This must be one of the best mixed live albums I've ever come across. Everything right so you can sit in the dark, crank up the volume and absorb yourself into the powerful wall of sound that Gary Numan projects these days. Pure brings the band on stage with a passion that is familiar with every Gary Numan show.Mixture of new songs and reworked old songs combined as if they were all written only yesterday. Gary shows no sign that he's been in the business for 25 years and sounds as fresh as ever.....Only real draw back is, lack of visual.....nevermind, well worth a repeat listen.....

By the time I bought this album first time round, off the back of Pleasure Principle, the sudden change in Numan's mood and out look on the whole thing hit you right in the face from song one. Everything was becoming a struggle and tracks like Please Push No More and Remind Me To Smile give you an exact in sight on how Gary was by now feeling. Remember I was Vapour is a reminder to everyone that he's only human, just like me and you.Putting Gary inner sadness to one side, this is a mile stone in Garys career that I find myself playing quite regularly..Definate must in anyones collection

Nobody could have imagined how important Gary Webb from West London would be to the music business, more so than Gary himself.Shy with a personality hard to break down, changing his name to Gary Numan in time for the pressing of this recording back in 1978 would be the first masterstroke from Gary. Also known as The Blue album, the content shows early signs of an electronic influence, building from subtle background keyboard on Life Machine to a really raw solo, inplace of the guitar solo, on Are You Real. Even putting his future aside, this album stands among the best of the era, Punks Final Bow, Gary's song writing techniques showing through with a fresh new ????? you know..that special something all artists aim for.During the recording of this album, Gary first came across the tool that would catapult him to the head of the fame race and enable him, with two fingers, to create a song that would attack the charts with venom, and hold on to top prize for a few good weeks..Are Friends Electric..and it was all just around the corner from this recording. A must for all Numan fans