Pure Energy: the very best of Information Society is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of synth-pop band Information Society

Information Society (band)

Information Society is an American band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily consisting of Kurt Larson , Paul Robb, and James Cassidy; the latter two reconvened the band in 2006, initially with Christopher Anton as lead vocalist, then with Harland rejoining them as lead vocalist by...

. It is generally poorly regarded by band members.

Track listing

1. "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)"
2. "Peace & Love, Inc. (Biokraft Mix)"
3. "Empty"
4. "Closing In 2.0"
5. "On The Outside 2.1"
6. "Walking Away (Leæther Strip
   Leæther Strip
   Leæther Strip is a Danish musical project founded on January 13, 1988 by Claus Larsen. Its influence has been most felt in the electronic body music and electro-industrial genres. Perhaps to a certain extent, it may have influenced various film score productions. Leæther Strip was one of the...
   
    Mix)"
7. "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy) (Effcee Mix)"
8. "Are 'Friends' Electric?
   Are 'Friends' Electric?
   "Are 'Friends' Electric?" is a 1979 song written by Gary Numan, released under the name of his then-band Tubeway Army as a single and on the album Replicas...
   
    (Slightly Altered Version)"
9. "Going, Going, Gone (Razed in Black
   Razed in Black
   Razed in Black is an gothic electronic music act created by Romell Regulacion and is supported in live performances by band members Chris Nelson and Raj Kapololu....
   
    Mix)"
10. "Express Yourself"
11. "Ozar Midrashim 1.1"
12. "Seek 300 2.11"
13. "The Ridge 1.1"

Production

This album consisted of tracks from the albums Don't Be Afraid

Don't Be Afraid (album)

Don't Be Afraid is a 1997 Industrial / electronic album by Information Society. It saw a dramatic change in creative direction from the pop stylings of Information Society's earlier work to a darker sound with prominent themes of paranoia and disaffection with modern life...

(done by Kurt Harland

Kurt Harland

Kurt Harland is a singer, composer, and video game developer/audio engineer. He is best known as the lead singer of Information Society and composer of the soundtracks for the Legacy of Kain video game series.-Biography:...

 alone) and InSoc Recombinant

InSoc Recombinant

InSoc Recombinant is a compilation album of the greatest hits by synthpop band Information Society, in various remixed versions. It includes, as a bonus, a CD-ROM with five music videos.-Track listing:# "What's on Your Mind "...

(a remix album, again a solo work by Harland), along with different mixes of "Are Friends Electric?" and "What's On Your Mind", and a cover

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of a Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

 song (which had been made for Cleopatra's tribute album

Tribute album

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 entitled Virgin Voices Vol. 1: A Tribute To Madonna).

The album was produced by Cleopatra from archived material without any involvement from the band. Despite being listed in the liner notes

Liner notes

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 as the album's producer, singer Kurt Harland did not work on it, and did not know of it before it was released.

The band's reactions

Paul Robb

Paul Robb

Paul Jason Robb is a synthesizer player, producer, songwriter and one of the founding members of the synthpop-freestyle band Information Society.- Biography :...

 says this is "not an Information Society

Information Society (band)

Information Society is an American band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily consisting of Kurt Larson , Paul Robb, and James Cassidy; the latter two reconvened the band in 2006, initially with Christopher Anton as lead vocalist, then with Harland rejoining them as lead vocalist by...

 record" and "an insult to both the band and the fans". He also detested the cover art, calling it "dreadful". http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001MMGHC

Despite refusing to "endorse or un-endorse" it, Kurt Harland expressed a strong dislike regarding the cover art, for being poorly done and for depicting him bearing a firearm.http://community.livejournal.com/insoc/16324.html?thread=49604#t49604

The band has referred to it in their MySpace blog as "that horrible Cleopatra

Cleopatra Records

Cleopatra Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label.- History :Founded in 1992 by Brian Perera, it specializes in gothic rock, hard rock, heavy metal and reissues of out-of-print music...

abomination".