Pure Mania

Pure Mania is the debut album by the punk band the Vibrators. It was released in 1977 on Epic Records and reached No. 49 in the UK Albums Chart. The song "Baby Baby" was released as a single and punk band Stiff Little Fingers got their name from the song of the same name from this album.

Pure Mania
Studio album by The Vibrators
Released	June 1977
Genre	Punk, new wave
Length	34:42
Label	Epic Columbia
Producer	Robin Mayhew, The Vibrators
The Vibrators chronology
Pure Mania (1977) V2 (1978)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

In the 1992 Rolling Stone Album Guide, Mark Coleman wrote that Pure Mania was among "the few original punk artifacts that still sound urgent—and necessary."^[3] Trouser Press called it "a treasure trove of memorable ditties".^[4] AllMusic's Mark Deming said the album "isn't purist's punk, but it's pure rock & roll, and there's nothing wrong with that."^[1] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau described it as "good new-fashioned rock and roll at its wildest".^[2]

Track listing

All songs by I.M. Carnochan except as indicated.

Side one

1. "Into the Future..."
2. "Yeah Yeah Yeah" (Pat Collier)
3. "Sweet Sweet Heart"
4. "Keep It Clean" (John Ellis)
5. "Baby Baby"
6. "No Heart"
7. "She's Bringing You Down"

Side two

1. "Petrol" (Pat Collier)
2. "London Girls"
3. "You Broke My Heart"
4. "Whips & Furs"
5. "Stiff Little Fingers" (John Ellis)
6. "Wrecked on You"
7. "I Need a Slave"
8. "Bad Time"

Personnel

The Vibrators

• Knox – guitar, keyboards, vocals
• John Ellis – guitar, vocals
• Pat Collier – bass, vocals
• John "Eddie" Edwards – drums

Technical

• Simon Humphrey – engineering
• Steve Cunningham – engineering
• Keith Morris – photography

References

1. Deming, Mark. "Pure Mania – The Vibrators". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "The Vibrators: Pure Mania". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. p. 408. ISBN 0-89919-026-X. Retrieved 4 February 2018 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Coleman, Mark (1992). "The Vibrators". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 740. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
4. Robbins, Ira; Brod, Doug. "Vibrators". Trouser Press. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

External links

• Pure Mania at Discogs (list of releases)