#256

All just a bit worthy in a bit of a clumsy, generic kind of way innit. It’s the Derek of their back catalogue.

#257

You are all crazy

#258

Very much in keeping with the way labels work, though. When a band does something different with an album, leading with the track that’s most like the old days isn’t unusual.

It was a long leader too. This Is Hardcore came out three weeks ahead of the album and I think did set the tone for what we’d get much more strongly.

#259

‘Help The Aged’ was released way in advance of the album and the next single, ‘This is Hardcore’, was released just a few weeks before the album. ‘This is Hardcore’ (as great as it is) is a really perverse single choice.

#260

Always thought I’m a Man would have been a good single but the band apparently grew to hate it very quickly.

#261

I listened outside, I heard you…ALRIGHT

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#262

I liked A Little Soul a lot at the time - but now it sounds a bit too adult contemporary

#263

Not surprised TBH, it’s probably my least favourite song on the album

#264

This is my favourite Pulp song on balance.

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#265

One of my favourite Pulp songs - something a bit different

#266

Common People was released 25 years ago today

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#267

aw i missed this at the time. don’t like any of their pre-90s stuff and never really listened to We Love Life but the 90s stuff is all gold and they are superb live.

Babies is my fave song of theirs, then Underwear - chills every time, the Glasto 95 performance is so good. spent most of early 2011 crying and listening to Lipgloss (and Caramel by Blur). halcyon dayz

also around that time The Guardian got fans to write reviews of their favourite albums by given artists, and my review of His ‘n’ Hers got chosen and some waste of jism complained in the comments that I clearly didn’t know the album at all because the vinyl version didn’t include Babies… i was born in 1992, ‘vinyl’ has never existed for me. grow up dinosaur

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#268

That’s really quite the Internet comment specimen FFS!

#269

Also devastated that I didn’t get the chance to give a 5 here.

Imagine having a song like Common People under your belt, fuck me

#270

FFS - saw this so came on to give them a 5 only to find out this was from February.

Different Class is probably technically their best album, but His n Hers is the one I always come back to and has become my favourite. This is Hardcore is also surprisingly good - the title song in particular is astonishing. We Love Life is OK, but it’s probably good they stopped at that point.

Just don’t mention their early albums.

But for three classic albums and some of the best ever singles, can’t be less than a 5.

So, yeah I’ll just sit on that then. :frowning:

#271
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#272

This come up on my Youtube reccos

How can such badly dressed people make such a great song? The mind boggles

#273

it’s a 3/5 (hangover 4/5)

really liked them in their pomp, His N’ Hers especially, I still play Something Changed regularly as I’ve always loved that song (I can’t put my finger on why…)

if we have the Stereophonics at 1 and Ash at 2 it has to be Pulp on 3 (though I also gave Sonic Youth a 3…hmmm, they should of been a 4)

Pulp are great :+1:

#274

Sorry, badly what now…?

#275

I think he’s saying they look very…common?