LIGHTNING SEEDS - PURE

Product Description
LIGHTNING SEEDS Pure (Deleted 1996 UK 18-track CD album featuring a compilation of the Liverpudlians first two albums. Includes the singles The Life Of Riley Sense and All I Want.
As a teenager, Ian Broudie played guitar in Liverpool combo Big In Japan, alongside future members of Frankie Goes To Hollywood, The KLF and Siouxsie And The Banshees. By most accounts, Broudie was regarded as the band nerd--the one who worked out the chords while the others got wasted. Hindsight though, paints a picture of a man biding his time. After seven years spent producing assorted guitar bands, 1988 saw Broudie taking his turn in the spotlight. Early hits like "Pure" and "Life Of Riley" created the blueprint for the Lightning Seeds' later, better-known successes; romantic lyrics, huge choruses and a childlike sense of wonder. For the latter, blame Pink Floyd. Broudie has frequently claimed that his pop career has been one long fruitless quest to emulate "See Emily Play". However, as this compilation of songs from the first three albums shows, most songwriters would be delighted with failures like these.

"The Life of Riley" – 4:03 (from Sense)
"Sense" – 4:11 (from Sense)
"Blowing Bubbles" – 4:13 (from Sense)
"Pure" – 3:47 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"Sweet Dreams" – 4:27 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"All I Want" – 2:54 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"A Small Slice of Heaven" – 3:48 (from Sense)
"Love Explosion" – 4:16 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"Don't Let Go" – 3:58 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"Joy" – 4:16 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"The Price" – 4:17 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"A Cool Place" – 2:56 (from Sense)
"Happy" – 4:30 (from Sense)
"Tingle Tangle" – 3:21 (from Sense)
"God Help Them" – 3:43 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"Bound in a Nutshell" – 4:32 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"The Nearly Man" – 3:08 (from Cloudcuckooland)
"Thinking Up, Looking Down" – 5:19 (from Sense)