▁Records ▁in ▁early ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁Their ▁debut ▁album , ▁P ure ▁Man ia ▁was ▁co - produ ced ▁with ▁Robin ▁May hew , ▁the ▁sound ▁engineer ▁for ▁David ▁B owie ' s ▁Z ig gy ▁St ard ust ▁live ▁shows , ▁and ▁reached ▁the ▁top ▁ 5 0 ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁Albums ▁Chart . ▁The ▁album ▁is ▁well ▁regarded ▁by ▁some ▁music ▁critics ▁and , ▁ 1 7 ▁years ▁after ▁its ▁release , ▁The ▁Gu in ness ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Popular ▁Music ▁named ▁P ure ▁Man ia ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁ 5 0 ▁best ▁punk ▁albums ▁of ▁all ▁time . ▁ ▁Their ▁follow - up ▁album , ▁V 2 , ▁narrow ly ▁missed ▁the ▁UK ▁top ▁ 3 0 . ▁The ▁only ▁single ▁to ▁be ▁taken ▁from ▁that ▁album , ▁" Autom atic ▁L over ", ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁V ib rat ors ’ ▁single ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁UK ▁top ▁ 4 0 ▁where ▁it ▁reached ▁No .   3 5 . ▁It ▁earned ▁the ▁band ▁a ▁TV ▁appearance ▁on ▁the ▁prime - time ▁TV ▁show ▁Top ▁of ▁the ▁P ops . ▁The ▁V ib rat ors ’ ▁final ▁single ▁on ▁Ep ic , ▁" J ud y ▁S ays ▁( K no ck ▁You ▁in ▁the ▁Head )", ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 7 8 . ▁It ▁reached ▁No .   7 0 ▁on ▁the ▁UK ▁Singles ▁Chart . ▁Years ▁later ▁it ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁Mo jo ▁magazine ' s ▁list ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁punk ▁rock ▁singles