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27 set 2010 · 1994 — Europe. CD —. Album, Stereo. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2010 CD release of "Pure Shores: The Very Best Of" on Discogs.
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All Saints - cronologia. Album precedente. Studio 1. ( 2006) Album successivo. Red Flag. ( 2016) Pure Shores: The Very Best of è la seconda raccolta di successi del gruppo musicale pop britannico All Saints, distribuita il 27 settembre 2010 dall' etichetta discografica Parlophone.
Pure Shores: The Very Best of All Saints is the second compilation album of the greatest hits of All Saints released on 27 September 2010. [1] The 2-disc collection features the group's hit singles, (excluding "Under the Bridge") a collection of album tracks and their most stand-out B-sides, as well as a song by Melanie Blatt and ...
19 set 2010 · Pure shores: the very best of All Saints” Settembre. Shaznay. © 2023 Riproduzione riservata. Rockol.com S.r.l. 19 set 2010 - Uscirà il prossimo 20 settembre il greatest hits delle...
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"Pure Shores" was written by All Saints group member Shaznay Lewis, and William Orbit, who also produced the song. Pete Tong, All Saints' A&R at the time, wanted the group to be a part of the soundtrack he was producing for Danny Boyle's film, The Beach. Boyle, however, disliked the idea of having a pop group associated with his film. Tong then con...
"Pure Shores" is a dream pop song, with electronic and ambient production. It marked a departure from the R&B style of All Saints' previous music. Tom Ewing from the e-zine Freaky Trigger described it as "a pop take on ambient music" with "chillout bubbles and ripples". The sheet music for the song shows a time signature of 4 4 and a key of D major...
"Pure Shores" was well received by music critics upon release. In his review for The Times, Ed Potten characterized the song as the "musical equivalent of a pina colada: faintly exotic, syrupy sweet and ultimately quite intoxicating." Tom Horan of The Daily Telegraph deemed the track "fiendishly catchy". Uncut magazine's Chris Roberts praised the p...
"Pure Shores" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming All Saints' fourth chart-topper. The single sold 199,084 copies in its first week, outselling its closest competitor by three to one. The song topped the chart for a second week with sales of 155,000 copies, before being replaced by another Orbit production, Madonna's "American P...
Background and synopsis
The music video for "Pure Shores" was directed by Vaughan Arnell, and filmed on the coast of the Holkham National Nature Reserve and Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk over three days in early January 2000. Natalie and Nicole Appleton asked Arnell for more visibility during filming after the initial focus was on Blatt and Lewis. According to Nicole Appleton, this made Lewis cry and attempt to quit the video shoot.A police investigation was launched after a freelance photographer, Rob Howarth, clai...
Reception
The music video received heavy rotation from MTV Australia, MTV Europe, MTV UK and British television channel The Box. Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph wrote that it was unclear whether All Saints were promoting The Beach or vice versa, citing it as an example of a symbiotic relationship between the music and film industries. CBC Television placed "Pure Shores" second in its ranking of All Saints music videos, appreciating how Arnell reflected scenes from the film with the group. The Gua...
To promote "Pure Shores", All Saints performed the song on television shows such as Top of the Pops, CD:UK, Sen kväll med Luuk, Wetten, dass..?, and Later with Jools Holland. The song was also included on their sets for Witnness, V2000 and Creamfields festivals in August 2000. The group then performed "Pure Shores" at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awar...
In 2002, DJ Osymyso sampled the song on his album Intro-Inspection (2002). It is also included in the 2013 video game Grand Theft Auto Von one of the game's radio stations.
CD1 and cassette single"Pure Shores" – 4:27"If You Don't Know What I Know" – 4:36"Pure Shores" (The Beach Life Mix) – 4:31CD2 single"Pure Shores" – 4:27- Dream Pop
Black Coffee, Pure Shoes and Bootie Call are more of the hits inside this high value compilation. * The first ever All Saints compilation to feature both Warner and EMI repertoire * Features FIVE Number 1 hit singles
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1 gen 2000 · Following the release of 2002's All Hits, the rather slim 11-track retrospective of their initial four-year career, their second compilation, Pure Shores: The Very Best of All Saints, is much more extensive, covering four songs from their most recent opus, the entirety of 2000's Saints and Sinners, all but three of 1997's self-titled ...
