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Pure (Gary Numan album)

October 27, 2023

Pure is the fourteenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan, released in November 2000 by Eagle Records.

Pure
Studio album by
Gary Numan
Released7 November 2000
Recorded2000
StudioAlien, London
GenreIndustrial rock, industrial metal, gothic rock
Length55:15
LabelEagle
ProducerGary Numan, Sulpher
Gary Numan chronology
Exile
(1997) 		Pure
(2000) 		Jagged
(2006)
Singles from Pure
  1. "Rip"
    Released: 13 July 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Canoe.ca(unfavourable)[3]
The Guardian[4]
NME(2/10)[5]
PopMatters(favourable)[6]
Q[7]
Release Magazine[8]

Music and lyrics edit

Lyrically, Pure was seen as continuing Numan's attacks on Christian dogma, but in a somewhat more personal fashion than on his previous album, Exile (1997).[9] The recording featured an expanded group of collaborators after the largely one-man efforts of Sacrifice (1994) and Exile. The Sulpher team of Rob Holliday and Monti contributed guitar and drums, respectively, as well as keyboards and additional production.

The opening/title song was typical of most tracks on the album, beginning with ethereal strings and piano effects that gave way to an industrial metal guitar riff before breaking into a thunderous chorus. It was described by Numan as an attempt to explore the mind of a rapist and murderer.[10] "Walking With Shadows" started with a scenario similar to the early Tubeway Army song "The Life Machine", that of a man in a coma, but one who, rather than wishing to return to his loved ones, wanted his loved ones to join him. "My Jesus", "Listen to My Voice" and "Rip" expanded upon the atheistic/heretical themes that were introduced on Sacrifice and which dominated Exile. "I Can’t Breathe" inhabited a world similar to Sacrifice's "Deadliner", that of a waking nightmare. "Fallen" was the composer's first instrumental in a number of years, full of distorted effects. "A Prayer for the Unborn" and "Little Invitro" were relatively gentler numbers inspired by personal tragedy,[10] specifically the recent miscarriages suffered by Numan's wife Gemma and the couple's many unsuccessful IVF attempts up until that time.[11]

Pure's style was compared to that of other industrial rock acts, such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson, who had themselves acknowledged Numan's earlier influence on their own music. Whilst some critics and fans[who?] professed themselves weary of a third record apparently obsessed with (anti) religious themes, others such as The Sunday Times described Pure as Numan’s best album since his classic 1979/80 period.

Promotion and release edit

Numan toured extensively in support of the new album, captured in the Scarred live recording issued in 2003. A number of the tracks were also remixed for the Hybrid collection, released the same year. Unlike the three previous albums, no 'Extended' version of Pure was ever officially made available, though a bootleg of dubious authenticity exists. However, a 2CD numbered limited edition 'Tour Edition' was released in 2001, containing a poster and a bonus CD with screensaver, live tracks and two remixes. The album artwork was also extensively re-worked. The only single, "Rip", was released 18 months after the album; it reached number 29 in the UK charts, making it Numan's first new single to hit the Top 40 since "No More Lies" with Shakatak's Bill Sharpe in 1988. In the United States, "Listen to my Voice" was a radio hit, reaching No.13 on the R&R Alternative Charts.[12]

Reception edit

Pure received mixed to positive reviews. Writing in NME in October 2000, music journalist Noel Gardner described the album as "Pure ... ends up a mere testament to Numan's bloated vanity; impeccably produced, yet wincingly self-important and wholly charmless".[5] Darryl Sterdan, when reviewing the album for Canoe.ca, described Numan's vocal and lyrical approach as "whispering like Manson and yelping like Reznor about pain, isolation and sacrifice". Sterdan went on to say, "Numan admits these brooding electro-goth pouts were influenced by U.S. electro-metal. He gets one point for honesty, but none for originality or even timeliness -- Rip, Torn and Fallen sound like the cliche dreck Trentoids were churning out en masse in '96. It didn't work then, and it doesn't work now. Especially for a guy like Numan who can do so much better."[3]

The album was more positively assessed in Kerrang: "This veteran artist has released a superbly dark and dysfunctional industrial album that will electrocute you. My Jesus and Rip are just two of many tracks that spiral with synth-based dementia before immersing you in elegant waves of distortion. If you like your melancholia dense and dynamic, you won't want Pure to end. And no way will you believe it's a Gary Numan album. Venturing into darker pastures than Depeche Mode dared, Pure lives out a post-modern nightmare of Blade Runner fashioned alienation. It would be selling Numan short to call Pure pregnant with menace".[13]

Writing in The Guardian, Maddy Costa also described Numan as sounding like Manson and Reznor, but noted that "nobody quite emulates him".[4] Liana Jonas, reviewing the album for Allmusic, said, "Pure is good, dark mood music, seasoned with menacing basslines, electronic crashes and spikes, and slow-grinding guitars. It's an effective pairing -- ghostly voice coupled with industrialized music; often this genre features scream-singing."[2] Writing for PopMatters, Wilson Neate said, "Pure is Gary Numan's richest, most powerful and most aggressive work in years."[6]

Pure made a limited impression on the UK Albums Chart where it reached number 58, staying on the charts for one week.

In 2013, Pure was reappraised by Jamie Halliday of Audio Antihero Records in a "Paint It Back" retrospective article for the GoldFlakePaint music site, praising the album and calling it Numan's "21st century masterpiece."[14]

Re-recording edit

On 21 July 2021, Vaughn George, following interviews with Numan and his present album producer Ade Fenton, announced on his YouTube channel that Sacrifice, Exile and Pure would be re-produced from the ground up to match the current production standards of more current albums produced by Fenton, such as Savage (2017) and Intruder (2021). As of the time of the video, Sacrifice and Pure had been fully recorded, while production of Exile had been put on hold due to the release of Intruder. A release date has not been announced.[15]

Track listing edit

All songs written by Gary Numan, except where noted.

2000 Eagle Records CD release (EAGCD 078) edit

  1. "Pure" – 5:08
  2. "Walking With Shadows" – 5:52
  3. "Rip" – 5:06
  4. "One Perfect Lie" – 4:35
  5. "My Jesus" – 5:45
  6. "Fallen" – 2:31
  7. "Listen to My Voice" – 5:12
  8. "A Prayer for the Unborn" – 5:43
  9. "Torn" – 5:10
  10. "Little Invitro" – 4:28
  11. "I Can't Breathe" (Numan, Rob Holliday, Monti) – 5:45

2001 Eagle Records 'Tour Edition' CD (EDGTE 078) edit

Disc one

Same track listing as original release.

Disc two
  1. "Pure" (live) – 6:43
  2. "My Jesus" (live) – 5:52
  3. "Rip" (live) – 5:09
  4. "Cars" (live) – 3:22
  5. "Replicas" (live) – 5:13
  6. "A Prayer for the Unborn" (Greyed Up Remix) – 8:35
  7. "Listen to My Voice" (Greyed Up Remix) – 8:01
  • The live tracks later appeared on the Scarred live album. "A Prayer for the Unborn" (Greyed Up Remix) later appeared on the Exposure compilation album.

Personnel edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Pure at Metacritic  
  2. ^ a b Jonas, Liana. "Pure > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  3. ^ a b Sterdan, Darryl (16 March 2001). "Album Review: Gary Numan: Pure". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  4. ^ a b Costa, Maddy (6 October 2000). "Pop CD releases". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  5. ^ a b Gardner, Noel (25 October 2000). "Gary Numan : Pure". NME. ISSN 0028-6362. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  6. ^ a b Neate, Wilson. "Gary Numan: Pure". PopMatters. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
  7. ^ Q Liana Jonas, November 2000, p.113
  8. ^ Noheden, Kristoffer (13 October 2000). "Gary Numan: Pure – review". Release Magazine. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 20 April 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  10. ^ a b Anderson, Philip (2001). . KAOS2000 Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  11. ^ . Irish Examiner. 24 September 2003. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  12. ^ "Radio & Records" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. 23 February 2001. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Gary Numan: album reviews and ratings". musicfolio.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  14. ^ "Paint It Back // Gary Numan ~ Pure ~ by Jamie (Audio Antihero Records)". 10 February 2013.
  15. ^ Gary Numan to Re-Release Sacrifice, Exile and Pure!!, archived from the original on 21 December 2021, retrieved 1 August 2021

References edit

  • Paul Goodwin (2004). Electric Pioneer: An Armchair Guide to Gary Numan.

October 27, 2023
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Pure is the fourteenth solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan released in November 2000 by Eagle Records PureStudio album by Gary NumanReleased7 November 2000Recorded2000StudioAlien LondonGenreIndustrial rock industrial metal gothic rockLength55 15LabelEagleProducerGary Numan SulpherGary Numan chronologyExile 1997 Pure 2000 Jagged 2006 Singles from Pure Rip Released 13 July 2002Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic67 100 1 Review scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 2 Canoe ca unfavourable 3 The Guardian 4 NME 2 10 5 PopMatters favourable 6 Q 7 Release Magazine 8 Contents 1 Music and lyrics 2 Promotion and release 3 Reception 4 Re recording 5 Track listing 5 1 2000 Eagle Records CD release EAGCD 078 5 2 2001 Eagle Records Tour Edition CD EDGTE 078 6 Personnel 7 Notes 8 ReferencesMusic and lyrics editLyrically Pure was seen as continuing Numan s attacks on Christian dogma but in a somewhat more personal fashion than on his previous album Exile 1997 9 The recording featured an expanded group of collaborators after the largely one man efforts of Sacrifice 1994 and Exile The Sulpher team of Rob Holliday and Monti contributed guitar and drums respectively as well as keyboards and additional production The opening title song was typical of most tracks on the album beginning with ethereal strings and piano effects that gave way to an industrial metal guitar riff before breaking into a thunderous chorus It was described by Numan as an attempt to explore the mind of a rapist and murderer 10 Walking With Shadows started with a scenario similar to the early Tubeway Army song The Life Machine that of a man in a coma but one who rather than wishing to return to his loved ones wanted his loved ones to join him My Jesus Listen to My Voice and Rip expanded upon the atheistic heretical themes that were introduced on Sacrifice and which dominated Exile I Can t Breathe inhabited a world similar to Sacrifice s Deadliner that of a waking nightmare Fallen was the composer s first instrumental in a number of years full of distorted effects A Prayer for the Unborn and Little Invitro were relatively gentler numbers inspired by personal tragedy 10 specifically the recent miscarriages suffered by Numan s wife Gemma and the couple s many unsuccessful IVF attempts up until that time 11 Pure s style was compared to that of other industrial rock acts such as Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson who had themselves acknowledged Numan s earlier influence on their own music Whilst some critics and fans who professed themselves weary of a third record apparently obsessed with anti religious themes others such as The Sunday Times described Pure as Numan s best album since his classic 1979 80 period Promotion and release editNuman toured extensively in support of the new album captured in the Scarred live recording issued in 2003 A number of the tracks were also remixed for the Hybrid collection released the same year Unlike the three previous albums no Extended version of Pure was ever officially made available though a bootleg of dubious authenticity exists However a 2CD numbered limited edition Tour Edition was released in 2001 containing a poster and a bonus CD with screensaver live tracks and two remixes The album artwork was also extensively re worked The only single Rip was released 18 months after the album it reached number 29 in the UK charts making it Numan s first new single to hit the Top 40 since No More Lies with Shakatak s Bill Sharpe in 1988 In the United States Listen to my Voice was a radio hit reaching No 13 on the R amp R Alternative Charts 12 Reception editPure received mixed to positive reviews Writing in NME in October 2000 music journalist Noel Gardner described the album as Pure ends up a mere testament to Numan s bloated vanity impeccably produced yet wincingly self important and wholly charmless 5 Darryl Sterdan when reviewing the album for Canoe ca described Numan s vocal and lyrical approach as whispering like Manson and yelping like Reznor about pain isolation and sacrifice Sterdan went on to say Numan admits these brooding electro goth pouts were influenced by U S electro metal He gets one point for honesty but none for originality or even timeliness Rip Torn and Fallen sound like the cliche dreck Trentoids were churning out en masse in 96 It didn t work then and it doesn t work now Especially for a guy like Numan who can do so much better 3 The album was more positively assessed in Kerrang This veteran artist has released a superbly dark and dysfunctional industrial album that will electrocute you My Jesus and Rip are just two of many tracks that spiral with synth based dementia before immersing you in elegant waves of distortion If you like your melancholia dense and dynamic you won t want Pure to end And no way will you believe it s a Gary Numan album Venturing into darker pastures than Depeche Mode dared Pure lives out a post modern nightmare of Blade Runner fashioned alienation It would be selling Numan short to call Pure pregnant with menace 13 Writing in The Guardian Maddy Costa also described Numan as sounding like Manson and Reznor but noted that nobody quite emulates him 4 Liana Jonas reviewing the album for Allmusic said Pure is good dark mood music seasoned with menacing basslines electronic crashes and spikes and slow grinding guitars It s an effective pairing ghostly voice coupled with industrialized music often this genre features scream singing 2 Writing for PopMatters Wilson Neate said Pure is Gary Numan s richest most powerful and most aggressive work in years 6 Pure made a limited impression on the UK Albums Chart where it reached number 58 staying on the charts for one week In 2013 Pure was reappraised by Jamie Halliday of Audio Antihero Records in a Paint It Back retrospective article for the GoldFlakePaint music site praising the album and calling it Numan s 21st century masterpiece 14 Re recording editOn 21 July 2021 Vaughn George following interviews with Numan and his present album producer Ade Fenton announced on his YouTube channel that Sacrifice Exile and Pure would be re produced from the ground up to match the current production standards of more current albums produced by Fenton such as Savage 2017 and Intruder 2021 As of the time of the video Sacrifice and Pure had been fully recorded while production of Exile had been put on hold due to the release of Intruder A release date has not been announced 15 Track listing editAll songs written by Gary Numan except where noted 2000 Eagle Records CD release EAGCD 078 edit Pure 5 08 Walking With Shadows 5 52 Rip 5 06 One Perfect Lie 4 35 My Jesus 5 45 Fallen 2 31 Listen to My Voice 5 12 A Prayer for the Unborn 5 43 Torn 5 10 Little Invitro 4 28 I Can t Breathe Numan Rob Holliday Monti 5 452001 Eagle Records Tour Edition CD EDGTE 078 edit Disc oneSame track listing as original release Disc two Pure live 6 43 My Jesus live 5 52 Rip live 5 09 Cars live 3 22 Replicas live 5 13 A Prayer for the Unborn Greyed Up Remix 8 35 Listen to My Voice Greyed Up Remix 8 01The live tracks later appeared on the Scarred live album A Prayer for the Unborn Greyed Up Remix later appeared on the Exposure compilation album Personnel editGary Numan guitar keyboards programming vocals Richard Beasley drums Steve Harris guitar Rob Holliday guitar keyboards Monti drums keyboards programmingNotes edit Pure at Metacritic nbsp a b Jonas Liana Pure gt Review AllMusic Retrieved 7 August 2008 a b Sterdan Darryl 16 March 2001 Album Review Gary Numan Pure Canoe ca Retrieved 7 August 2008 a b Costa Maddy 6 October 2000 Pop CD releases The Guardian Retrieved 7 August 2008 a b Gardner Noel 25 October 2000 Gary Numan Pure NME ISSN 0028 6362 Retrieved 7 August 2008 a b Neate Wilson Gary Numan Pure PopMatters Retrieved 7 August 2008 Q Liana Jonas November 2000 p 113 Noheden Kristoffer 13 October 2000 Gary Numan Pure review Release Magazine Retrieved 10 July 2011 Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc Atheism and Music Archived from the original on 20 April 2006 Retrieved 25 March 2022 a b Anderson Philip 2001 KAOS2000 interview KAOS2000 Magazine Archived from the original on 1 November 2018 Retrieved 10 July 2011 Former chart star s joy at fatherhood Irish Examiner 24 September 2003 Archived from the original on 14 February 2009 Retrieved 10 July 2011 Radio amp Records PDF Americanradiohistory com 23 February 2001 Retrieved 25 March 2022 Gary Numan album reviews and ratings musicfolio com Retrieved 9 January 2017 Paint It Back Gary Numan Pure by Jamie Audio Antihero Records 10 February 2013 Gary Numan to Re Release Sacrifice Exile and Pure archived from the original on 21 December 2021 retrieved 1 August 2021References editPaul Goodwin 2004 Electric Pioneer An Armchair Guide to Gary Numan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pure Gary Numan album amp oldid 1122107980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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