This Is Hardcore is the sixth album by English band Pulp, first released in March 1998. It came three years after their breakthrough album, Different Class, and was eagerly anticipated. In 2013, NME ranked it at number 166 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[2]
Background and release
As with the band's previous album, Different Class, it reached No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart,[3] and was well received critically, earning Pulp a third successive nomination for the 1998 Mercury Prize.[4]
A subsequent release in the UK later in 1998 came with a bonus live CD entitled "This Is Glastonbury". A deluxe edition of This Is Hardcore was released on 11 September 2006. It contained a second disc of B-sides, demos and rarities.
The cover photo was art directed by Peter Saville and the American painter John Currin who is known for his figurative paintings of exaggerated female forms. The images were further digitally manipulated by Howard Wakefield who also designed the album.[5] Currin, who was also the art director for the "Help the Aged" video, based on his painting "The Never Ending Story". Advertising posters showing the album's cover that appeared on the London Underground system were defaced by graffiti artists with slogans like "This Offends Women"[6] and "This is Sexist" or "This is Demeaning".[7]
The music video for the title track was directed by Doug Nichol and was listed as the No. 47 best video of all time by NME.[8]
Reception and legacy
The album was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[19]
Track listing
All lyrics written by Jarvis Cocker; all music composed by Nick Banks, Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber, except where noted.
1. |
"The Fear" | |
5:35 |
2. |
"Dishes" | |
3:30 |
3. |
"Party Hard" | |
4:00 |
4. |
"Help the Aged" | |
4:28 |
5. |
"This Is Hardcore" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Peter Thomas |
6:25 |
6. |
"TV Movie" | |
3:25 |
7. |
"A Little Soul" | |
3:19 |
8. |
"I'm a Man" | |
4:59 |
9. |
"Seductive Barry" | |
8:31 |
10. |
"Sylvia" | |
5:44 |
11. |
"Glory Days" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Antony Genn |
4:55 |
12. |
"The Day After the Revolution" (edited to 5:52 on bonus track releases) | |
14:56 |
- Bonus tracks
13. |
"Like a Friend" (B-side to "A Little Soul", bonus track on US, Canadian and Japanese releases) | |
4:32 |
14. |
"Tomorrow Never Lies" (B-side to "Help the Aged", bonus track on Japanese release) | |
4:53 |
1. |
"The Fear" | |
7:49 |
2. |
"Live Bed Show" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Russell Senior, Webber |
4:33 |
3. |
"TV Movie" | |
3:55 |
4. |
"A Little Soul" | |
4:36 |
5. |
"Party Hard" | |
4:29 |
6. |
"Help the Aged" | |
5:33 |
7. |
"Seductive Barry" | |
9:57 |
8. |
"This Is Hardcore" (Bonus track on Japanese release) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Thomas |
7:16 |
9. |
"Glory People: Glory Days / Common People" (Bonus track on Japanese release) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber, Genn |
11:13 |
1. |
"Cocaine Socialism (Proper Version)" | |
5:14 |
2. |
"It's a Dirty World (Recording Session Outtake)" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior |
5:13 |
3. |
"Like a Friend" (B-side to "A Little Soul") | |
4:32 |
4. |
"The Professional" (B-side to "This Is Hardcore") | |
5:09 |
5. |
"Ladies' Man" (B-side to "This Is Hardcore") | |
4:44 |
6. |
"Laughing Boy" (B-side to "Help the Aged") | |
3:50 |
7. |
"We Are the Boyz" (B-side to "Party Hard") | |
3:15 |
8. |
"Tomorrow Never Dies (Rough Mix)" | |
4:53 |
9. |
"Can I Have My Balls Back, Please? (Demo)" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior |
4:16 |
10. |
"Modern Marriage (Demo)" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey |
4:54 |
11. |
"My Erection (Demo)" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey |
4:22 |
12. |
"You Are the One (Demo)" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey |
4:28 |
13. |
"Street Operator (Demo)" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey |
3:52 |
14. |
"This Is Hardcore (End of the Line Mix)" (B-side to "This Is Hardcore") | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Thomas |
2:06 |
Tracks 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 from the Deluxe edition bonus disc were previously unavailable
- Limited edition double vinyl LP
6. |
"TV Movie" | |
3:25 |
7. |
"A Little Soul" | |
3:19 |
8. |
"I'm a Man" | |
4:59 |
9. |
"Seductive Barry" | |
8:31 |
10. |
"Sylvia" | |
5:44 |
11. |
"Glory Days" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Genn |
4:55 |
12. |
"The Day After the Revolution" | |
5:27 |
13. |
"Tomorrow Never Lies" | |
4:53 |
14. |
"Laughing Boy" | |
3:50 |
15. |
"The Professional" | |
5:09 |
16. |
"This is Hardcore (End of the Line Mix)" | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Thomas |
3:02 |
Personnel
- Lyrics – Jarvis Cocker
- Music – Doyle, Cocker, Webber, Banks, Mackey, Peter Thomas ("This Is Hardcore"), Antony Genn ("Glory Days" and "Cocaine Socialism")
- Artwork (art direction) – John Currin, Peter Saville
- Artwork (design and Smart blur 'painterly effect') – Howard Wakefield, Paul Hetherington
- Photography – Horst Diekgerdes
- Engineer – Pete Lewis
- Producer – Chris Thomas
- Programmers – Magnus Fiennes, Mark Hayley, Matthew Vaughan, Olle Romo
- Piano – Anne Dudley (5, 7, 11), Chris Thomas (5)
- Vocals (9) – Neneh Cherry
- Backing vocals (1, 9) – Mandy Bell, Carol Kenyon, Jackie Rawe
- String arrangements (2, 5, 7, 9) – Anne Dudley and Pulp
- Orchestration (5, 9) – Nicholas Dodd[20]
Charts
References
- ↑ This Is Hardcore - Pulp | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
- ↑ Rocklist.net NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013
- ↑ "Pulp full official chart". officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ↑ "Mercury Prize Shortlist". mercuryprize.com. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
- ↑ Cocker, Jarvis 'They're not grotesque – they're beautiful' Retrieved 11 December 2007.
- ↑ Anon 'PULP – ACRYLIC AFTERNOONS – This Is Hardcore Retrieved 8 July 2008.
- ↑ Kelly, Amanda; Clay, Alistair (19 April 1998). "'Sexist' Pulp ads attacked; Anything goes, say advertisers. Not so, say angry women with spraycans". The Independent. London.
- ↑ "100 Greatest Music Videos". Nme.Com. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "This Is Hardcore – Pulp". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ Kot, Greg (3 April 1998). "Pulp: This Is Hardcore". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Browne, David (13 April 1998). "This Is Hardcore". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ Hochman, Steve (5 April 1998). "Pulp 'This Is Hardcore' Island". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Patterson, Sylvia (21 March 1998). "Pulp – This Is Hardcore". NME. Archived from the original on 2 October 2000. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ DiCrescenzo, Brent (31 December 1999). "Pulp: This Is Hardcore". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 1 March 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ "This Is Hardcore CD". CD Universe. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ Kot, Greg (23 March 1998). "Pulp: This Is Hardcore". Rolling Stone (784). Archived from the original on 3 June 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ Wilkinson, Roy (May 1998). "Privates on parade". Select (95): 78.
- ↑ Hornby, Nick (May 1998). "People's Poet". Spin. 14 (5). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
- ↑ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
- ↑ Booklet
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