THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER. WE EXPECT IT TO SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE DECEMBER 8TH RELEASE DATE. Different Class is a defining album - not only of Pulp but of the '90s. Following a barnstorming headline set at Glastonbury, where they were last minute stand-ins for the injured Stone Roses, they captured the mood of the '90s and encapsulated it in some of the finest songs of a generation, including the modern classic "Common People." The album served as a manifesto as Jarvis and co. rallied   [ read more ]

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THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER. WE EXPECT IT TO SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE DECEMBER 8TH RELEASE DATE. Following the worldwide success of Different Class, Pulp released This Is Hardcore in 1998. Although at the time it encountered a lukewarm reception, it went straight to Number One on release, sold close to a million records worldwide (double platinum in the UK), and yielded four Top 30 hits. A different kind of album from Different Class it is still home to some of Pulp's finest   [ read more ]

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THIS ITEM IS A PRE-ORDER. WE EXPECT IT TO SHIP ON OR BEFORE THE DECEMBER 8TH RELEASE DATE. His 'N' Hers was Pulp's first album on Island Records, the band having been brought to the label's attention following the cult status afforded to the classic single "Babies." The album was originally released in 1994 and quickly became an unexpected success, culminating in a nomination for the Mercury Prize that year. This Deluxe Edition features the original album as the first disc in its f   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Originally released in 1998, Pulp's This Is Hardcore, was at once the artistic pinnacle of 90s Brit-pop, and the genre's comedown record, marking the end of an era with its ruminations on growing old (Jarvis Cocker wrote and recorded the album at the age of 33, which may also explain the album's Jesus fixation), fearful, and bitter. Drawing influence from Bowie and Roxy Music, rather than the Stones and Beatles, Cocker crafted one of the darkest yet anthemic albums of all time. An absol   [ read more ]

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More than any other band of the '90s, Pulp were quintessentially British -- not the same thing as being quintessentially Britpop, mind you, which is an entirely different thing. Though it was frequently fey, at least when Blur were concerned, Britpop was for the lager-loving lads, a patriotic celebration of the country, particularly its pop culture heritage. Pulp shared many of those same roots as their peers, plus they were pop obsessives, capturing the intuitive, subliminal things that s   [ read more ]

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Pulp's signature sound is a fusion of David Bowie and Roxy Music's glam rock, disco, new wave, acid house, Europop, and British indie rock. The group's cheap synthesizers and sweeping melodies reflect the lyrical obsessions of lead vocalist Jarvis Cocker, who alternates between sex and sharp, funny portraits of working class misfits. Out of second-hand pop, Pulp fashions a distinctive, stylish sound that makes camp into something grand and glamorous that retains a palpable sense of gritty reality.

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It is a gentle, mainly acoustic album that gives very few signs to the musical directions Pulp would later pursue. Lacking any hint of synthesizers or dance music, the album occasionally touches on the majestic, theatrical ballads of Scott Walker, as well as the stark, folky song poems of Leonard Cohen. However, at this stage, Jarvis Cocker is hardly the lyricist of either songwriter, and his singing is endearingly awkward -- occasionally he misses notes and he misses the tune every once in a   [ read more ]

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It was clear that This Is Hardcore was a difficult, turbulent experience for Pulp -- it was such a troubled-sounding record that it was hard to tell where they would go next. Apparently that was as true for the band as it was for the listeners, since Pulp spent over three years preparing an album, cutting nearly a full record with longtime producer Chris Thomas before scrapping it all and entering the studio with cult hero (and Jarvis Cocker inspiration) Scott Walker. The pairing was intri   [ read more ]

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After years of obscurity, Pulp shot to stardom in Britain with 1994's His 'n' Hers. By the time Different Class was released at the end of October 1995, the band, particularly lead singer Jarvis Cocker, were genuine British superstars, with two number two singles and a triumphant last-minute performance at Glastonbury under their belts, as well as one tabloid scandal. On the heels of such excitement, anticipation for Different Class ran high, and not only does it deliver, it blows away all th   [ read more ]

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"This is the sound of someone losing the plot/you're gonna like it, but not a lot." So says Jarvis Cocker on "The Fear," the opening track on This Is Hardcore, the ambitious follow-up to Pulp's breakthrough Different Class, thereby providing his own review for the album. Cocker doesn't quite lose the plot on This Is Hardcore, but the ominous, claustrophobic "The Fear" makes it clear that this is a different band, one that no longer has anthems like "Common People" in mind. The shi   [ read more ]

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