''Pure'' is the debut album from UK rock band 3 Colours Red. It was produced by the band's manager Terry Thomas at Livingston Recording Studios in

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in 1996 and managed to accurately encapsulate the furious assault of their renowned live performances, it reached number 15 in the UK album charts when it was released on

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in 1997 and included four top-40 singles, it was touted by the music press at the time as one of the best British albums of the decade, catapulting the band into the mainstream media headlights. Having injected energy into the UK's dwindling

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scene alongside bands like Feeder,

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and

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, they soon became poster boys for the industry's newly carved 'Britrock' pigeonhole.

Track listing

#"Pure" (Vuckovic) - 3:08 #"This Is My Hollywood" (McCormack) - 2:43 #"Nerve Gas" (McCormack) - 2:22 #"Nuclear Holiday" (McCormack) - 3:06 #"Copper Girl" (Vuckovic) - 3:32 #"Sixty Mile Smile" (McCormack) - 2:39 #"Sunny in England" (McCormack) - 2:37 #"Alright Ma" (McCormack) - 3:01 #"Mental Blocks" (McCormack) - 2:32 #"Fit Boy + Faint Girl" (Vuckovic) - 4:28 #"Halfway Up the Downs" (Vuckovic) - 2:26 #"Hateslick" (McCormack) - 3:46 #"Love's Cradle" (McCormack) - 2:51 #"Aniseed" - (McCormack) 2:16

Personnel

;3 Colours Red *

Pete Vuckovic Peter Bryan Vuckovic (born February, 1971 in Devon, England) is an English singer-songwriter and bass player. Biography Of half Serbian descent, Vuckovic grew up in Tiverton, Devon listening to hard rock and metal, singing and playing bass in b ...

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, bass * Chris McCormack –

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* Ben Harding – guitar * Keith Baxter –

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;Technical * Terry Thomas – producer *

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– mastering

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pure (3 Colours Red Album) 1997 debut albums 3 Colours Red albums Creation Records albums