Space" (June 1991).

Versions

The LP contained 11 tracks, the CD version included the bonus track "Marrakesh". The German gatefold-version of the LP had a slightly different cover-artwork. The band logo is printed in light-grey instead of the other version's red logo. The album was

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ed and

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d in 2005 with a bonus disc containing rarities,

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and live tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

Production

– producer *Pat Collier – producer, mixed by, recorded by (additional) *Jessica Corcoran –

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*John Cornfield – recorded by *Tim Young – mastered by *

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–

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*Keith Faulkener –

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, artwork processing *Michael Faulkener – layout, artwork processing

Musicians

Justin Sullivan Justin Edward Sullivan (born 8 April 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is also the lead vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter of English rock band New Model Army (band), New Model Army, which he formed in 1980 togeth ...

–

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, keyboards *

Robert Heaton Robert Charles Heaton (6 July 1961 – 4 November 2004) was an English musician best known as the drummer for the rock band New Model Army. Besides being the drummer for the band Heaton was also responsible for much of the band's songwriting, ...

–

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, backing vocals *Nelson –

, guitar, keyboards,

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, backing vocals * Ed Alleyne-Johnson –

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s *Adrian Portas – guitar *Joolz Denby –

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on "Space"

Weekly charts

References

External links

discogs.comThe Official NMA Website
*Original CD liner notes
Everyhit.com
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