Reviews (page 5 of 13)
Not my fave pulp but obviously great. Mishaps and feeling called love are two of my fave pulp tunes. Great album and still stands up.
Got some great tracks, and even the more artsy spoken word stuff seamlessly fits the album, although does reduce the number of hits.
Surprised by how much I enjoyed this one.
pulp has a good vibe of glam rock but with more energy
I really enjoyed this, and it grew on me with each listen. I’d only been familiar with the singles before, but there’s more depth here than I had expected. The production feels a bit thin and vague, which was fairly typical of ’90s indie. Lyrically a bit 'filthy' in places, but nice stuff. Favourite tracks: Mis-Shapes, Common People, I Spy, Disco 2000, Something Changed, F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E, Bar Italia.
An old favourite of mine. Pulp are....well....different class! Full of iconic songs of the britpop era. Quality!
First time I've listened to this all the way through, musically sound, lyrically whitty. Lots of turn of the century nuances funny quips about being British really.
Of all the Britpop albums of the mid 90s this has aged the best in every way possible. Common People is an anthem for a whole generation and class. Fave Tunes = Common People, Misshapes & Disco 2000
Had you asked me yesterday if I knew who Pulp was, I would have said, "I don't really listened to their music, but of course I know them." Apparently, that would have been untrue. Embarrassingly, I think I may have actually been confusing them with Blur. Anyways, I really enjoyed this album after a couple listens. Common People is great and I've definitely heard it somewhere before. There were a lot of interesting influences throughout the album from disco to 70s pop to 80s new wave and it all built to a pretty over-the-top sound. There was also a pretty clear Bowie influence throughout the album that I enjoyed up to a certain point, but it did get to a point where it seemed like he might be trying too hard to be Bowie. And when he wasn't trying to be Bowie, he was trying so hard to be sexy, but his whisper singing just comes off as creepy. The awful lyrics in Pencil Skirt didn't help. I've seen it pointed out that he's playing a character and being sarcastic, but it doesn't change the fact that his singing at times makes me think, "man, I really want to punch this guy in the mouth."
Love Pulp, but that said I find it a bit uneven. Still a classic of it's time.
I have a feeling Pulp will be one of those 5/5 bands once it finally *fully* clicks with me — as of now, this is some really cool stuff, and Common People is an absolute anthem.
Du New Wave en 1995?! More like Old Wave... vous avez déjà eu assez d'une décennie pour nous casser les oreilles! Blague à part, c'est pas mal, assez dansant et nonchalant. Underwear sonne comme du Bowie. Monday Morning comme du Cure.
Everyone on this website is so tired of Britpop, and for very good reason! I wasn't even impressed by Pulp's follow-up to Different Class, This Is Hardcore. To my surprise, this easily has to be one of the best Britpop albums on the list, on par with Oasis, but Different Class is more art rock than pop (Definitely Maybe). I've been waiting for some solid Britpop, and I have been rewarded. I found This Is Hardcore to be reminiscent of Bowie, and the lead singer's vocals lean naturally towards that. But the vocals on this album were grittier, a la Leonard Cohen. I hear more punk and new wave in this Britpop sound, much like Elvis Costello (but better, let's be honest). The songs are catchy, lyrics good. The tone in "I Spy" is so delicious that I'm obsessed, and the vocals are almost whispered. Or the vocals can be peppy. Sometimes Pulp leans more towards full-throated rock. I just found a great amount of variety and fun here.
The songs are fun but don't pay attention to the lyrics or the main singer wanting to fuck you throughout.
"Mis-Shapes" setter tonen. "Common People" åpenbart en monster-hit. Veldig, veldig bra.
Oh, I really really liked this.
Quality album with lots of hits and just a couple stinkers
I enjoyed it, stronger first side, but overall enjoyable. Clear to see why Pulp are in the conversation for big britpop names. Will probably listen to more albums
very funny that i get this as soon as i land in the uk for a few months. maybe it’s just the shitty weather and the meal deal speaking but i found this really great, even better than i remember! great lyrics, and stylistically this is so much more colorful than most other britpop i’ve heard. deserves to be one of the 1001? britpop needs a few on here. i say yes!
Never would have chosen this album but very much enjoying it. Very interesting vocally
I didn't know pulp was sexy
Love Pulp - best kind of juice!
This is sn album i listened to back in the day and didn't fully appreciate how good they were. Up against Oasis, blur etc I didn't really give them time. This album now proves me wrong, 2000 is in hindsight a classic imo. Will come back and back again. 4/5
good
already know the most well known songs from this album but wanted to listen to it in a whole for a long time now, so this came at a wonderful time. great way to start off this 'project' was fun to listen to, good mood overall, not many other songs that specifically stood out to me favourite new song: Underwear
One of their best albums. When BritPop was at its peak. 3 hit singles on this album, and it showed Pulp at their mainstream peak.
It reminded me of mid 2000's indie movies
this is the horniest britpop has ever been
I don't know how I've never come across these guys. I love this album! 4.5/5
"Common People" and "Disco 2000" are the obvious draws for this album but I enjoyed the lyrics of a lot of the songs on this album, "Underwear" being a highlight. One to listen to again.
National treasures.
Pretty good, punk vibes. Guitar was my favorite portion of most songs
Sometimes I avoid writing reviews after a few beers because they turn out dumb or angry or both, but today I’m on a Toronto Streetcar on the way home from the LEGENDARY Horseshoe Tavern and I’m gonna say it, if this is Brit Pop and Oasis is Brit Pop, this blows Oasis the fuck outta the water. Pulp, in my mind is not only better at being Musicians but they’re better at being British. Suck my chode Gallagher’s. Pulp is charmingly smooth on Different Class, this is a great album. 4 stars
Det må ha føltes som å åpne en tidskapsel da denne plata kom. Det er så mye her. Det er mye her fra 60- til 90-tallet, mye Bowie såklart, men vokalmessig minner det også om Bob Geldof og Robert Smith. Av og til syns jeg til og med jeg hører R.E.M. inni der. Men, viktigst, uansett hvor mye man hører av andre så er det umiskjennelig Pulp. Litt som Pulp Fiction skamløst låner/stjeler fra de som kom før, så er det å sette det sammen igjen til noe nytt som er selve kunsten. La oss også legge vekk all tvil om at Pulps versjon av Common People er mye bedre enn William Shatner sin. Skamfult nok er nok Pulp bandet jeg hørt minst på av de store britpop-bandene (min store kjærlighet for shoegazerne i Oasis er viden kjent). Et sidenote, plata ga meg lyst til å sjekke ut loungeplatene til Arctic Monkeys på nytt. Tror det er en connection.
The thing about an album like this is, some of the songs have become so well-known that they've outgrown their siblings. In the same way that Jarvis writes about not quite fitting in socially, five-twelfths of the songs were upwardly mobile and are genuinely now in a Different Class. Of the other 7 tracks, i was surprised that I'd forgotten a couple of them completely. I obviously only listen to Pulp in playlists these days. Loved rediscovering this
high 4 mis-shapes is a cringe educing. I hope its sarcastic otherwise all my respect for Jarvis is lost. "We won't use guns, we won't use bombs We'll use the one thing we've got more of That's our minds" yikes, surely sarcastic right? but maybe jarvis came from a time where you really could get punched in the face for wearing the wrong jacket. i suppose that changes things. i've always found "common people" a bit painful as well. The euphoria goes on for too long - it happens first exactly halfway through the run time. the superiority complex from being "really from the bottom" "real people" "down to earth" is embarrassing. my house was the grottiest! my town had the least to do! i have the fewest gcses! give over man... apart from that its classic pulp who can ask for more. disco 2000 is my fav.
Liked this a lot. Could easily be a 5 star with further listens
8/10 I’ve never really given Pulp much of a chance in the past, Britpop was never really my bag, but there’s a lot more to this than I was expecting. Jarvis Cocker plays the role of disaffected outsider really well. He rolls between being sarcastic, sinister and sincere as the tracks roll by, and it’s all backed by a really comprehensive and dense arrangement from the rest of the band. There’s a load more synth parts than I was expecting, from the subtle to the full-bodied, and the sound design in general is really good. There’s a decent level of variation between the tracks, all while maintaining a consistent sound, as they drop to sparse, menacing moments before launching into crowd-pleasing choruses. There are a couple of lulls here and there and it didn’t always manage to maintain my full interest through some of the less sonically and musically rich tracks, but overall it’s a really decent album with some absolute bangers thrown in for good measure. Mis-Shapes - This is a really compelling start. It builds and builds in intensity and then drops away and builds again. The way it swells and drives is really nice. It never really lands on even ground, which might be annoying elsewhere, but really works for the first song on an album. Pencil Skirt - And the intensity drops away. It’s quite delicate, but there’s a slight bit of edge to it too from Jarvis Cocker’s vocal delivery. Some of the synth washes are really nice. It’s almost a bit sinister and it does get a bit of drive that builds by the end. Pretty decent. Common People - This is obviously a complete classic. It’s a great pop song and a great satirical skewering of the British class system. That driving bass line along with the stacatto synth arpeggiation under it all chugs along and gives it some really great momentum. I don’t think I’d ever really given this the credit it deserves for the quality of the instrumentation. The mix is so full without being muddy. And the chorus has such a great hook, with the intensity growing from chorus to chorus. Brilliant. I Spy - This is dense and dark. Again, it’s pretty sinister and reminds me a little of Nick Cave particularly during the more whispered vocal sections. Again, it’s a very full sound that shifts and moves, particularly as the strings move to higher pitches and intensity. Disco 2000 - Another 90s classic. Another brilliant chorus. I love the lead guitar in the chorus and the way it gets punctuated by the synth chords and the end of each run. Each verse chugs along before the pre-chorus drops and then they just go for it with the chorus. It’s such an uplifting piece of songwriting set against the bitter vocal from Jarvis Cocker. Live Bed Show - This is more sombre. It sounds so wide. There’s a slightly ethereal edge to some of the higher register parts that wash around the top too. It’s got a good thrust to it, but never quite lands on as solid a hook as elsewhere on the album, but sonically, it still offers a lot. Something Changed - There’s a sort of baroque pop edge to this. I don’t know if it’s the string parts that emphasise that, but I think it’s also the lilt of the groove. I really like this one. There’s quite a lot going on across the different instrumental parts, but it all ties into a pretty satisfying and pretty whole. Sorted for E’s & Whizz - Is the ‘In the middle of the night’ section the most Britpop Pulp ever sounded? I think so. There’s some really nice elements to this, particularly some of the synth parts. It’s a bit more of a plodder to my mind and isn’t really one of my more favoured tracks on here. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. - Oooh, I like the sparse, sinister nature of this. It’s icy and the skittering percussion bits that come in and out are great. And then it kicks in almost out of nowhere. The chorus is more high energy, but still has an edge of menace about it. Good stuff. Underwear - This is another that threads the line between creepy and uplifting. It perhaps doesn’t hit quite as hard as some of the others on the album, but it’s not a bad track either. Monday Morning - This kicks off with a great groove and atmosphere. It’s ever changing and only settles on a style for a short while before the throw in a double-time section, or a complete transition to the chorus. It almost feels a bit disorganised, but it’s also executed well enough that it actually flows really nicely. Some of the soundscapes they create during the slower sections are great too. It’s a bit weird, but it’s also really good. Bar Italia - This is a bit more pedestrian again. It’s a well written song, but it’s a bit more basic and straight down the line than the more interesting cuts on the record. It sways nicely enough and the dynamic between the verses and choruses is nice, but it just feels a bit mundane.
Solid 90s Indie sound. Always a good band to catch a listen with.
solid british music imo, the lead singer sings a bit too sensually for my taste in some songs, but a lot of the riffs are solid, mis-shapes, common people, and Ispy are the best in the album
I am really glad I discovered Pulp.
devastatingly horny. i immediately googled the lead singer because i had to know and exactly what i thought.
am i crazy or did i spy have a little tom waits vibes? anyway. maybe it's me but the naughty vibes were fun, toxic/intense love isn't Good but it makes for great music. not my assigned britpop band at birth but i might dare to say pulp comes in second for me. liked: common people (obviously), sorted for e's & wizz, underwear
Day 6 9/10 Know this one very well, grew up on Britpop. Some slightly dodgy lyrics but it holds up remarkably well as an album, not a skippable track on it even if the hits are a bit overplayed Highlights Most of it really but especially Live Bed Show Something Changed Underwear
I would have thought this album came out in the 80s, it has that kind of sound to it.
This album was great. I listened a little passively but enjoyed it the entire time. There are a lot of famous songs on here. I feel like they sound a lot like "The Clash" in many places. Especially on "Common People" and "Disco 2000". The album is a little long but I enjoyed the changes of pace. 8/10
Bra helhet. Musiken ligger inom ramen för sånt jag brukar gilla så det sänker tröskeln. Såg ju också Pulp förra året och tyckte de var bra live. Diggar helt enkelt, den får en fyra.
Jarvis must have had the massive horn when he wrote this. Anyway, didn’t much care for them at the time, but actually there’s a real performance, wit and energy about the album. And that’s despite the hits, I feckin hate the hits (Common People I’m especially looking at you).
La quintessence de la musique britannique, dans ses thèmes, son interprétation et son rock dramatique. Rappelle Bowie parfois
Britpop is a cultural dead end but this record is a bop
Britpop with focus, some good synth, and, on the faster songs, a driving beat. The creepy-ass slower songs like I Spy fit nicely into the larger whole. Fun songs and the hits are big. Not a masterpiece, but a good, solid album. Has anyone seen Jarvis Cocker and Bill Nighy in the same room together?
Played this to death 8/10
coolalbum
I’ve never liked the Killers but this is a solid album.
De lo mejorcito del britpop
This is in a different class…… an exceptional class. Brilliant album that forms a soundtrack to my twenties so long ago!
Before this year I think I only knew Common People. Turns out this is a pretty cool band. Good variety on this album too.
Reminded me of Bowie
expected to hear some boring britpop but it's really really good
Extra star cos the full version of common people is epic
At last, after a long while, some quality and meaningful stuff. Never listened to this album, actually, outside of the ubiquitous hit(s?) - turns out, this is really good. Not sure I'll keep it around, though. Still not my cuppa tea.
4.5/5
Really good album overall! At first I wasn’t sure but around halfway through it clicked with me! Some songs were definitely worse than others but I don’t think I would relisten to the album personally! I might with certain songs though!
Of course I was familiar with Common People and Disco 2000, as they were big hits when I was a kid. Never sat down and listened to the whole album before. It's actually quite good isn't it. I was surprised by how fresh it sounds 30 years on. Very distinct from the rest of the Britpop pack.
Jeg kan meget godt lide det, det har lidt den samme vokal som BCNR hvor han nærmest taler og samtidig lyder meget dramatisk. Det er rimelig cool. Udover det er det jo en af de største britpop bands samme med oasis i 90'erne. Der er også enkelte numre hvor det nærmest lyder sådan chamber agtigt hvor der er string arrangementer. Det er sådan et rigtig story telling album og det lyder sgu bare sexet. Tror meget af det ligger i teksterne og historien også, men jeg er ikke så god til tekster. Men lyden af det her Art pop/rock, glamrock, post-punk agtige kan jeg bare rigtig godt lide.
Se que me puede gustar, pero no le he prestado toda la atencion que deberia
Most enjoyable, even though I was reluctant to listen to anything as I was having a day of pain again. I was familiar with much of the album, and was in my late teens/early 20s when I listened to its singles first. I worked as a lounge girl for IR£2.50 an hour when I was in college, and often felt conscious that was I was role-playing as one of the "common people" he was parodying. That song was released when I worked that job in a pub (The Barge) so I heard it regularly, and it always resonated. It made me cry a little, the line " if you call your Daddy he could stop it all", particularly as my father passed five years ago, and I'm always grateful for his care. It feels a million miles away now since I first bopped around to Disco 2000 (but is, in fact, about a quarter of a century). Cocker's voice is still interesting and pleasing, his stories and scenarios in the lyrics draw you in and intrigue, while the tunes are bouncy, fun, and appealing too. From me, four stars, and highly recommended.
Pretty good. Loved the vibe even though it isn't what I usually listen to. No songs I didn't like and there were a few that I really liked. Solid album.
Brilliant. You can tell how much love went into it.
so fun! every song was a banger and i loved every second. slightly repetitive but overall great
It's pretty good. Kind of goofy stuff Dad might like.
It's basically a 4.5. Only missed a 5 because of a couple weak tracks. This Is Hardcore is also a great album from Pulp. Hope it's on the list as well. This and Blur are what I like about Brit Pop, unlike the other dozens of albums on this list that suuuuuuuuuuuck
This feels so nostalgic (even though I was just a baby when it came out) It's like nostalgia with hints of asmr
Nice whispery voice
Pretty solid 90s Britpop album, when I imagine what Britpop sounds like it sounds like this. I'd heard a couple songs before, and I was especially familiar with common people. Nothing blew me away and some of the lyrics were a bit off but overall very solid experience. Would listen again
Interesting! 80s new wave pop meets David Bowie.
Lowkey kinda freaky and overtly horny, but decent britpop. Common People is a banger
While there’s a lot to dislike in Jarvis Cocker’s oftentimes sickeningly ‘edgy’ delivery, this is a catchy and entertaining album. I’m not keen on how the first few tracks seedily slink into eachother, but after the emphatic crescendos of Common People, the album gains a spring in its step. I wouldn’t definitively call it the best britpop album, but I can see why some people would. Mis-Shapes (8/10) Pencil Skirt (7/10) Common People (10/10) I Spy (7/10) Disco 2000 (10/10) Live Bed Show (7/10) Something Changed (7/10) Sorted for E’s & Wizz (8/10) F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. (8/10) Underwear (7/10) Monday Morning (8/10) Bar Italia (8/10) 7.9/10
Solid album.
I’d never heard of Pulp before listening to this record. They yield a very similar vibe to The Cure—well it’s mostly the vocals but also the instrumentals… a bit. Ok it’s really the vocals. And to be honest I was at first not impressed. The singing from The Cures lead, Robert Smith, has been mostly what has held me back from truly enjoying their music, and I feel the same situation is working a bit against Pulp as well. Maybe it’s just personal preference and nobody else feels this way, but the sort of husky voice on I Spy and the depressing, English accent throughout (Sorted for E’s & Wizz) detract a bit from the wonderful storytelling and at times beautiful orchestral elements. I’ll get into such in a bit, but I’ll stick to the complaints for now. The vocals did grow on me towards the end of the album a little, but some of the lyrics are pretty questionable. Maybe it’s on some meta level that I don’t understand, but: “I really love it when you tell me to stop; oh it turns me on” from Pencil Skirt and the weird talk about underwear on, well, Underwear is just weird and distracting. It seems like at times Pump kinda lost the plot. Oh yeah, about the plot, time to give some praise. Man, there are some actually deep and chilling line deliveries on this record. The crescendo on Common People into Jarvis Cocker yelling “you’ll never live like common people;” damn. Really fits the title—Different Class: about the divide in not only wealth but experience and culture between those more and less fortunate is expressed beautifully on this record. The mature, societal discussions of wealth disparity throughout are also accompanied by some thoughtful lyrics on relationships and, yeah, sex. A lot of sex talk. But some of it isn’t weird. Like in Live Bed Show, “now every night she plays a sad game; called pretending nothings wrong.” This poetry is truly pervasive throughout and shines when put next to some of the more sexual lyricism. This combination of themes is all covered over by some amazing instrumentals. I adore the haunting melody of I Spy, the slow melancholy of Bar Italia, the boppy beats of Disco 2000, the sort of musical metronome on Mis-Shapes (if that makes sense); it all makes for a blend of feelings that still feel tied to the core sound of the album. Overall, this is a very cohesive piece, yet I obviously still have my complaints. Pretty solid.
A good showing with plenty of good cups of tea.
solid
4.0
Wonderful album. Great lyrics, brilliant music.
lovingly steeped in irony with a sardonic look at modern life bolstered by driving UK rock pop.
This one grew on me as the album went on. Some catchy songs, and an album I will listen to again. A nice discovery.
jebeno!
Timely and groovy
Wasn't sure if I liked them in the beginning, but they grew on me.
A thoroughly enjoyable listen. The kind of English rock I love. Common People is the standout. 4/5
Some massive songs
J’aime bien ! C’est chouette, à réécouter
I do enjoy. Bit weird at times but some absolute classics on there
Interesting sounding album. The singer sounds a bit like Bowie at times and even like Roger Waters for some songs. Enjoyed listening to this album.
I enjoyed this one! It gave a sense of nostalgia throughout - it reminded me of pop music from the '80s (in a good way).
Above average, well-executed, witty, but not groundbreaking
Well shit, this is like *really* good. I don’t have an incredible history with Britpop, I like some of the classics, but the genre at large doesn’t really do it for me, but Different Class by Pull is an extremely well written pop album with a unique aesthetic and great execution that stands head and shoulders above the genre at large in my eyes. This is full of flourishes from the rave scene, orchestral arrangements and there really isn’t a bad song here. We start off strong with Mis-Shapes, a song where Pulp’s incredible talent for chorus writing becomes immediately apparent. Before mentioning other highlights here, I would also like to mention the lyrics here, there is a fascinating combination of class consciousness and horniness in a way I’m really not sure I’ve heard anywhere else. The album as a whole paints an honest and pretty grimy portrait of England at the time, full of class conflict and ennui. I bring this up because the second song here is Pencil Skirt, which is an almost transgressive view of cheating that feels gross in a pretty interesting way. The next song is a pretty staggering highlight: Common People is about class consciousness by way of romantic flings, touching on themes of upper-class disconnect and the fetishization of the working class. This kind of romantic wistful pop song transforms in a really interesting way, with the narrator becoming increasingly angry with the class tourist woman chasing him, and the almost imperceptible build here is glorious. I Spy is another personal favorite, with the post punk vibes and whispery vocals, it’s just sonically fantastic. Other highlights include Live Bed Show, Sorted For E’s & Wizz, FEELINGCALLEDLOVE, and Monday Morning: really we have most of the album here. I stand by there not being a bad song here, but some just don’t do quite as much for me, Underwear and Something Changed in particular. Despite this, this still may be my favorite Britpop album, and if you’re skeptical of the genre you owe it to yourself to at least give this a shot. This is a pretty high 4.
По вайбам круто. Сижу такая, «о, common people, песня кэмикалов», потом понимаю, что наоборот, потом спрашиваю у дипсика, есть ли такая песня, он отвечает что нет, каверов тоже нет...я что, брежу? Классно, мне понравилось.
Nostalgic, the best of Britpop
'Common People' and 'Disco 2000' are tragic, beautiful, perfect songs. ‘Underwear’ was my favorite of the songs I hadn’t heard before.
But still you'll never get it right 'Cause when you're laid in bed at night Watching roaches climb the walls If you called your dad he could stop it all *** Okay, I'm biased because Common People is one of my favorite songs - both this original version and William Shatner's excellent cover. What a SONG! Jarvis's vocals on the whole album are so captivating; it's like he's right next to you, convincing you of every word. And boy does it work for me. A lustful album, sure, but I think the storytelling justifies it, keeps it from being too salacious. I dig it.
This is a fun time. Especially Disco 2000 has me wanting to scream it out loud. Some kinda creep vibe lyrics, but we can ignore them for the pure fun that this album is.
I didn't listen to this super carefully, but it was pretty pop-y and easy to follow along with. Disco 2000 was cracking me up. There was another song that had kind of creepy whispering lyrics, which I definitely didn't expect. Pretty catchy but not what I'd listen to in my free time.
Exactly what I thought it would be
Really vibes with this, common people was a smash! Tapered off a bit towards the end, but still an interesting journey throughout
A bizarre album only in the vocal line. The instruments other than the voice felt classic 80s/90s soft rock which worked extremely well in highlighting just how depraved the lyrics came off during certain songs. The highlight was Common People for me where they really go on a winding story of showcasing the different mindsets of (as the title says) classes of rich vs poor. Bringing a woman in to deal with rats, see a supermarket, or find a "normal" lover, showed how even if she saw it firsthand the impact of those living situations is fundamentally different when you have a rich father lifeline to just pull yourself out at any time. I really appreciated that song and what it brought to the table, but a lot of the album came off as quite creepy. Many songs feel drenched in angst and from a controlling personality both lyrically and in the delivery, which against the softer rock backing gives off all the more of an uncomfortable vibe. So good album, but I wouldn't recommend it to many people
Highlights: Mis-Shapes, Common People, I Spy, Sorted For E's and Wizz. In a nutshell: nice one, geezer. Cheeky, sexy, creepy, danceable and quotable. Everything you need and want from a pop album. Perhaps Jarvis was right all along- Pulp isn’t Britpop. Pulp is pop music that sounds different from the rest. Overall: 8/10
Très bonne découverte
Pretty good.
No war but class war. They really hit on a winning formula, and took it to an amazing end with common people. We won't use tanks, we won't use bombs. But should we tho
Favorites: Common People, I Spy, Disco 2000 While a lot of britpop eludes me as to why I understand its smashing success, Different Class by Pulp is an incredible record with classic song after classic song. An album I feel like I recommend to everyone at this point. I very much enjoyed revisiting it for this!
Sounds almost like any other British new wave but I like that
ode to da working class hell yea
Loses a star for some questionable lyrics at times, particularly pencil skirt. Found some of the themes quite repetitive eg sexual escapades. Very fun musically and vocally, loved how the songs would build slowly then go hard. Really enjoyed most songs. Favourites: Common people, sorted for E’s & Wizz, F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E
This album would have been 5 stars for me if it wasn’t for the leery rapey lyrics of Pencil Skirt. The whole album itself is about sex with some questionable lyrics that are very likely a product of their time, and I can look past most of it, EXCEPT Pencil Skirt. I love how most of the songs seem to build into these awesome dancey numbers Fav songs: Common People and Sorted for E’s and Wizz
mis-shapes --> eat the rich y poco mas, bastante divertida de repente. pencil skirt --> "i kissed your mother twice and now im working on your dad". sorted for E's & Wizz --> me ha gustado bastante la base de la cancion. underwear --> me mola mucho esta, tiene un rollo especial en mi opinion. i spy --> too long, no me ha molado nada live bed show --> me ha dado pereza seguir apuntando en general buen album muy nostalgico echo cosas de menos que nunca he tenido
Pulp далеко не одразу прийшли до бритпоп звучання. Спочатку вони грали доволі нішевий психоделічний постпанк на альбомах It (1983) та Freaks (1987), а потім, характерний для Madchester сцени, електронний та сінтовий Separations (1992). З погляду музики, цікавих елементів та мелодики, ці альбоми є, та напевно що залишаться, для мене найулюбленішими у Pulp. Їх завжди приємно переслухувати, вони атмосферні, але чому вони "не злетіли" у свій час - здогадатися не складно. Не дивлячись на доволі автентичну музику, вони все одно губилися на тлі більш яскравих Public Image Ltd., або Gang Of Four. І тільки в 1992-у році вони наблизилися до бритпопу на His 'n' Hers, хоча в ньому все ще було доволі багато референсів до готичного синті-попу та нью-вейву. Тут з'явилося більше хуків та і структурно воно стало більше походити на попрок. Натомість Different Class вже кардинально відрізнявся від усього перерахованого. З нього пішло ледь не усе, що надавало звучанню Pulp особливості. Він став набагато простішим та вже цілковито перейшов до попрок пісень, але доволі гарних та винахідливих попрок пісень. Кожен трек не навантажує складними конструкціями, а натомість підбирає прості елементи, які просто працюють - ціпки гітарні ритми, що часом підкреслюються "веселими" сінтами, та трохи бруднуватими, "гаражними" соло. Разом з тим змінився і настрій - від альбому тепер віє теплом, та якимось літнім легким вайбом. А вокал Jarvis Cocker став ще більш пристрасним, майже "вампірським". Всі це елементи гарантували альбому комерційний успіх, бо тепер він став зрозумілішим та ближчим до слухача. Але насправді, його основна ідея полягала не скільки у звучанні, скільки в темах та сенсах яки тут підіймаються. Вже з назви зрозуміло, що в першу чергу, це соціалістичні ідеї та питання класової нерівності. Але самі по собі, вони не були б чимось новим, якби не були подані у вигляді трагічно-романтичних пісень де в якості яскравого образу, в тому числі виступає секс. А вищезгаданий "веселий мотив" та очевидна іронія в деяких піснях - робить його лірично ще цікавішим. Мені дійсно було цікаво читати тексти про те як багата дівчинка ніколи не зможе зрозуміти звичайного лузера, що, на його думку, цікавий їй лише як "атракціон", або про шпигуна, який провадить підривну діяльність, сплячи з дружинами істеблішменту. Проте читати, було для мене все ж трохи цікавіше ніж слухати. Альбом майже ніколи не сходить з наміченої тропи, та не дивує бодай якимось "цікавинками" - він дуже рівний і через це навіть трохи монотонний. Але не дивлячись на те, що цей альбом не є моїм улюбленим у Pulp та й у бритпопі загалом, варто визнати його сильну концепцію, що стане рушійною силою бритпоп сцени. Адже роблячи альбом зрозумілішим та простішим для ширшого кола слухачів - Jarvis спромагався достукатись до кожного аби донести свої сенси до якомога більшого кола слухачів, але при цьому не скотився у відверту кон'юнктуру, а знайшов свій автентичний стиль. Чи це не є справжнє мистецтво?
This is such a fantastic album. From song 1 through the rest of the album there are no skippers. 4.25/5
Love this album with it's witty lyrics and Cocker's takedown of posers and hedonists. One of my favorite Britpop albums. The video for "Common People " is great too.
qualcosa di conosciuto, qualcosa di simpatico, un po' nostalmagico
actually pretty good
Interesting as fuck
Singer has clear similarities to Bowie. Instrumentation and synths are very 90’s, in a good way. Colin People is a fantastic, classic song. I Spy has a very satisfying build through the narrative and production. It reminds me of At The Drive In or The Mars Volta.Live Bed Show could be a track straight from Ziggy Stardust.
Every time I see the phrase “Mercury Prize Winner” next to an album, it will either be absolutely warranted or make me go “what the fuck were they thinking?”. Granted, my stupid American ass doesn’t know the merit for this award. I don’t even take the Grammy’s seriously at all, but there’s a clear British bias within these 1001 albums, and the authors were hellbent in putting every winner here so it feels inevitable. I will say, however, that this is one of the good winners. It feels poppy, vibrant, and overall fun while keeping a nice layer of social commentary about class differences, just like the title of this album states. I will say that in a few of the tracks, the singing feel a little… um… uncomfortably horny. Especially on Pencil Skirt and parts of I Spy. I didn’t really care for those parts of the album where the vocalist is telling me he’s getting turnt on. Like, damn, ok, stop it. Other than that, I enjoyed this one. Favorite track: Disco 2000 Other hits: Common People, Mis-Shapes, Something Changed, Underwear, F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E, Live Bed Show
Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Thoughts before listening: Is this the album with "Common People" on it? Thats a banger. I don't know any other Pulp songs, but that is one of the best songs of the 90s. Otherwise I know that Pulp, Blur, and Oasis had a bit of a rivalry in the 90s as to who was the real king of britpop. Pulp definitely had less of an impact in the states than the other two did. Review: Yes this has "Common People" and its still great with its driving beat that builds to a peak and funny/smart social commentary lyrics about a rich girl that hangs out with "commoners". I love it. In general this album is pretty good. Compared to their contemporaries, Pulp is less anthemic classic rock than Oasis but have more fully fledged out, mature sounding songs than Blur. Jarvis Cocker has a laid back talk/sing approach to his vocals that feels effortless and lends a cool feel to the songs. 4-stars
Bombastic, poppy, subversive. Maybe the greatest thing to come out of Britpop? Was mostly familiar with the big singles prior to listening, but the whole album is great.
Horny-ass album! I dig it. Makes me want to revisit. Think it made the GF uncomfortable. But I love the normie horn stories!
very cool album. with many of the songs, the singer sounds like bowie.
I don’t particularly care for their other albums but this one is great.
De teksten zijn echt fantastisch, de muziek ook. Toch een paar nummers waar de plaat best zonder had gekund, zoals "I Spy" en "Feeling Called Love". In plaats daarvan was "Mile End" van de Trainspotting-soundtrack een veel betere toevoeging geweest. Enfin, al met al waarschijnlijk beter te beluisteren dan het gros van de britpop-albums.
Ничего так музычка, слушается хорошо. 6,5 из 10.
Kinda falls off a bit towards the end but still a sufficient amount of bangers to warrant a 4
A pretty good album, loved the classic song Common People. But I also really liked Mis-Shapes, Disco 2000 and Bar Italia.
I’m such a sucker for britpop
Sad to admit I've never listened to Pulp, but I found this album pretty fun despite it being on the longer side.
finally some good fucking brit pop common people changed LIVES!!!!! long live pulp!!!
Muy bueno
3.6 2x
Great album and common people will always be a banger
Quintessential Britpop, Jarvis delivery is so British and delightful. Builds so well on everything that came before.
This brings back so many, many memories, especially of my best friend, who was a huge Pulp fan back then. But also of how much I liked the music video for "Common People" because of the shopping carts (I am odd, but ever since I watched a commercial as a teenager with human-like shopping carts living in the wild, all joining in the quest to get to a newly opened supermarket (I forgot which one unfortunately! ;__;), I think shopping carts are rather cute ^^.). I think my personal favourite song within the playlist is "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E", hands down. Also the first and last song feel really "in place" within the rest of the album. I will give it an overall rating of 8/10, for nostalgia reasons, and yes, I am biased :P.
Listened Feb 2021. One of the best Britpop albums.
I'd heard a couple of these songs before, many years ago, but never the whole album. I quite enjoyed it.
Veldig britpop. Stemmen er typ David bowie og textene veldig sexuelle. Musikken er litt moderne følelse av de litt rare Beatles-sangene
Comon people might be one of the greatest songs of all time. all in all a pretty boring album though. 4/5 for Common people.
This is super duper British. But I like it.
I do struggle with Pulp. That said, they have some of the greatest singles ever written.
Kannte ich schon. Common People natürlich weiterhin Banger
His 'N' Hers is a better album than this, but this one usually gets the chocolates when people talk about Pulp. It's still good.
another album that until now i'd only heard two or three classics of. love the vocal processing.
Yay
Yeah, I can dig this one, if for Common People alone.
Pulp's magpie approach to britpop is brilliant. I keep feeling like there's a single band from the UK in the 60s or 70s which they are drawing from but I can't quite put my finger on it. The reality is its a whirling pastiche of pop and post-punk. Are they ripping off Beatles pop appeal? Are they going for Pink Floyd electronic wizardry? Cynical Bowie subversion? Cocker deserves to be up there with Zappa and Patton for his cut and paste skills. Mis-shapes sounds a lot like an anxious Beatles cover. Pencil Skirt starts like an early Bowie Baroque Pop track before morphing into a synth pop number and back again. Common People is like if the Buggles took speed before appearing on MTV. I Spy is a bizarre mash of Sicilian drama, BBC futurism and New Order disco. Disco 2000 is mwah. The next three songs are a bit of a downer after the highs of the first half. Sorted for E's and Wizz is probably the highlight of the three for its woozy rendition of rave comedowns. Cocker's refrains at the end are hilarious. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E goes full Numan with entirely electronic instrumentation and anxious minor keys. Underwear elevates this even further before an icy take on Sheffield art-goth. Underwear takes them on a trip to Madchester. Monday Morning pulls us out of the warehouse channeling Clash with ska influences and dub sirens. Bar Italia goes full circle, ending the album with Bowie glam. All the songs sneak tremendous amounts of tension and anxiety behind glimmering synths and sly lyrics. Simon Reynolds got it right by framing Pulp as the art-school intellectual alternative to the Oasis/Blur dichotomy. Pulp work with a much higher density of ideas, maxing out the studio gear to get their effect. Unlike so many other albums that are just tributes to a previous era this really an attempt to make something new out of the ashes of the past.
Really enjoyed this album. It’s a classic and I do think it’s essential listening for people who like modern indie rock and pop. 7/10
Great
LOOOOOVE favs: Mis-shapes Common people Disco 2000 Live bed show Underwear
Albumi #190, 03.04.2025 Pulpin viides studioalbumi ilmestyi vuonna 1995. Albumi jatkoi His 'n' Hersin aloittamaa kaupallista nousukiitoa ja monessakin mielessä Different Class muotoutui Pulpin menestysvuosien lakipisteeksi.
I quite liked. Some of the songs I already knew.
Bit long tho innit
Quite enjoyable.
I enjoyed this a lot more than the last time I listened. Starting to pick up on things more. I think the range is fantastic, the songwriting is wonderful, lyrics are good, instrumentation is good. Really solid album with some really solid songs. 4/5
Britpop was never really my thing though I have got a few records by some of the better bands, this being one them. There are several absolute classics on here and some filler but all in all it’s pretty damn good!
Great find!
Not sure I knew many Pulp songs outside of Common People, but I really dig this album. Some of it comes off Bowie(ish) which I enjoy immensely. The vocals and instrumentals are a throwback to the 1980s. The album is fun and has a bunch of surprising moments. Anyone else jump during their first listen of F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.? 8.5/10
has some really pleasant sounds.
decent album, definitely defined an era in that genre and was reflective of the time in the uk at the time, but some songs i wouldn’t rush back to listen to
Sounded like David Bowie meets the Cure.
I listened to this in highschool, enjoyed it quite a bit, but don't really remember much beyond Common People (and what a song that is). As it stands, Pulp might by default be my least favourite of the Britpop Big 4, but that could very well change And what do you know... This is even better than I remember! The dark and acerbic lyrics are one part of the album's winning equation, but it's really the eclecticism that makes it so engaging. From synthpop to disco, this album covers a lot of ground and does so swimmingly. Common People remains the standout, but it might actually be the greatest Britpop track of all time
It is fun. sometimes a little to sensual for my taste but it was still very good
Good few songs I listened too, I didn’t get through the whole album though :(
Oh, I never really listened to Pulp back in the day, and I think the only track I was at all familiar with was Common People. While I liked this album, I thought the best feature was Jarvis Cocker's lyrics and vocals, sometimes delivered in a whispered way, sometimes more spoken.
# Album Name: Different Class # Artist: Pulp # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Overall a good album. Takes me back to the 90s. Didnt quite live up to the oasis/blur battle but theres some quality tracks on this album. Common people and disco 2000 are legitimate anthems for an era which will never be witness again. Thats certainly something. Theres a real variation in the styles of songs too. # Top Tunes: Disco 2k / common people / something changed / sorted for E & wizz # Would I listen to it again? Yes
I enjoyed this album. I had heard “Common People” and “Disco 2000” before but not the rest of it and it’s pretty solid throughout. Can the vocals seem cheesy at times and the lyrical content be a bit gross? Sure. But I can forgive a lot when everything else going on works this well.
Forged by 80s New Wave and art school post punk but embracing the exuberance of 90s pop, this is peak Pulp: archly dramatic, full of wit, whimsy and irony, but earnestly bombastic. Overflowing with catchy lines, huge hooks, and anthemic energy.
Did you know that's a "Big 4 Of Britpop?" I sure didn't! Until today, I would've guessed it was only a big two: blur and Oasis. I mean, can you blame me? I didn't live in Britain in the 90's; I have no idea what a Pulp is. Isn't that the stuff you find in orange juice? And I sure don't drink that stuff, either! But what's crazy is that I could've sworn I knew who Pulp was? The name was so familiar, and yet I couldn't exactly place where I knew them from. It was driving me crazy! And, no, it wasn't because I was already aware of Jarvis Cocker existing; before I saw his name on this album's Wikipedia page, I thought he was only a stop-motion puppet in a Wes Anderson movie. Regardless, though, going into this album with that "Big 4 Of Britpop" thing in mind, there was one thing I wanted to figure out: what was their hook? After all, I think back to blur and Oasis, and I don't like either of them just because they make good Britpop. For one, blur, is, like... Stupidly British, especially with Damon Albarn's singing voice, and they're willing to experiment — just check their eponymous album, or Damon's later creation Gorillaz. Meanwhile, Oasis sounds absolutely massive, with a large side heaping of Beatlesque influence that they just can't shake. So, what exactly does Pulp hafta offer that puts them up in those ranks? The best thing I was able to figure out, between listening to the album and reading a few 5/5 reviews, is that Pulp is... Joyous. Not all that slappy happy upbeat, but joyous. That's the vibe I get from their music, and particularly what's apparently their signature song, "Common People". And... Y'know, that's not nothing. I don't recall either blur or Oasis sounding this joyous. Heck, it makes it a lot more enjoyable than some of the other Britpop my group has gotten, where the only thing they have going for them is "it's some of the other Britpop my group has gotten." On top of that, there's this whole, like... "Sexy vampire" thing Jarvis has going on sometimes? That's something I read in a negative review, and I can't say it's entirely wrong? There were parts of the video where I could only picture him as, like, Brendon Urie in an early Panic! At The Disco video. "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies", y'know? It's fitting given that I've heard most of the album is about either sex, revenge or revenge sex. (Speaking of the lyrics, by the way, there's only two I actively picked up on while I was listening. There's the line in "Pencil Skirt" that goes "I really love it when you tell me to stop / It's turning me on," which... OK, I saw this in another negative review, which called the line rape-y, and it's like... Y'know, the song's about having a quick one while he's away — sex with a married man's wife and all that — and as much I largely read it as all consensual cheating... Jeez, that line doesn't scan well. And there's a line in "I Spy" where he wants to shove **something** up my ass? I don't even wanna find out.) Putting that aside though and taking the album purely on vibes, yeah, I dig it. There's a lot of stuff to enjoy here, particularly the strings on "Something's Changed" and, yes, "I Spy". Being the string lover I am, goodness. As well, there's a lot of nice stuff done with the synths... Audially, it's just such a good time. Honestly now. Not even Jarvis's occasional "sexy vampire" tone can take away from that — not much, anyway. But the question arises, my friend: do I hold this on the same level as blur or Oasis? Nah. I mean, to talk about this in terms of the only Big 4 I knew before now, if those two are Metallica and Megadeth, then Pulp would... Sub-Slayer? I can hear why Pulp is put up here, but I'm also not 100% surprised why a Canadian who ain't in the know wasn't aware of them before now? "Being joyous" isn't the best hook in the world, no matter how good the music ends up being with it. Still, eh, it's a solid 4. I'm happy I heard it. Once more, I'll take it hand over first over a lot of the other Britpop we've gotten. So... Yeah. Good show, good how. And, hey, lookit it like this, Pulp: I felt like I should know why you are. That's way more than I can say about Suede. Who even are those guys? The ones who went "ooga-chaka, ooga-chaka?" I tell yah!
I figure if I were born in England, I'd be giving this album 5 stars, but it's still a good album none the less. Solid 4 Stars.
It's just enough weird to be uncomfortable. But I respect the direction and I imagine it was influential.
Stundtals väldigt bra men inte en perfekt front to back listen. Älskar vissa låtar och allt låter bekant med tanke på hur tydligt det är att mycket inspiration har hämtats från albumet.
This was way better than I was expecting as i never really got into Britpop. I knew a couple of the singles and thought they were decent but I enjoy the album too. Coming of age songs that feel relatable and mainly hold up (as long as you ignore the reference to beepers), this album will help other people who still feel 20 years younger than they actually are to feel 20 years younger than they actually are
Solid stuff.
This was a weird one, it caught my attention and I kinda liked like music. I don't think I've listened to this band before, but they definitely caught my ears. They kind of remind me of David Bowie in certain instances.
So, this is a fun little trip. I got into Pulp initially from... William Shatner. At the first comic book store I worked at, it was the iPod days. We had my friend's, the owner's, iPod hooked up most of the time. He had William Shatner Has Been on there. Two tracks stood out on that - I Can't Get Behind That, with Henry Rollins, and Common People, which opened the album. Common People is on this. Before I branched out beyond just my hardcore and metal listening, Common People took hold. It wouldn't be for years until I gave this a proper listen and I kicked myself for not doing so sooner.
Strong
YOUILL NEVER LIVE LIKE COMMON PEOPLE Ohhhhmy God pulp pulp lovely album underwear and common people 11/10
I like Pulp a lot, but always overlooked this record, even though it's their most famous one. I really loved His N' Hers in high school, and I've always had a soft spot for more indie/post-punk leaning '80s Pulp (yes, they've been around for that long.) This is good too. Such a funny band to be lumped into the Britpop movement. They were already around for like 15 years by the time they rose to fame, and they were always very quirky and nebbish and horny even for Britpop standards. I don't know. Sometimes I feel it drags on compared to more post-punk/indie leaning Pulp but it's still great.
Is this Pop? - Yes. Is this Brit Pop? - Positive - Is this album better than anything the likes of Oasis and Blur have released around the same time? - A thousand times yes!!!! True, not every song is equally good, but every song is its own thing - Pulp obviously didn't like to repeat themselves - just listen to Common People, I Spy, Disco2000 and Something Changed for illustration. Plus, the lyrics are intricate and tell little stories in their own right. Pulp weren't as big as the aforementioned bands, but on this album, they were better. 4/5
Really enjoyed this album, very different from others I have listened to before. Cool Britannia! Keep'em coming!
Love this album. Jarvis is the epitome of a rakish British bloke and I’m here for it.
excellent album, soundtrack to part of my youth
8/10. Really starting question when the eights and eight and a halves will give way to nines. Maybe I'm a bit scared of dishing out 5 stars but I think when I know I'll know l. This album is very good - the messaging throughout is it best part imo - a huge middle finger to the classiest society of the UK, which is probably at the essence of britpop and indie to some extent. Lyrics very good and album felt very cohesive in terms of imagery. I think personally the style of melodies Pulp opts for is not exactly to my taste and is probably the main blocker to a 5 here. Needless to say 'Common People's and 'Disco 2000' are absolutely classics.
Eine angenehme Überraschung
Different Class has a lot of character and, on it, Pulp proves to offer an interesting thumbprint of songwriting and arranging. Some of these songs blossom into completely different entities by runtime’s end. The record carries a really solid and successfully varied track-list highlighted by a couple of genuine monsters: the opener, Mis-Shapes and of course Common People.
Mis-Shapes Common People Disco 2000 Something Changed Sorted for E's & Wizz
Somehow these songs are part of my DNA from my early 20’s even though I do not recall being particularly taken with this album. It was just part of the background, a cassette in the car, a CD in the bedroom, in a way that defies explicit listening.
Different Class is a big step up from This Is Hardcore. It’s got way more energy and better hooks all around. I liked several of the tracks — they’re catchy without being too polished, and Jarvis Cocker’s lyrics are clever in a weird, voyeuristic kind of way. “I Spy” stood out in particular — felt very Pink Floyd-esque with its slow build and moody tension. Not something I expected from Pulp, but it totally worked. Overall, a solid Britpop album with some real high points. Favorite Song: Common People
Timeless, pristine production and brilliant pacing
The lead singer has some serious Bowie vibes, but just not quite on that level. I enjoyed it, but can't give it top marks.
Perfect for Friday chill out in London mood My fav songs are Underwear and Common People
I forgot how epic this album is. So good. Giving it a 4 but could very well climb to a 5.
This album started off really strong. I had a Bowie vibe and thought that maybe they'd be good for a supplement to Bowie's more alt-pop stuff since he doesn't stay in any lane too long. However the album devolved into other more generic British sounds like Peter Wolfe Blur, or even the Cure. Not really a bad thing, but there is a very specific vibe I'd like to make a playlist out of, and it seems like I'll have to do it one track per artist at a time. Some of the other songs sounded familiar like they have been in a soundtrack, and familiarity is a great quality for songs. So while the album didn't stay in the lane I was hoping, it still brought me down a tour of some of the better sounds of the area and time all in one place. Favorite track "Mis-Shapes" 4/5
This band isn't talked about enough, but as far as Britpop goes, they're really as good as Oasis or Blur. I really enjoyed listening to this album, maybe it didn't "grip me", but several tracks were worth saving. 3.75 stars
Who d’ya prafor… oasees or blot?? Sorry father, it’s pulp for me. Strong opening for the album through to Disco 2000, then it softens up maybe a little too much until halfway through feelingcalledlove. That’ll work for some people though so I can’t fault them. I spy still rules. 3 songs added to my playlist, 7 added to the 1001 playlist
"Common People" still resonates 30 years later, and probably will for the rest of time. As for the rest, the music is great even when the lyrics sound like they were written by a stalker. I don't imagine this album will make it into my regular rotation, but it's close.
This is a really good album. Also Spotify throws up videos when they’re available, and Pulp’s videos are great.
David Bowie but 90s. Very solid album.
This dude loves hooking up with women that are in relationships. He seems like a horny bastard. The album is over the top though in a good way in my opinion. High energy pop songs that sound like they should have been from the 80s instead of the 90s. I'm digging the 80s inspiration on it and it also seems like there is some shoegaze influence which is fun.
REPEAT. This was the first album I got on this project. Here was my review from last year: “ So good and so fun. Moody and poppy at the same time. A good mix of both. Quintessential British indie post-punk. Common People is obviously the best track, with Pencil Skirt being the one to def skip. “
Gotta say, wasn't expecting to enjoy this album as much as I did. I'd never heard a single one of these songs til now. Mis-Shapes was such a strong start, and it honestly got me pumped for the rest, and there are some real bangers on here. Common People was fun, and Sorted For E's & Wizz goes pretty hard. Some of the songs gave me Talking Heads vibes, but that might just be me.
Can’t deny it - it’s a true stomper
PALAZOS
Britpop wie Libertines, aber mehr 80s und experimenteller / Richtung Artrock (I Spy). Schneller Einstieg, experimentelle Mitte, schunkelndes Ende
I normally don't enjoy Britpop that much but this album is a completely different story, or as the title may suggest, Different Class. Reminiscent of David Bowie in some way, and I wouldn't be surprised if they took inspiration from David Bowie. (Update: Apparently they did) This album, though having upbeat music and generally quite quirky and fun lyrics, the sprinkle of social commentary makes it feel darker and more introspective. Enjoyed every second of it. Fav tracks: Common People, Something Changed, Underwear, Bar Italia
8/10. It's a really mysterious album. It's very different from the other Britpop albums in the generator. :)
3.5*
A great piece of 90’s Britpop!
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would
Interesting lyrical stories, good sound, Jarvis Cocker’s voice is iconic
Great album. These guys really know how to write a catchy chorus. So many times I tuned out the album in the background, as I normally do, and then got pulled back in by a catchy hook.
Soft, soaring, Brit, and a bit weird. Underwear tops it. All songs good, no skippers. Great finish to Different Class. (4.1*s)
Just great tracks from front to back. Even as someone who could never get too excited about brit-pop, have to admit this is far better than most of the stuff in the genre. Jarvis Cocker really sells this one, a charismatic frontman always makes album feel more alive.
Bueno
I used to listen to this album a lot while walking to/from school and work. Those walks were generally about 30 minutes long so I would miss out on the back half of the album. Re-listening today confirmed that I didnt miss much. Common People is such a juggernaut that this album can't get less than a 4. Upstage 80s Night 4 Eva, iykyk, doesn't matter that this song came out a decade late for the format
This has been on my 'to listen' list for years. To be honest I was expecting an absolute masterpiece, but instead I think it's just decent. I'm probably far too familiar with a couple of the tracks, but had never heard the majority.
Enjoyed this, great 1990’s album
If Bowie wrote a poverty-musical
Enjoyed it quite a bit, gotta give it a low 4.
That was a fun time. I really need to listen again with the lyrics in front of me
i love the sound of the whole album. definitely one i will have to come back to, just because i enjoyed it so much.
# Playlist track - Common People # Notes - Actually good britpop. - Had a lot of fun! Great energy! - Some weird lyrics mixed in there? I listened to it while I worked, so I honestly don't know. And I won't get back to check now,
Mis-Shapes and Common People have such great choruses and energy that really drives the song. Common People especially really gets you pumped up as the key changes and the tempo keeps increasing. Despite having some all-time bangers, a majority of this album is just good/ok. Still a very enjoyable listen. Mid 4
Singer is a combination of David Bowie and Roger Waters. They sound like 80s new wave with 70s punk and 60 psychedelic.
I've been through this album a few times and I really like it--3.5 for me, but going up!
so many good tracks on this and takes me back to the 90's. I never had this at the time but it was everywhere. Needs more listens as the non hit tracks are very interesting and Jarvis is certainly not holding back in his lyrics.
First album for my 1001 Favorites: Mis-shapes, Underwear 3.8
Apparemment ma mère aimait beaucoup cet album ! Marrant qu'il tombe en premier. Pour l'instant je n'ai écouté que la première chanson: très belle découverte ! Super les trois premières chansons, petit à petit je me suis un peu perdu, j'avais l'impression que les chansons manquaient un peu de personnalité, même si les textes ont l'air d'avoir une super belle âme. Je pense que le milieu de l'album est plutôt des chansons à texte. Mention spéciale à Monday Morning qui m'a remis dedans. Un très bon début et très bonne fin ! Je regrette de m'être perdu au milieu, même si l'écoute était super cool !
First album out of 1001, listened on November 28, 2024
I was really surprised to actually really enjoy this album. Never heard of them. Oasis vibes in a sense. Loved it
Finally, something new that is a banger! Tempted to give it a 5 and I’m sure it’s worthy. Will be spending more time with this. Bowie and 70s rock soaked. Love it!
I get the hype, great album. Very influential to the bands that would be featured on the OC it seems. Much better than those later bands though
Enjoyed this quite a bit. Got some real Bowie going on
honestly a really fun and enjoyable album from a band i hadn't heard of. The music is catchy, it stands out as unique and creative, and i haven't really found an album in a bit that i've gotten fully invested in. Big fan.
Really enjoy this. Stripped down sound but arrangements and melodies aren't "simple". Not necessarily punk but it's got attitude. Would've guessed it was from earlier than 1995- meant as a compliment.
This is the good kind of “British bullshit” that is all over this list.
Eine angenehme Überraschung
It was pretty good, a fun and catchy alternative rock record that I feel most people would find enjoyable. I'll probably give this more listens over time but it'll depend on my mood given the stuff that I usually listen to and enjoy but yeah, that's about it.
I've never really heard Pulp before. I think they had a big hit in NZ in the 90s. Quite excited to listen to this one. Couple of nice hits in there. I did enjoy most of the album. Some track did tend to sound similar though
Bloody brilliant album. Easy to digest, lovely lush soundscapes and pop rock melodies. A true tastemakers selection and the birth of 2000's britpop/britrock. You don't get arctic monkeys with out Pulp.
Fantastisch!!!!!
Common People = 5 stars
Lovely if a bit problematic
So linked to the 90’s and my time being a student I sometimes confuse myself with Jarvis Cocker….
Ok so when I heard 90s british indie rock I sighed expecting the worst but this was super enjoyable! It makes me think of Arctic Monkeys if they were in the late 80s early 90s instead of the 2000s. I mostly listened to this as background music but there wasn't a single song that I disliked. Relistening more thoroughly to see if I want to add any to my personal lists but this was fun! Common People Disco 2000!!!!! F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. Underwear Monday Morning
Cool but not cool enough.
Pulp had their moment right when I was busy starting a family. Too busy changing diapers and listening to Dan Zane’s (fun kid’s music fyi) to keep up with the trends. I probably would have been into this band had I been paying attention. Some good pop with a little bit of an edge. I do recognize “Common People”, which is the clear highlight of the album. Very representative of the early 90’s. Drum machine detected!
I always enjoy this album when I listen to it but I don’t find myself revisiting it that often and considering how much I like it, I don’t know why. I’m gonna fix that.
I'm not aware of any Pulp songs. There's a definite Bowie/Lou Reed thing going on, and I'm here for it. Both statements surprise me considering the album was released in 1995. Different Class as a whole is grandiose and cinematic with a varying blend of a James Bond theme, Serge Gainsbourg, Arcade Fire, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers vibe going on; mysterious, sexy, and thumping. The mix here is great too; spacious with strings that are present but not piercing and a bass line that keeps the lower end moving without getting muddy. Everything if very clean; even the distorted guitars are just a mild distortion. If I had to be picky, I think a bit more fuzz could have blown the roof off of this place; but as it is, it is reaching for the moon and hitting the mark. "Bar Italia" would be a grand finale if every song wasn't shooting for an epic, larger-than-life . . . 'big-ness,' but I don't hate it. There are some quiet parts in some of the big songs, but--again, if I'm going to be really picky--it would be nice to have one slower, quieter song on here that doesn't erupt into a monster at some point. Happy to have found this one. I'm late to the party, but I can hear how this may have influenced other artists who came out a decade later. Amazing album, and mind-blowing that this was going on in 1995.
I remember reading a short review of this album when it first came out, but I never listened to it until now, although I did know "Common People." Nevertheless, this album sounded basically exactly like I was expecting it to. Extremely British in musical and lyrical references as well as subject matter, it's not that surprising that this album never made us splash in the US. I think it's a huge cultural touchstone in the UK, though--another point of cultural differentiation that this list has shown me. As the album's title suggests, a lot of the themes surround class differences, which don't exist exactly in the same way or to the same extent in the US as they do in the UK. The first few songs give us a definitely anthem for the working class, a portrait of a posh girl trying to slum it, and a revenge fantasy by way of adultery with a rich man's wife. The songs are sprawling with a sometimes epic quality (the Kinks - Arthur), the lyrics are wordy and clever (Morrissey), delivered in a warbled or hushed croon (Bowie). This is an album where, for me, the music takes a bit of a back seat to the lyrics and vocals. On the first listen, I felt like I could take it or leave it, but on subsequent listens where I focused on the lyrics more, I felt the album growing on me. I can see why it helped usher in the Britpop era of the '90s. 3.5
Bruh. British new wave, British electronica, and Britpop all in a row? If any string of albums I've gotten so far represents this list perfectly, it's these past three albums I've gotten. And of course, this one happens to be from a band with another album on the list. I'm not too upset though because this album's pretty good. A lot of what I said in my review of the other Pulp album on the list applies here too. My complaints of that album being a bit long and the writing being a bit repetitive are kind of still here, but they're to a much lesser extent so it really doesn't matter at all. The singing is solid and somewhat reminiscent of David Bowie. The sound is my favorite part of Different Class. While some songs are similar in the writing, the sound differs quite a bit between songs, which is something that I like. Comparing songs like "Common People" and "Disco 2000" really show the talent of this album, partially because of those songs feeling different from each other and partially because those songs are great. The other ones are solid too. I don't have a ton to complain about. This is a solid album with an excellent sound and a pretty solid everything else. Did I like Different Class more than This is Hardcore? I'd say so, though I haven't listened to that other one in a while so I'm not entirely sure. 4/5.
I’m not familiar with Pulp but I see this album was released on 10/30 so it makes since why I got it today. Definitely the type of music I like and some catchy songs, such as ‘Disco 2000.’ I would actually give this another listen and check out some of their other music based on this album.
Absolutely loathed the singles in '95 - they were absolutely inescapable, and got played over an over again. The William Shatner / Joe Jackson version of "Common People" did a lot to rehabilitate them in my eyes, and then living in Japan for a while, they're great fun to sing at karaoke. So yeah, this play through was good! Enjoyed pretty much everything. Some of the stuff on the bonus disc I listened to started to grate, but the album itself was solidly enjoyable. Fave tracks - "Common People" from the singles (though I will alway prefer the Shatner version in my heart), and "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E" from the tracks I hadn't heard before!
glad i gave this one a couple listens bc it grew on me
Really theathrical, and, as such, right up my alley. Theres so much emotion and energy in just the lead vocalists voice, that it in itself pulls you into the experience. Best Song: Mis-Shapes Worst Song: Sorted For E's & Wizz
Really interesting storytelling filled with wit and clever social commentary, added with glam and ironic undertones. It feels deeply personal but universal at the same time, it's also very easy to listen to. Best song: Mis-Shapes Worst song: Pencil Skirt
Class!
Common People // Disco 2000 // F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. // Underwear // 3.5/5
banger innit
good album with some classic bangers!
Simply different class
I really enjoyed this and wasn’t familiar with Pulp before. Liked the overall sound of sort of pop indie rock with some depth.
Loved it.
Some awesome jams. Disco 2000 🤘Enjoyed this more and more as the album progressed
Very important britpop album with the amazing classic 'Common People'.
Surprised I hadn’t heard of them before, great discovery, lots of fun tracks (need a closer listen to the lyrics apparently they’re funny). Banger. 8.5/10
I’m excited to listen to this because of Shatner’s version of common people. I like the first track. Off to a good start. I’m bummed I missed this band in the 90s. I really like this record.
Solid album. The hits are obviously the best, but this is pretty good as well. Does sound a bit generic, but not as bad as other BritPop.
Fun and familiar.
Got introduced to this through my brother from another mother. Pulp's one of those bands that to me is good not great -- but this is a pretty damned solid effort. Unexpected bangers: Monday Morning, Something Changed, Pencil Skirt
It was definitely interesting. My dad probably loved this.
I'm surprised at how much I really enjoyed this album. It reminds me of an edited (for the better) Cure. Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5
wow, pulp one day after blur? it's a brit pop bonanza! i knew a few songs from this album already but i really enjoyed it. i know 1001 albums gets a lot of rightful critique for being very 90s brit band heavy but it's actually warranted in this case. rip deborah <3
90s britpop album with weird vocalist singing about sex, check. are some of these songs massive tunes either way? also check. common people is a jam and the "average" song on here is still pretty good. listened twice already, would listen again. favorites: mis-shapes, common people, disco 2000, bar italia
4 Stars (11/15)
I’m ignoring the hook in Pencil skirt and focusing on the rest of the album. This is a phenomenal album from start to finish.
Jag är ju ett fan av Common People så jag blev pepp när jag såg att den var en av låtarna. Jag gillar albumet. Jag började lyssna på högtalare men efter 4 låtar så bytte jag till lurar då sångaren ofta sjöng mjukt och tyst i starten av många låtar. Mycket bättre i bra lurar.
Hyvä kokonaisuus. Pari tuttua hittiä levyllä luomassa nostalgiaa ja kaikki biisit enemmän tai vähemmän hyviä.
Really fantastic breath of fresh air. Can't believe I went 50 years without know this existed.
good album of ok rock songs
More Pulp is a treat. Going into this, I figured I would enjoy it more than 'This Is Hardcore', but I actually felt both albums were pretty close in terms of quality.
Since I couldn’t have afforded to see Bowie in ‘95, I think this would have been an adequate substitute. Took a little while to grow on me, but by the end I was a solid member of the “not sorry I listened to this” camp.
I don’t think I’ve ever heard of Pulp but it reminded me of David Bowie which is one of my favorite artists. I really enjoyed the album and saved it and will be checking out their other music!
Really strong first half but sadly doesn’t go all the way in the latter half. It has some really strong songs, as you can see from my highlights, they are three in a row. Sometimes it rocks, sometimes it’s really melodic, sometimes it’s creepy etc. It surprises you and I had a good time with it. Highlights: “Common People”, “I Spy” & “Disco 2000”. 4 stars.
“Common People” is great, and the rest is good. It gets the bump to 4 for this website. But I’m not sure what it is about this band that makes some people lose their minds. 3.5/5
Among the best British acts of the 90s that don’t get enough consideration in the US compared to Oasis and Blur.
Good
Great album.I wish that I had listened to Britpop when it came out in the 90s.I was familiar with the song,"Common People" but not the rest of the album.
Quite fun listen. The "Underwear" one was definitely a vibe.
I really enjoyed this album. "Common People" and "Disco 2000" are the best tracks. Probably the best Britpop album that isn't by Oasis. I quite liked the non-singles. It took 2 weeks to review an album that gets more than a 3. 4 stars for "Different Class".
Skulle säga att Common People och Disco 2000 är två av 90 -talets absolut bästa låtar. 19- åriga Kerstin skulle aldrig förlåta mig om jag satte lågt betyg och det behöver jag inte för skivan är fortfarande guld.
3.5