Pulp - Hits

Artist:

Pulp

See Also:

Supergrass Travis London Suede (The) Hawley, Richard Manic Street Preachers

Description:

Pulp: Jarvis Cocker, Mark Webber, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Nick Banks.
Additional personnel: Anne Dudley (arranger).
Producers include: Ed Buller, Phil Vinall, Chris Thomas, Scott Walker,
Peter Walsh.
Recorded between 1992 & 2002. Includes liner notes by Harland Miller.
Although Pulp was formed in the 1980s, the Sheffield, England band didn`t hit its real stride until the mid-`90s, when it became one of the preeminent acts of the Britpop boom. Although HITS is an unlikely title in a Stateside light, since Pulp never broke through commercially in America, the collection does compile the ensemble`s finest singles from the `90s to the early 2000s, when the group disbanded.
Fronted by the cheeky, charismatic Jarvis Cocker, Pulp made its name with techno-tinged pop (the middle-class anthem "Common People" and the surging, Laura Branigan-pilfering "Disco 2000"), but also turned its sights on fierce glam-rock ("Party Hard") and elegant chamber-pop ("The Trees"). Expertly channeling quirky yet sophisticated rock crooners Bryan Ferry and Scott Walker (who produced Pulp`s last album), Cocker imbued the sextet`s guitar- and keyboard-driven songs with a droll, literate aesthetic that remains its legacy. Though Pulp might have been better served by a lengthier compilation (classics such as `Mis-Shapes" and "Mile End" are missed here), HITS, which includes the previously unreleased "Last Day of the Miners` Strike," is a concise sampler that works as a perfect introduction to this unmistakably British band.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Babies
2. Razzamatazz
3. Lipgloss
4. Do You Remember The First Time?
5. Common People
6. Underwear
7. Sorted For E`s And Wizz
8. Disco 2000
9. Something Changed
10. Help The Aged
11. This Is Hardcore
12. Little Soul, A
13. Party Hard
14. Trees
15. Bad Cover Version
16. Sunrise
17. Last Days Of The Miners Strike - (previously unreleased)

Album Information

Release Date:

06/24/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Brit Pop

Label:

Island Records (USA)

Catalog Number:

0000579

Original Release Year:

2003

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Anne Dudley

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