Impurity, anyone?

[dilla]

Influences are one thing,we are all influenced by our daily lives in one way or another.Always wondered whether there was copying/plagiarism in David Bowie's "Jean Genie" and Sweet's "Blockbuster",both released in 1973.The opening chords are identical.

[Master Ray]

Yeah, pop / rock music has been going on for decades, it's inevitable that some tunes will mirror another, there are only so many sequences of notes that can be played... I remember hearing Pulp's Disco 2000 and thinking 'hang on, isn't that Gloria by Laura Branighan'?

[Guillaume]

Happy birthday IMPURITY!
Released 30 years ago...in September 1990.

[Silver Cloud]

As time goes bye …

[cthulhu]

Impurity was my first "looking forward to" nma album. I listened to T&C at a friends and got hooked, then went for the older recordings and then i was so excited waiting for a new album. Immediate love!...with all my personal "nah, i don't like that song so well" nma experience at first listen and them later becoming favorites or loved ones.

[Master Ray]

Happy birthday IMPURITY!
Released 30 years ago...in September 1990.

Yup, as if I didn't need yet another reminder that I'm old as fook...   

[ManxPat]

I was 15 or so and someone played a tape that was basically Impurity but had far better things, better than them and I think vagabonds on it. I was transfixed and loved it but funny thing is about 6 months later someone played a tape with Betcha on it and i had no idea they were the same band could hardly believe it!

[Master Ray]

Blimey I posted this 12 years ago (and back when there were a few long lost NMA forum folks posting regularly), just wondering what anyone thinks about this album seeing as we've had a few since I made the original post...

Still my very fave, yes that might be 'nostalgia tickles and remembering how happy I was back then as opposed to these days' and, yes, nearly 35 years ago?    but how does anyone feel about it in the cold light of the 21st century?  What the heck, it's been 5 years since anyone posted.   

[Guillaume]

how does anyone feel about it in the cold light of the 21st century?

Funny you should update the thread because I've been re-listening to IMPURITY a few times in the last few weeks. I still think it's a really good album, my favorite tracks are "Marrakesh", "Purity", "Eleven Years", "Bury the Hatchet" and the underrated "Innocence" but there are no bad songs or fillers on this album, whereas you can find fillers here and there on others NMA albums! But I still put the timeless classic THUNDER AND CONSOLATION above this superb IMPURITY!