So... there was a recent thread about T + D with everyone expressing their love for that fine album... deservedly so, it's a bloody classic... but what about the follow-up, Impurity?
For my money, it's my favourite NMA album ever, despite such masterpieces as HIGH, TODAY IS A GOOD DAY and, yes, BD+W coming out since...
I think that much of it comes from the fact that my first NMA gig was the Manchester Academy gig on the Impurity tour... I'd heard TGOC and TAC before (and snippets of other tunes), but it was my first NMA live experience and, lets face it, that's when this band REALLY makes sense...
This album has it all... the big bass-driven anthems (Whirlwind, Space), the Ed AJ-heavy stuff (Purity), the percussive elements of later albums (Innocence, Eleven Years), the acoustic or mellow bits (Before I Get Old, Bury The Hatchet, Marrakesh) and the flat-out mental tunes designed for the moshpit ( Get Me Out, Lust For Power...)
I just think that Impurity is a bit deeper and darker and more elaborate / diverse than it's predecessor...
Plus, my favourite NMA album cover ever...
So, what are your opinions of this masterpiece... IYO..?
