Pigs on Purpose

Pigs on Purpose
Studio album by The Nightingales
Released	1982
Recorded	6-8 September 1982 in Outlaw Studios, Birmingham
Genre	Post-punk
Length	40:37 (original UK release 59:26 (2004 re-release)
Label	Cherry Red
Producer	Richard Strange
The Nightingales chronology
Pigs on Purpose (1982) Hysterics (1983)

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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.^[2] 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". ^[3]

Track listing

1. Blood For Dirt - 2:59
2. Start From Scratch - 2:24
3. One Mistake - 2:40
4. Well Done, Underdog - 1:47
5. The Crunch - 4:51
6. The Hedonists Sigh - 2:25
7. It Lives Again! - 3:01
8. Make Good - 2:24
9. Don't Blink - 3:58
10. Joking Apart - 2:17
11. Yeah, It's O.K. - 5:15
12. Use Your Loaf - 2:07
13. Blisters - 4:29

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:

14. Inside Out - 3:01 (b-side to Use Your Loaf)
15. Under The Lash - 2:15 (b-side to Use Your Loaf)
16. Paraffin Brain - 2:57 (3rd single)
17. Elvis The Last Ten Days - 2:50 (b-side to Paraffin Brain)
18. Urban Ospreys - 4:26 (4th single)
19. Cakehole - 3:20 (b-side to Urban Ospreys)

Personnel

Paul Apperley - drums
Steve Hawkins - bass/vocal
Andy Lloyd - guitars/vocals
Nick Beales - guitars/vocals
Robert Lloyd - vocals/mouth organ

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Nightingales website - "Pigs on Purpose"
3. Robert, James (2003). Peter Buckley, ed. The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. p. 1819. ISBN 1858284570.