Pure

Godflesh | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 13, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Earache Records
• ASIN: B00000582X
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #231,044 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Spite

2. Mothra

3. I Wasn't Born to Follow

4. Predominance

5. Pure

6. Monotremata

7. Baby Blue Eyes

8. Don't Bring Me Flowers

9. Love, Hate (Slugbaiting)

10. Pure II

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Godflesh's best, December 11, 2001

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"[e-mail]" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure (Audio CD)

First, a correction. Contrary to underwhelmingly brief review by Amazon staffer Jeff Bateman, Godflesh hail from Birmingham, England. Founding members Justin Broadrick and Ben Green, in fact, played in the earliest mid-80's incarnation of those godfathers of Grindcore, Napalm Death.

At any rate, Pure is the apotheosis of the Godflesh sound, a heady mixture of synthetic backbeat and crunching guitar. But unlike earlier Godflesh releases, this album positively swings. The beats are much more inventive here, catapulting the material beyond grindcore or even industrial. Although many later industrial/metal acts took a lesson or two from the Godflesh playbook, none have since equaled the power or fury of this one great release.

And it sounds just as heavy, hypnotic and mysterious as it did the day it was released.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pure, July 13, 2003

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Mark Golde (Warwick RI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure (Audio CD)

This is GF's follow up to the Slavestate ep and I'm happy
to report it's a better one. Pure doesn't hold a candle
to Streetcleaner- which is considered to some their finest hour.
This cd shreads with melancholy bleakness that few bands
could tap into. The songs are like dirges into the human
psyche- with cold and mechanical precision. The bleak harsh
feedback ridden guitar tone is still there accompanying
the wall of bass that has become a GF trademark. Elements of
experimentation are apparent throughout the disc the good thing is it's the kind of experimenting I enjoy and less of the dance
elements of Slavestate. GF seems to be a bit more open minded to
hip hop elements without loosing it's brute force. A fine effert indeed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Drum Machine and riffs rule here!!!, May 30, 2001

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Yohan Loud (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pure (Audio CD)

In my opinion, this album is better than their Self-titled and Street Cleaner. The Music here isn't as thick and evil as the first two albums. Track 3, Predominance, Pure, and Baby Blue Eyes are the best tracks here. Predominance has a guitar part that sounds like "Man in the Box" without the Wah pedal by Alcie In Chains. The vocals are still used like an instrument here, they just flow with the music. I can hardly understand what he is saying in the songs. The vocals I'd say are only average, but the drum machine really makes up for it here, especially tracks 3-5. The drums really appear to crash and sometimes are the loudest part of the songs. Pure II is good, but not great. If you want to hear music like that check out old school Delerium. Ther are no lyrics printed in the booklet, so I don't know what he is saying most of the time. On this album Justin and Co. appear to move to more of a Rock/Metal direction and less Industrial. I would consider Pure their last Industrial Death album. If you want heavy slow dirge and evil music check out Street Cleaner, just look at the cover. That album is is darker than most Black, Death, Doom, Noise, Hardcore, and Industrail albums out there today.Godflesh are the best IndustrialDeath band out there.