There is a strange beauty to Pulp. Largely inspired by the very one-and-only Jarvis Cocker, their songs always seemed to rise above the Britpop scene that they were part of. It was this album, and the few classic songs within it that made Pulp the most important band of the mid-nineties, although some way behind Oasis and Blur.
And so to the album. Mis-Shapes is a wonderful beginning, a protest song for all of the oddballs in society who are soon to take over. Pencil Skirt, a seedy sub-standard tune followed by one of the most important songs of it's age - Common People. A fantastic track which was the definitive sound of the childhood of millions of children. This is followed by my personal favourite, I Spy. Jarvis is at his sinister, vindictive and honest best.
Other highlights include the singles Something Changes, Disco 2000 and Sorted For E's And Whizz.
This is a must buy album for anyone who took part in the Britpop scene. If you buy only one Pulp album then it should be this one, far more polished than His'n'Hers, and less self-obsessed than the uncomfortable This Is Hardcore.
Jarvis got this one right.
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Good opinion. However, for me, it was a bit short - it's just a shame that the few people who can write good reviews choose to keep them short and sweet.
KarenUK 13.01.2001 21:39
That was a very well written opinion. What a shame it hadn't been read or rated before.
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It became increasingly apparent during 1995 that the answer to the question "Blur or ... more
Oasis?" was, in fact, "Pulp". Different Class was the sound of a band so on "it" that they defined "it". Thirty years of fury, frustration, sexual longing, class angst...
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Advantages: Sex, drugs, and common people! Brilliant, catchy, important lyrics Disadvantages: some songs take a little getting used to; Can't I give it more than 5 Stars?
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