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''Pigs on Purpose'' is the first studio album released by British post-punk band
The Nightingales Nightingales (a.k.a. The Nightingales) are a British post-punk/alternative rock band, formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England, by four members of Birmingham's punk group The Prefects. They had been part of The Clash's 'White Riot Tour', recorde ...
. It was released in 1982 through the Cherry Red record label and was distributed by
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. The album reached #15 in the
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. 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".
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in 2004 wrote in
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that it "is the CD reissue of the year".


Track listing

# "Blood For Dirt" - 2:59 # "Start From Scratch" - 2:24 # "One Mistake" - 2:40 # "Well Done, Underdog" - 1:47 # "The Crunch" - 4:51 # "The Hedonists Sigh" - 2:25 # "It Lives Again!" - 3:01 # "Make Good" - 2:24 # "Don't Blink" - 3:58 # "Joking Apart" - 2:17 # "Yeah, It's O.K." - 5:15 # "Use Your Loaf" - 2:07 # "Blisters" - 4:29 The album was re-released in 2004, and included the band's 2nd, 3rd and 4th singles plus their respective b-sides. The debut single, "Idiot Strength", was not included. The additional tracks are:
  1. "Inside Out" - 3:01 (B-side to "Use Your Loaf")
  2. "Under The Lash" - 2:15 (B-side to "Use Your Loaf")
  3. "Paraffin Brain" - 2:57 (3rd single)
  4. "Elvis The Last Ten Days" - 2:50 (B-side to "Paraffin Brain")
  5. "Urban Ospreys" - 4:26 (4th single)
  6. "Cakehole" - 3:20 (B-side to "Urban Ospreys")


Personnel

*Paul Apperley - drums *Steve Hawkins - bass, vocal *Andy Lloyd - guitars, vocals *Nick Beales - guitars, vocals * Robert Lloyd - vocals, mouth organ


References

{{Authority control 1982 debut albums Cherry Red Records albums The Nightingales albums