Pure Energy: The Very Best of

Information Society | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 30, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B0001MMGHC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,623 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

The best tracks by 80s new wave icons Information Society, remixed, revisited and revised for today s astute music listeners!

Features the hit single What s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) plus hi-fidelity remixes of fan favorites such as Walking Away, Going, Going, Gone, Peace & Love, Inc. and more!

These awesome updates shed a whole new light on the songcraft of this phenomenal band!

80s music fans are gonna love this compilation!

We know what you're thinking...how could anyone improve upon the smart, sonic satin woven by '80s new wave turned industrial fashionistas, Information Society? Much as the Minneapolis quartet sliced through the pop landscape with their dark dancefloor sensibilities, this collection of cuts summons that same irreverent, spirit. The hits, the beats, the style, it's all there on this remiXtravaganza! For the adventurous music junkie, seeking that stronger, more intense fix, we say...Indulge! --Cleopatra Records

Product Description

1. What s On Your Mind (Pure Energy)
2. Peace & Love, Inc. (Biokraft)
3. Empty 3.0
4. Closing In 2.0
5. On The Outside 2.1
6. Walking Away (Leæther Strip Mix)
7. What s On Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Effcee Mix)
8. Are Friends Electric? featuring Gary Numan
9. Going, Going, Gone (Razed In Black Mix)
10. Express Yourself
11. Ozar Midrashim 1.1
12. SEEK300 2.11
13. The Ridge 1.1

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

90 of 93 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Paul Robb's Review, September 22, 2004

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Paul J. Robb "The Only Man Infinity Fears" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Energy: The Very Best of (Audio CD)

Anyone who has any affection for Information Society will avoid this abomination at all costs. This is not Information Society; this is a sleazy record company (Cleopatra) using Kurt's ill-advised and poorly executed re-recordings of the vocal parts of our old songs, and then getting local DJ's and a few small-time industrial luminaries to recreate the music tracks.

Don't get me wrong; I have nothing against Kurt's post-Insoc work, even though it's not really my thing. But this wretched mess is nothing but a cheap attempt to sell a few thousand records, and dupe the remaining fans into buying something that is NOT AN INFORMATION SOCIETY RECORD, and as such, it's an insult to both the band and the fans.

Post-breakup Kurt fans take note: Kurt Harland Larson had nothing to do with this record. If I had known something like this was possible, I never would have agreed to let Kurt have the group name.

Anyway, please don't reward the scoundrels at Cleopatra by buying this record.

And, oh my God! Check out that dreadful cover art.

-Paul Robb

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Kurt's take on it, October 5, 2010

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K. H. Larson "Kurt Larson" (San Francisco) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Energy: The Very Best of (Audio CD)

The thing to keep in mind about this disc is that the songs from the earlier albums are not re-creations made by me, they are "remixes" made by random DJ's/whomever that people at Cleopatra knew. All I did was record vocals for an earlier (also not-so-good) "remix" album called Recombinant. JUST vocals, not even any effects. Everything after that was done by people I never met or spoke with.

Then AFTER Recombinant, THIS came out. No one told me it was being made; I never knew about it until it was for sale. Needless to say, I was "like WTF", as the kids say these days.

The Don't Be Afraid tracks are the original versions (I think?) at least.

- Kurt

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A complete waste, February 3, 2006

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Anthony Kilna "Eclectronic Musician" (San Diego, CA. USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Energy: The Very Best of (Audio CD)

This CD is simply terrible. For pretty much all of the classic InSoc that got radio play, check out the Tommy Boy released Greatest Hits album, which includes a decent newer remix of Running on it as well. If you're interested in more of Kurt's InSoc after Don't Be Afraid, there's pretty much nothing. If you're desperate, there's two good tracks on InSoc: Recombinant (the Rosetta Stone mix of Closing In and the Astralasia mix of Empty), but the rest is just bad mixes of DBA and of kurt's sub-par re-recordings of early InSoc.