Pure (The Lightning Seeds album)

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1996 compilation album by The Lightning Seeds

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)

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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

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All tracks are written by Ian Broudie; except where indicated.

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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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

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Chart (1996)  | Peak
position

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UK Albums Chart[2] | 27

## Certifications

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

## References

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1. ^ Woodstra, Chris. "The Lightning Seeds: Pure > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2010.
2. ^ a b 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 27 May 2014. "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")..."

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The Lightning Seeds

* Ian Broudie
* Riley Broudie
* Martyn Campbell

* Chris Sharrock
* Paul Hemmings
* Keith York
* Mathew Priest
* Zak Starkey

Studio albums|

* Cloudcuckooland
* Sense
* Jollification
* Dizzy Heights
* Tilt
* Four Winds

Compilations|

* Pure
* Like You Do... Best of the Lightning Seeds
* Life of Riley: The Lightning Seeds Collection
* The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds

Singles|

* "Pure"
* "The Life of Riley"
* "Three Lions"
* "You Showed Me"

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