Masters Of The Universe: Pulp On Fire 1985-86 - Pulp

We Love Life - Pulp

Things haven’t been too healthy in the Pulp camp of late, after the critical and commercial acclaim which greeted their 1995 release ‘Different Class’ it hasn’t been hard to observe a general downward curve. The furore which accompanied lead singer Jarvis Cocker’s ‘protest’ against Michael Jackson’s performance at the 96 Brit awards seemingly permanently transformed the group from ‘that band who sang Common People’ to ‘that band whose singer mooned at Wacko Jacko’! To make matters worse the follow up to ‘Different Class’, ‘This is Hardcore’ which was either their ...

Different Class - Pulp

up the album perfectly. At at time when monkeys Oasis and cockney ferrets Blur were banging out bland meaningless tunes and engaging in an industry generated 'Battle of the Bands', Pulp released an album of such magnitude that it still sounds fresh today five years on. Jarvis Cocker brilliantly encapsulates all that it means to be British to so many ordinary people- the disaffected call to arms of 'Mis-shapes', the longing of 'Disco 2000' and the truly riotous scathing attack of an upper-class lover in 'Common People'. Difficult as it is to pick faults in an almost flawless album the breathy vocals and insipid music of ...

Different Class - Pulp

Forget Oasis, Pulp were the true stars to come out of the 'Brit Pop' scene in my opinion. Different Class is one of the best CDs I own, there is not a track I dont like on it. What really makes this great is the quality of the songs writen by Jarvis Cocker, each one tells a great story from 'Common People' about ...