''Pure'' is the debut album by the UK rock band 3 Colours Red, released in 1997. It was produced by the band's manager Terry Thomas at

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in 1996 and managed to accurately encapsulate the furious assault of their renowned live performances, it reached number 15 in the UK album charts when it was released on

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in 1997 and included four top-40 singles, it was touted by the music press at the time as one of the best British albums of the decade, catapulting the band into the mainstream media headlights. Having injected energy into the UK's dwindling

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scene alongside bands like A, Feeder, Bush, Idlewild,

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, Ash and

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they soon became poster boys for the industry's newly carved 'Britrock' pigeonhole.

Reception

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'' writer Neil Spencer said "somewhere it's always 1977, and this quartet's debut is hewn straight from punk's frantic riffing and all-purpose pissed-offness. The bludgeoning approach works well enough, but is unlikely to muscle aside the competition". Andrew Smith of ''

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'' thought the band sound liked a "genetically engineered cross between the Clash and one of the punk era's great unsung bands, the Ruts. Crucially, they do it pretty well, too: the gritty rush of the first half-dozen tracks ..amount to a powerful reminder of why these sounds made such an impact 20 years ago". ''

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'' concluded that "it's not that their verbose rants are unpleasant—on the contrary, they inspire fond memories of the Clash—but this sort of three-chord stuff feels deeply anachronistic."

Track listing

#"Pure" (Vuckovic) - 3:08 #"This Is My Hollywood" (McCormack) - 2:43 #"Nerve Gas" (McCormack) - 2:22 #"Nuclear Holiday" (McCormack) - 3:06 #"Copper Girl" (Vuckovic) - 3:32 #"Sixty Mile Smile" (McCormack) - 2:39 #"Sunny in England" (McCormack) - 2:37 #"Alright Ma" (McCormack) - 3:01 #"Mental Blocks" (McCormack) - 2:32 #"Fit Boy + Faint Girl" (Vuckovic) - 4:28 #"Halfway Up the Downs" (Vuckovic) - 2:26 #"Hateslick" (McCormack) - 3:46 #"Love's Cradle" (McCormack) - 2:51 #"Aniseed" - (McCormack) 2:16

Personnel

;3 Colours Red * Pete Vuckovic –

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* Chris McCormack –

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* Ben Harding – guitar * Keith Baxter –

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;Technical * Terry Thomas – producer *

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– mastering

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pure (3 Colours Red Album) 1997 debut albums 3 Colours Red albums Creation Records albums