Following Thunder and Consolation......... Hard act to follow? As a lifelong fan and member of the militia, I have spent nights in parks bars floors and various other unmentionable places clutching my season ticket. Thunder and Consolation exploded onto our stereos (remember vinyl)NMA had, in my opinion peaked . Come 1990 we were offered Impurity. My first thought was how can it be anywhere near as good as TAC. My second thought some weeks later was, and still is, this is the BEST album yet. Impurity is an incredably strong album. Its integrity and sticking true to NMA form (i.e. blood, bile and vitriol) are present from the off, Whirlwind, Get me out, Lust for Power, Innocence all high powered and all we expected from mssrs Sullivan, Heaton (RIP) and Nelson. Purity is a beautiful meandering piece of work that , in my mind, supasses the Green and the grey. Sullivans ascorbic wit risies up in the phenominal Bury the hatchet, and 11 years adds a mellower retorspective vibe. I can go on but to me the song Vanity is the high point, it is choppy and with the requisit bile and anger to make you sit up and listen.
What more can said other than " Ican catch myself sometimes these days and all I do is laugh, laugh"
Sheer briliance.