{{Infobox album | name = Purge | type = EP | artist = Econoline Crush | cover = Econoline_Crush_Purge.jpg | alt = | released = May 3, 1994<ref name="Purge">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/purge-mr0001684391|title=Purge - Econoline Crush|website=AllMusic|access-date=2021-11-21}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock, industrial rock | length = | label = EMI Music Canada | producer = | prev_title = The Purge Demo | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = Affliction | next_year = 1995 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r316581|pure_url=yes}} link] | noprose = yes }}
'''''Purge''''' is the major label debut by the Canadian industrial alternative rock band Econoline Crush. It was released in 1994 by EMI Music Canada, and the following year it garnered the band a nomination for a Juno Award.<ref>{{cite book |title=Billboard |date=March 31, 2001 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fhQEAAAAMBAJ&q=Econoline+Crush+first+ep&pg=PA41 |access-date=22 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="CanMus94">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/CM-Canadian-Musician/90s/Canadian-Musician-1994-10.pdf |magazine=Canadian Musician |page=47 |title=Econoline Crush |date=October 1994 |access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>
Initially in 1993, an EP titled '''''The Purge Demo''''' was self-released by the band (with H.M.G. as the management entity). It features a different tracklisting and a slightly altered lineup from the 1994 ''Purge'' release.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/17831998-Econoline-Crush-The-Purge-Demo/images |title=The Purge Demo Credits |publisher=H.M.G. |type=liner notes |access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref>
== Background == ''The Purge Demo'' is the band's only release to feature original members Chris Meyers and Tom Ferris, although the latter received songwriting credits on the band's two subsequent releases. ''The Purge Demo'' features eight songs. Despite "demo" in its name, only two of the songs were re-recorded for the official release of ''Purge'': "T.D.M." and "Cruel World". Two other songs off of ''The Purge Demo'', "Lost" and "Wicked", were eventually re-recorded for Econoline Crush's 1995 album ''Affliction'' (in addition to "Cruel World" for a third time). The remaining four songs on ''The Purge Demo'' remained exclusive to the release: "This Abyss", "C.D.I.D.", "Something", and "Deep Down". The songs on ''The Purge Demo'' were pulled from various recording sessions in 1992, primarily with Ferris' equipment. Some of the songs were recorded on a 16-track Alesis.<ref name="CanMus94" />
Afterwards, the band signed to EMI and they released ''Purge'' as their official debut in 1994, with Gregg Leask and Hack joining the lineup. ''Purge'' is the band's only release to feature Hack as he left the band after the supporting tours. On ''Purge'', "Pssyche" is a Killing Joke cover. The original song initially appeared on Killing Joke's "Wardance" single in 1980. Rhys Fulber, known for his work with Front Line Assembly and Fear Factory, provided keyboards and programming as a studio musician.<ref name="PurgeCredits">{{cite AV media notes |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1757557-Econoline-Crush-Purge/images |title=Purge Credits |type=liner notes |publisher=EMI Music Canada |id=E4 28989 |access-date=December 30, 2024}}</ref> Vocalist Trevor Hurst considered ''Purge'' an "introductory EP" since it was only recorded in roughly a week. The EP ultimately gave the band something to tour behind upon their signing to the EMI label.<ref name="CanMus94" />
== Track listing == {{Track list |title1 = Purge I |length1 = 1:33 |writer1 = Trevor Hurst, Dan Yaremko, Robbie Morfitt, Gregg Leask, Mike Gallagher |title2 = Out of Reach |length2 = 4:50 |writer2 = Hurst, Morfitt, Tom Ferris |title3 = T.D.M. |length3 = 4:49 |writer3 = Hurst, Ferris |title4 = Cruel World |length4 = 3:45 |writer4 = Hurst, Yaremko |title5 = Pssyche |length5 = 4:57 |writer5 = Jaz Coleman, Geordie Walker, Paul Ferguson, Martin Glover |title6 = Purge II |length6 = 2:00 |writer6 = Hurst, Yaremko, Morfitt, Leask, Gallagher }}
== Track listing (''The Purge Demo'') == {{Track list |title1 = Cruel World |writer1 = Hurst, Yaremko |length1 = 3:54 |title2 = Lost |writer2 = Hurst, Yaremko, Morfitt, Ferris |length2 = 5:06 |title3 = T.D.M. |writer3 = Hurst, Ferris |length3 = 4:12 |title4 = This Abyss |writer4 = Hurst, Ferris |length4 = 4:37 |title5 = C.D.I.D. |writer5 = Hurst, Ferris |length5 = 4:21 |title6 = Wicked |writer6 = Hurst, Yaremko, Morfitt, Ferris |length6 = 5:17 |title7 = Something |writer7 = Hurst, Ferris, Chris Meyers |length7 = 4:04 |title8 = Deep Down |writer8 = Hurst, Ferris, Meyers |length8 = 4:25 }}
==Personnel== '''Econoline Crush''' <ref name="PurgeCredits" /> * Trevor Hurst – vocals * Robbie Morfitt – guitar * Dan Yaremko – bass * Gregg Leask – drums * Mike "Hack" Gallagher – guitar * Tom Ferris – keyboards, guitar, programming (''The Purge Demo'') * Chris Meyers – drums, keyboards, programming (''The Purge Demo'')
'''Additional personnel''' * Rhys Fulber – keyboards, programming * Dale Penner – production, engineering, mixing * Noel Golden – mixing * Jason Mauza – engineering * Delwyn Brooks – engineering * Eddie Schreyer – mastering
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