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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 separated the dedicated from the poseurs. They were the misshapes, misfits -- the art-loving geeks grown beautiful who had a brief moment in the sun before they returned to the outskirts of pop life. To some observers, that might have looked like they were dropping the ball, but turning to the murky darkness of This Is Hardcore after the shining Different Class was artier and more natural than Blur's similar turn with 13, and they made better singles when they returned to arty darkness, too, as Hits, a glorious recap of their stint at Island in the '90s, illustrates. Pulp, of course, had been around long before they moved to Island, but it wasn't until the early '90s that they truly came into their own, starting with Pulpintro EP and the sublime "Babies" single. From there, they produced four terrific albums, including one stone masterpiece (1995's Different Class which, years later, stands alongside Parklife as the greatest testament of Britpop), the near-perfect His 'n' Hers, the fascinating decadence of This Is Hardcore, and the gorgeous Scott Walker-produced We Love Life. Each album has a different character, a different feel, but throughout it all, Pulp turned out tremendous singles that functioned within the context of the album and as their own entity because they were vividly imagined and sharply written, which may be why they hold together so well as their own album. Apart from the image-defining "Mis-Shapes," there's nothing missing from Hits, and while these are songs identified with their time, they transcend it, with even the new contribution, "Last Day of the Miners' Strike," holding its own on a collection of singles as strong as anything in '90s pop music.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ed Buller, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Candida Doyle, Composer, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Banks, Composer, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Russell Senior, Composer, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Universal-Island Records Ltd.
Phil Vinall, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jarvis Cocker, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Composer - Ed Buller, Producer - Candida Doyle, Composer - Nick Banks, Composer - Russell Senior, Composer - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Buller, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Candida Doyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russell Senior, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist - Adi Winman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1993 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ed Buller, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Candida Doyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russell Senior, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist - Adi Winman, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1994 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Anne Dudley, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jarvis Cocker, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russell Senior, Violin, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russell Senior, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russell Senior, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Alan Tarney, Producer, Additional Mixer, Additional Producer, StudioPersonnel - CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russell Senior, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Anne Dudley, Unknown, Other - Jarvis Cocker, Guitar, Vocals, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Russell Senior, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1995 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Jarvis Cocker, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings Inc.
CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Peter Thomas, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1998 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1998 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
CHRIS THOMAS, Producer - Jarvis Cocker, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 1998 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
Hal Shaper, ComposerLyricist - Stanley Myers, ComposerLyricist - Matt Lawrence, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PETER WALSH, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jarvis Cocker, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, ComposerLyricist - Scott Walker, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Candida Doyle, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Steve Morris, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Garfield Jackson, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Lewis, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Hanson, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Laurence, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Sylvia Mason-James, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Claudia Fontaine, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dermot Crehan, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - mary Scully, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Pleeth, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Perry Montague-Mason, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - PETER WALSH, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Emlyn Singleton, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Bruce White, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Liz Edwards, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Berrow, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - David Woodcock, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Leon Bosch, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Rachel Allen, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Benedict Cruft, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Beverly Skeet, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Jim McLeod, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Smissen, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Rita Manning, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fischer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Roberts, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Naomi Wright, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Benham, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Everton Newson, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Jarvis Cocker, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Francis White, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tony Scott, Producer, Co-Producer - Catherine Bradshaw, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Mackey, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Scott Walker, Producer, Mixer, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Candida Doyle, String Arranger, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Helen Hathorn, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Webber, Strings, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist - Brian Gascoigne, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Fielding, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Burrell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Stephanie Bolt, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Poole, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Hutter, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - H. Paul Morgan, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Andrew Bagnall, Additional Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Taniesha Carnagie, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John Mainwaring, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Adriana Forster, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - David McVay, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Isobel Griffiths, Unknown, Other - Chris Blair, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Matt Lawrence, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jenny O'Grady, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - PETER WALSH, Producer, Engineer, Co-Producer, StudioPersonnel - Clive Goddard, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Hawley, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jarvis Cocker, ComposerLyricist - Steve Mackey, ComposerLyricist - Scott Walker, Producer - Candida Doyle, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, MainArtist - The Metro Voices, Unknown, Other - Brian Gascoigne, Vocal Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Julian Poole, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Patrick Mansell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Richard Hawley, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jarvis Cocker, ComposerLyricist - Cameron Craig, Producer, Programmer - Steve Mackey, ComposerLyricist - Candida Doyle, ComposerLyricist - Nick Banks, ComposerLyricist - Mark Webber, ComposerLyricist - Pulp, Producer, MainArtist - Antony Genn, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Tim Burrell, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Richard Matthews, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Becky Byrne, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
Album review
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 separated the dedicated from the poseurs. They were the misshapes, misfits -- the art-loving geeks grown beautiful who had a brief moment in the sun before they returned to the outskirts of pop life. To some observers, that might have looked like they were dropping the ball, but turning to the murky darkness of This Is Hardcore after the shining Different Class was artier and more natural than Blur's similar turn with 13, and they made better singles when they returned to arty darkness, too, as Hits, a glorious recap of their stint at Island in the '90s, illustrates. Pulp, of course, had been around long before they moved to Island, but it wasn't until the early '90s that they truly came into their own, starting with Pulpintro EP and the sublime "Babies" single. From there, they produced four terrific albums, including one stone masterpiece (1995's Different Class which, years later, stands alongside Parklife as the greatest testament of Britpop), the near-perfect His 'n' Hers, the fascinating decadence of This Is Hardcore, and the gorgeous Scott Walker-produced We Love Life. Each album has a different character, a different feel, but throughout it all, Pulp turned out tremendous singles that functioned within the context of the album and as their own entity because they were vividly imagined and sharply written, which may be why they hold together so well as their own album. Apart from the image-defining "Mis-Shapes," there's nothing missing from Hits, and while these are songs identified with their time, they transcend it, with even the new contribution, "Last Day of the Miners' Strike," holding its own on a collection of singles as strong as anything in '90s pop music.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:53
- Main artists: Pulp
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company. This Compilation ℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company.
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