Pigs on Purpose | |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | The Nightingales |
Cover: | Pigs_on_Purpose_album_cover.jpg |
Released: | 1982 |
Recorded: | 6–8 September 1982 |
Studio: | Outlaw Studios, Birmingham |
Genre: | Post-punk |
Length: | 40:37 (original UK release 59:26 (2004 re-release) |
Label: | Cherry Red |
Producer: | Richard Strange |
Next Title: | Hysterics |
Next Year: | 1983 |
Pigs on Purpose is the first studio album released by British post-punk band The Nightingales. It was released in 1982 through the Cherry Red record label and was distributed by Pinnacle.[1] The album reached #15 in the UK Indie Chart.
James Robert wrote that the album was "a summation of their live set", but "let down by a flat production that didn't do justice to the duelling guitar thrust".[2] Stewart Lee in 2004 wrote in The Sunday Times that it "is the CD reissue of the year".[3]
The album was re-released in 2004, and included the band's 2nd, 3rd and 4th singles plus their respective b-sides. The debut single, "Idiot Strength", was not included. The additional tracks are: