Different Class

This is an interesting one. It has a bit of a David Bowie/Tim Curry vibe that I like. It's a bit creepy and dark and includes scandalous themes throughout. It's musically interesting and I enjoyed it overall. To me the album sounds very 70s/80s though, so I'm surprised this came out in '95. 7/10.

Different Class by Pulp was quite mellow and easy to listen to. I was trying to figure out some of the more unique sounds on it. Apparently one of the instruments is a mellotron invented in the UK. Fitting name for an instrument with the mellow sort of vibes. They also played a few other instruments I had no clue that existed like a synare (which appears to be an early version of an electric drum pad), and a vocoder which essentially distorts vocals into synthesized musical sounds.

I liked a lot of the instrumentation. But, I really didn't like the whisper singing

Very listenable...always a message about class or sex

The Class Warfare album. Lyrics are a little rough in places, but show the anger.

Sings about other people's wives more than I'd like, but still excellent.

I have to give this another listen

Best lyrics ever…

Another good one

Classic

Probably my favourite Britpop album. Creative instrumentals, incredible songwriting and, mostly anyway, fantastic lyrics about working class life in the UK. Their creative peak, the standout tracks Common People, Disco 2000, F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., Mis-shapes, I Spy, Sorted for E's And Wizz, all top tier. 9/10.

The closest comparison I can think of is its the UK's equivalent to R.E.M.'s Automatic For The People, insomuch it's full of anthems for weird kids everywhere. Its not close to that level of quality but everything hits in a weird comforting way and if you vibe with it then you vibe HARD with it.

Ihan ok, jissain biisissä Olavi Uusivirta -viboja (tai toisinpäin).

Don’t like British rock

Potential five. Will need to re-listen. Four for now.

I enjoyed this enough but it was forgettable

common people is incredible, the rest of the album can't live up to it but damn does it try. 4/5

So good. Jarvis' voice is so oddly appealing and the music is cool and rhythmic and catchy and all around fucking awesome.

Hot Garbage.

Distinctly British and pretty listenable, although only Common People was memorable by the evening after listening to it hours prior. It’s like a c+ album for me, good not great

I didn’t recognize the band name but I did know (and like) the song Common People so enjoyed the album. Probably won’t circle back to the album again but if it came on due to some algorithm, I’d listen again.

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Pedophile music

Some great songs but just an ok album to me.

Another band with which I had no familiarity, and what a pleasant surprise this album was. I thoroughly enjoyed it in its' entirety.

Was surprised I liked it because of the vocals they changed it up enough and was fun to listen to.

All the songs sound the same.

I find I like the music more than his vocals. Again, its not bad, but not the best album of the 90s. A few parts that were annoying.

This was a 90's album and band that I missed out on. After the first listen to this album I was not impressed. Was opening up to it after a second listen. Boy am I glad that I gave it a couple more spins because each listen had me feeling it more and more!! For some reason they remind me of Arcade Fire but not quite. Really enjoyed this album and will keep in my rotation..

Pues temas cameloteros como comond people, disco 2000, pop inglés… esta bien

Pretty OK album - very Bowie-ish and hadn't realized I had heard a few songs off this one before.

A very unique sounding band. I found a few of their songs a while back. Common People and Babies, off the His N hers album are their 2 best songs, imo. There are a few other tunes that are pretty solid, Mis-Shapes, Disco 2000 and Sorted for E's & Wizz. These guys are alright and didn't mind my listens, but really not something that I found to be must listens, outside of Babies and Common People. 3

3.5 After (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, this may be the most well-timed album on this list so far. My review is a bit late, but just two weeks ago, I couldn’t have told you a single song by Pulp nor much else about them besides the fact that they’re a ‘90s Britpop band. Then, as it so happened, they were the openers for LCD Soundsystem at their Hollywood Bowl shows, another group that I’ve grown to love because of this list and whose tickets I had been toying with buying for months. They were pricey, and I didn’t (and still don’t) really love the venue, but my boss talked me into it - and I’m so glad she did. LCD Soundsystem were great of course, but Pulp but on a damn good show of their own, especially for being an opening act and a group that I had no familiarity with prior (I think they may have technically been a co-headliner, but they went on first, so I think the point still stands). In particular, their closing with Common People has become one of my favorite concert moments of all-time. For those unfamiliar with the Bowl, it tends to attract an older crowd who like to sit during their shows, but by the end of these guys’ and gal’s set, I swear everyone was up and dancing around - even the senior couple in front of us. For a Thursday show, what a hell of a fun night. Enter Different Class. Common People had been playing on a loop in my head non-stop since the end of the concert, so the first thing I did when I saw this pop up was check if it’s on here - and you bet your ass it is. As is Mis-Shapes, Disco 2000, F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., and Sorted for E’s & Wizz, all songs they also performed live as a part of their set. I truly don’t know if I would have liked this album quite as much had I not heard a good chunk of it then, but it was definitely enjoyable hearing them all again here. All in all, I really like the vibe of this album. It’s incredibly overdramatic and a little horny (as was their live show - my guy Jarvis made huge deal out of catching a grape in his mouth), but more so in an endearingly goofy way than a pretentious one, and I found the experience mostly fun as a whole. However, I do think the schtick starts to wear a touch thin towards the end, and while I wouldn’t refer to any of these songs as bad, they're certainly not all bangers either, with the two closing tracks in particular feeling like weaker offerings. The group certainly seemed to make good picks for their live show, as those tracks still all ended up being my favorites after listening to this (though I’ll also give a shoutout to Underwear). Though, maybe I just need to hear the rest of these live to truly get them as well. So, a 3.5 it is for now, though, that’s the same rating I initially gave Sound of Silver, an album that’s probably now closer to 4.5 for me, so whose to say this won’t go up higher for me in time too? Common People certainly isn’t leaving my shuffle anytime soon. As is tradition, going to end this one with a fun fact I learned from Wikipedia: The cover to this album is an actual wedding photo. The groom apparently had a friend in the music industry who he wanted to do photography for his big day but couldn’t due to obligations with Pulp. However, the band decided they wanted to use a photo of everyday people for their next album cover, so he suggested said buddy’s wedding, and that’s what they ended up going with - though with cardboard cutouts of the members mixed in for good measure.

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.

Lyrically there are some very intereting songs on here. E.g. common people hits home with me. Musically i found this record a little boring tho. I feels like this britpop/rock record is trapped in between eras and does not manage to bridge the gap well. The cure or the smiths just did the pop part better. Oasis, blur, supergrass all rock more. So this feels very meh to me.

Got some great tracks, and even the more artsy spoken word stuff seamlessly fits the album, although does reduce the number of hits.

No idea what the David Bowie x The Smiths band does nothing for me - but they don’t!

Surprised by how much I enjoyed this one.

This wasn't it for me. It sounded kinda like a bunch of different bands I like but without the parts I enjoyed. Hard to put into words. I fee like if you were a gen xer in the UK this is your holy grail but otherwise not so much. "Sorted For E's & Wizz" was about the only song I enjoyed on here.

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.

1001 Albums Challenge (14/1001) 1. Mis-Shapes (5/5) 2. Pencil Skirt (5/5) 3. Common People (4/5) 4. I Spy (5/5) 5. Disco 2000 (5/5) 6. Live Bed Show (5/5) 7. Something Changed (5/5) 8. Sorted For E's & Wizz (5/5) 9. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. (5/5) 10. Underwear (5/5) 11. Monday Morning (5/5) 12. Bar Italia (5/5) Total (5/5)

An old favourite of mine. Pulp are....well....different class! Full of iconic songs of the britpop era. Quality!

Great Britpop sounds of the 90s

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

I think I would be a little more inspired by a band that claims on their Wikipedia page to be figureheads of the Britpop movement, if I was a little more inspired by the Britpop movement. I didn't find anything specifically wrong with this album , it just didn't grip me as much as I would expect for an album cited as being as influential.

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."

Solid

It’s been a while since a single has genuinely jumpscared me

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.

"Common People" was a decent jam and it kind of made me laugh when he said he was working on kissing my dad. But that was the second song and most of the rest seemed overly camp, straight cheese. Probably the intent but doesn't mean I have to like it.

Different Class / This is Hardcore, 2 classiques des années 90. Beau retour de Pulp cette année avec More.

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.

Classique britpop et un favori personnnel. Si excellent. Common people, mis-shapes, I Spy, disco 2000, feeling called love, underwear, toutes incroyables. J’adore le style de Jarvis Cocker, à l’opposé de Liam Gallagher ultra cocky.

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.

I was honestly pretty surprised to look at the information on this album and find that it was released in 1995; from the music to the somewhat zany lyrics, it definitely has a straight up 80s new wave vibe. So while this is definitely yet ANOTHER Britpop album, it's at least a bit different than a lot of the Britpop that has come across this project. All in all, this was pretty enjoyable; it definitely stands out from the crowd of Britpop on this project.

The songs are fun but don't pay attention to the lyrics or the main singer wanting to fuck you throughout.

Very forgettable. Nothing stood out. Not sure why this was included in the list.

Why do I get all of the albums in the list with whiney, angsty white dudes first? Jeebus Cries man..

This is already my most listened to album of the year and Its a clear 5 stars for me. Simply one of the best albums of the 1990s and all time. Took me a few years to really get into Pulp and now they're one of my favorites. This is album is simply a masterpiece and is the best Britpop album. It sweeps anything Oasis or Blur has made in my opinion. Jarvis Cocker is such a great lyricist and singer. The production is just fucking great and this album has been something of a addiction for me. You thought Common People was great? You also got Disco 2000, Sorted for E's and Wizz, Mishapes, Bar Italia, Underwear, Something Changed, and Live Bed Show. Just crazily goated.

Reminds me of Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and Leonard Cohen. Interesting use of spoken word while singing. Overall an amazing britpop album with my two favourite tracks being Commin People and I Spy

Pretty cool album. Some great stuff coming out of the UK while the US was mostly grunge.

The only song I liked was “Common People”.

A generous 2 stars. Some songs were okay. Others were gross.

An absolute "modern" classic (ahem, it still feels it but of course it's nearly 30 years old now!), the only downside is that the production can seem a.bit lumpen and flat at times, but I can't quite bring myself to allow that to make it a 4*, as it is a solid 4.5 and nearer 5. So many great hit songs and the album tracks like I Spy are fabulous.

Pulp, A Different Class ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My 33⅓︎ review There's only a few modern British bands I like more (and by modern I mean post-Clash, post-Smiths, post-The Cure, etc.) namely The Verve, Chapterhouse, maybe Stone Roses. I think these goofy bastards grandfathered themselves in as spokespersons for Britpop by being at it for so long and always being cheeky (Oasis forever self-serious, Blur too laddy too arch, Radiohead being cold and distant like a modern Pink Floyd—we are art rock and don’t you ever forget it.) I liked the description of Pulp as working-class misfits. Common People and I Spy are hilarious examples of class warfare via preying on students for their naïveté and their cozy dorm rooms, credit cards, and desire to see anything that isn’t podunk home. Or bored wives who provide all that plus experience, higher credit limits and less guilt. The joke here is (and I think Cocker lets us in on it sometimes) that you can be as self destructive as you want: but they still have the property, the access, the bank accounts, the marriages and the futures that he doesn’t. Anyway, these guys also relied on their own sound, not fancy Blur production nor phony Beatlemania (guess who) to get their songs on the radio. And good for them because they aged so very well. Something Changed is like a sad bastard Every Day is Like Sunday but while it’s not quite the masterpiece that song is, it’s so much more relatable. Oh, some sad sack girl Morrissey dreamed up in Brighton or Blackpool is so very depressed and prays for the excitement of nuclear annihilation? That’s fiction. Or at least maybe it’s happened but it’s not his story, while Something Changed, you can imagine Cocker agonizing over Deborah like some lovelorn Ian Curtis. Oh wait. Sorted for Es and Wizz is like “why is my life going nowhere and the best I can do is seek out drugs and music?” in a song. And dirge-lites like this are why people love Britpop at its most stripped down. Monday Morning sounds like something you and your buddies might belt out because you’ve heard it 100 times and memorized it and it’s like a barfly anthem. But listen and maybe you hear the ghost of Ian Curtis singing about boredom again. Only this time it’s not Digital but Pulp laughing about how life sucks if you don’t check out. Maybe you oughta? It never seems mean spirited though. Cocker wants nobody to check out. Especially the guy whose wife he’s banging. That guy’s gotta keep buying his brandys and cigarettes and hotel rooms.

"Mis-Shapes" setter tonen. "Common People" åpenbart en monster-hit. Veldig, veldig bra.

This is better than I thought but another album where once you've heard the big singles you might as well not bother

Felt like it had early prom night vibes on some songs

Classi

Meh

Oh, I really really liked this.

lots of chord strumming

Awesome. Will listen to more pulp for sure.

Quality album with lots of hits and just a couple stinkers

Most of the songs here are borderline kitsch. ‘Common People’ and ‘Monday Morning’ are relative standouts but even they are a bit too melodramatic. The whole thing sounds insufferable, mainly because the inherent social critique doesn’t come across as genuine.

Very disappointed with the general quality of the songs on this album. True the extended version of Common People is excellent and Disco 2000 very good. As for the rest, it seems like fillers to me. Not unpleasant but not memorable either.

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!

Pretty much standard Brit pop/rock. A manly voice whispering then shouting, piano/organ and some chimes and bells here and there. Not sure I heard something different or interesting here than a mix of a decade of soft rock/pop bands that are more significant.

Never would have chosen this album but very much enjoying it. Very interesting vocally

Pulp got their big breakthrough at a time when I was peak clubbing age, and a solid Brit Pop Indie-Kid … but I did not get into them. Obviously Common People and Disco 2000 were always played at student nights, but they always left me cold, and the first half of this album didn’t change my opinion. The back half, though - not brilliant by any stretch, but really pretty good. Sorted For E’s and Wizz and Underwear are great tunes, and while they don’t tip it into 4 stars, it is a very high 3.

some song are really odd, others are good. Overall it's a good album

When I owned this album on CD when it first came out I must have listened to the full thing at least once however it quickly became just listening to the hit “Common people”. That single is still a fun pop song but does not make up for the rest of the album.

Boring dad rock, ofc common people is a bop but William shatner did a better cover lol

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

Outstanding !

9/10 Classic of Bristol, and hence my teenage years. 5 huge tunes from that era, and the rest are pretty great too. At times it gets a bit much with Jarvis's heavy breathing and wet dream lyrics, but overall it is nothing but a solid classic

Still perfect. Feeling called love still gives me goosebumps.

While I found some of this enjoyable the album devolved into some performance-art-level weirdness that I couldn’t embrace.

One of my favs of all time

Masterpiece

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

Nice lyrics and I like Common people. Then a bit boring musically

Really generic sounding. Maybe a bad day for me? I see all these glowing reviews but just dont hear it in the album

Bank in the day, I was never a Pulp fan. I thought that Jarvis Cocker was a very funny and interesting guy, but I could never gel with their music. It felt too posh and full of itself. Having given this album another chance, I feel I get it a bit more now. Some very witty lyrics and a great run of songs from the start. I did find my attention waning towards the end of the album, and some of the "breathier" Jarvis vocals were starting to get a bit on my nerves. But, I have to say overall that I was pleasantly surprised by this album.

Famous songs were from os

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 has Common People, enough said.

Indie classic late Latymer days

Great album. Just saw them live. So good.

Pretty decent but the rapey lyrics are ROUGH

Pulp is fine I guess. I know Common People but mostly because of the Shatner version.

This is a no for me, did not like it

Nice

It reminded me of mid 2000's indie movies

pretty solid -3.5

this is the horniest britpop has ever been

when i listened to this album for the first time a few years ago, i went into knowing how beloved it was, which in turn made me feel like i should love it too. and i thought i did. relistening today, i’ve come to realization that i feel pretty neutral about it. i love Common People and Disco 2000, but none of the other songs really hit me the same… maybe i need more time with it. most britpop albums i love needed multiple listens for me to get there.

Pretty good listen for something I thought was generic Brit-Pop. The Hits for me as Gems but the first track - Mis-Shapes was good too.

3,5!

Kinda sounds like David Bowie but not as good. 5/10

I don't know how I've never come across these guys. I love this album! 4.5/5

I listen to this album in full once every few years and I always forget how happy it makes me

"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.

I liked it

All over the place - messy and not fun,

(3.5) common people and disco 2000 are so good (popular i know but so good) they all sound a bit samey after a while though

not full

Different Class – Pulp – 3/5 Good vibes and catchy Britpop energy. I think it’s my first time hearing Pulp, and it was an enjoyable listen overall.

if you like britpop, which i do not... tbh of all those bands it's one of the better (with oasis as worst of all) Not heard a super-mediocre album yet (day 5 i think)

There's some good and some bad here. Think the most popular songs are really fun and ear wormy but others are not particularly notable to me. It certainly has the Brit-Pop sound and delivers it consistently. It might have stood out more in the moment but I struggle to separate it from the genre now. There's a lot of sound that flows down into The Killers which is cool to see.

Sounds like a lot of other stuff it’s good but not new

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

It's as if David Bowie ans Pet Shop Boys had a love child.

Skiva som beviste (og fortsetter å bevise) at britpop kunne være kult. Pakket full av bangers ispedd deep cuts som belønner gjentatte lytt. Skarp og voyeuristic låtskriving som har høye kvanta av både sleaze og allsangvennlige, catchy hooks. I grunn en perfekt pop-skive.

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.

David Bowie + Brian Wilson + Leonard Cohen = Sant! Dæven dette var kult

It’s okay. Again, probably need more time with it. Sort of feel like I’ve heard that sound before…

Highlight Song/s: Disco 2000 This is an alright album. I find the verses and intros on this quite good, however the choruses tend to kill the momentum that the verses and intros worked hard to do. And then the choruses start to make the song drag by going on for longer than it should. "Disco 2000" is a STRONG exception to what I just said I had previously listened to this album, and the result was that I didn't like it. So when I got this album today from the generator, I thought it might convert my current opinion. But no, still think it's a miss from me.

Never heard of this band before this listen. Mis-Shapes, Common People and I Spy are pretty good. I like the messages about classism. Seems pertinent today. Feeling Called Love is great. Many songs are catchy and overall a very good vibe. Would recommend.

Incrível música nova que curti.

Unreal album from an unreal band, they’re just so bloody good 5.0/5.0 Best Song: Sorted For E’s And Wizz

My memory is fallible; I'm not one of those people who claims they remember exactly where they were the first time they heard Smells Like Teen Spirit or Anarchy in the UK. I don't remember how I first heard Pulp but I imagine it was on the Evening Session on Radio 1 about a year before this came out. Jarvis was captivating and to open this album with an outsiders anthem like Mis-Shapes was a wonderful reminder that it's ok to be different or feel different. I think the opening four track run on here is probably as good as any album released that decade.

More like Poop- Different Ass

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! this ones literally a top ten oat album for me. every single song is just perfect, like chills-down-my-spine amazing. and i listened and it still holds up, obviously. especially common people, that song could make me cry

Nice music, swingy, but a bit too old for my taste 3/5

It’s very listenable for me. The vocals are tolerable. The synths and guitar tones are up my alley. I like how there is a drastic switch up from the first song on the album to the second because when listening to an album, each song having its own identity is very important. The album had me at mis-shapes, lost me at I spy, had me again at Disco 2000 (my favourite song on the album), and then had good ending with Bar Italia. Over all, very listenable for a gen Z such as myself.

Couldn’t tell you why I don’t like this but I just don’t. Tried for years. It’s not you, it’s me. 3/ 5

Pretty good

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

Seeing Pulp at Glastonbury this year was really special. We basically knew it would be them, but the 'secret' set still wowed from opening with 'Sorted for E's and Whizz', to inevitably closing with 'Common People'. Had any of the other tracks from this album featured in the rest of set we would have gone wild. Jarvis was not the hero the 90s wanted (that was probably Liam), nor the one it deserved (that was probably Damon), but the one it needed. At Britpop's incredibly uncertain legacy needs him even more now.

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

1/10

This was good. Not great, but good. Brit pop/rock can be sort of hit or miss from me so I don’t know that I’ll go back to it ever, but it was fine while I was listening to it.

i never listened to or even heard of this band. it sorta reminded me of elvis costello. I liked Common People, but then it started to all sound the same. The best bits were the driving beats and some of the choruses. i'm not a huge fan of the breathy talking bits. Pencil Skirt was pretty creepy with the lyrics

Having only ever heard Common People before as one of the all-time Britpop anthems (and a great song) this one was sort of interesting to dive into. I do like the overwhelming wry British-ness of it all and the sort of smothering sense of dead-end working class lives that he represents, it's certainly not very uplifting but really invokes a sense of place. Some cool musical moments, like I Spy with its lush orchestration and feeling like a Bond credits song but being about class warfare. Some fun melodies and whoa-oh-oh parts. Did I love it? No, but definitely don't hate it either.

Sounds like someone wanted to imitate flight of the concords, but took themselves too seriously. Unlistenable in parts, unless i imagined Brett doing that whisper singing to be funny.

The hits are very good but lacking in some of the other songs

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.

Overall pretty forgettable musically. Please stop whispering in my ear.

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

Helt ok men inget jag kommer sätta på

I am really glad I discovered Pulp.

First time sitting down and listening to a Pulp album. Whole there’s some cool things happening it’s just not my vibe. Stand out tracks are Live Bed Show, Feeling Called Love, Underwear. The second half of the record has some cool moments.

Мене дуже задушив цей альбом. Музично не моє, не можу сказати, що мені дійсно сподобалася хоча б одна пісня. Тексти непогані, але для мене це не рятує загальне враження від альбому. І він звучить, ніби мав вийти за 10 років до реальної дати виходу. Це теж мені чогось не сподобалося.

Не люблю цей гурт і ніколи не розумів їх.

mid except common people and disco 2000

Album No. 0016 on my list. Pulp's Different Class is certainly one of Britpop's greatest albums, right up there with Oasis' first two albums, Blur's Modern Life is Rubbish/Parklife/The Great Escape, and the Verve's Urban Hymns. I've known most of the songs before, but as far as I remember, I had never listened to this album in its entirety. Different Class cerntainly lived up to its reputation - this is an incredibly good album! Beyond the band's two greatest hits ("Common People", "Disco 2000"), there are so many more great songs on this - from the first track ("Mis-Shapes") to its end ("Underwear", "Bar Italia"). This is such a great album - lyrically, musically, artistically (and commercially). "Different Class" is just great. It's Pulp at their peak. This is quintessential britpop. Awesome record, 5/5 stars!

I'd gladly forgotten about Disco 2000. Dangerously close to Bowie for me.

Maybe the best Britpop album?

Um disco que tem tem suas virtudes. É rico instrumentalmente (guitarras pontuais, teclados econômicos, cordas). É fluido e apesar de ter uma duração considerável, sua audição soa fácil. Melhora na segunda metade, com as canções mostrando-se mais maduras. O vocal é agradável, contido, a serviço dos temas. Como ponto fraco, soa um tanto genérico, sem a presença de melodias marcantes, embora os temas sejam bonitos.

devastatingly horny. i immediately googled the lead singer because i had to know and exactly what i thought.

I guess I just never connected with this band. It's not that I don't like Britpop, or dour indie guitar pop in general, I do. It's not that I don't respect Jarvis and his sexy takes on modern misery, it's just that none of this moves me, particularly, and I find the general tenor, vibe and flavor a little tiresome, a little... flaccid? Maybe if I were a Brit, I dunno. I grew up in the right time period, I like Blur, and I guess Suede is probably fine? Somehow I'm able to tolerate Morrissey, who is a monster, while Jarvis, who seems like a decent bloke, just sort of ruins the whole thing for me with his whispery come-ons? Maybe it's more of my inherent prejudice against music by, for and about beautiful people? It's a mystery, but Pulp does nothing for me.

4.5/10

3.5/5

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

Unmistakeable 80s aesthetic that I sort of have a natural aversion to but which is growing on me lately. The lyrics are very explicitly and plainly stated, which is simultaneously charming and sort of ugly. I’m not sure, I’d give it a 3 solidly. I think underwear and the penultimate track are the highlights.

It was fine. Sure.

Pulp was well under my radar through the 80s and 90s. Although I became something of a Jarvis Cocker fan from his solo work in the early 2000s, I can't say I'm impressed by this album. Familiar with Common People, but that's it.

This album sucks. The lyrics are weird. Please make it stop.

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.

A local station here in town started playing some Pulp songs recently for some reason. So I had heard a little before listening to this album after never having heard them before. They sound like another more recent band but I can't put my finger on it...

Brilliant.

Better than I remember it being but still not overly bowled over by it. I did quite like His n Hers but there was always something about this one I didn’t really care for. Unfortunately time hasn’t really improved things. It’s alright but not brilliant and I don’t suppose I’ll be revisiting it anytime soon.

The true heroes of Britpop! Following the breakthrough of the exquisite His n’ Hers, Pulp were now in full swing for the release of this, their most commercially successful album. Jarvis is in top form with his tapes of love, sex, and everyday life. The tracks here are so strong, everyone of them could have been released as a single. For a while, the uncool became cool, as the band were thrust into the mainstream and seemed to enjoy the ride. As it was the popular songs, whilst good are possibly the weakest here. Pulp have always been tongue in cheek but Disco 2000 and Common People are in danger of becoming parodies of themselves!

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).

At multiple points whilst listening to this, I asked myself; “what the fuck am I doing, listening to Pulp?” The answer to that is of course the often rewarding and evidently often monotonous 1001 albums list, but the question still gets asked regardless. It’s rhetorical, innit. Despite being British myself, Britpop is one of the musical genres I least enjoy. Between Oasis and Blur, I’ll choose the Verve, just because of The Rolling People. That’s about it. It represents the mainstream of the part of my country’s musical history that makes me feel the least proud: hedonistic 1990s/2000s ‘lads’ culture. Which is what Britpop is mostly comprised of, to my ears and mind anyway. It’s such a long way from the great heights of Liege & Lief or other such British albums that come closest to a feeling of patriotism for me. This, though? This is not what I want adorned with the “Brit” wordmark. Specifics, then. And Different Class is predominantly the same class as its similar-sounding contemporaries. Even with the omnipotent Common People, which itself is eclipsed immediately by I Spy and Disco 2000, even if the former is marred by yet more hedonism masked as ‘romanticism’. Don’t even get me started on the immensely uncomfortable listen of Pencil Skirt. I could get properly poncy and pretentious by way of supposed ‘romanticism’ and say Jarvis Cocker is no William Blake, but I know that’s a stupid comparison unfit even for an aggressive album review, and I don’t really give a toss anyway. He seems like a nice bloke I suppose. I just wish I wasn’t subjected to his overly-intimate songwriting. I feel like I can feel his scruffy hair and glasses looming over me. Fuck off, Jarvis.

La quintessence de la musique britannique, dans ses thèmes, son interprétation et son rock dramatique. Rappelle Bowie parfois

Didn't give it a full listen, seemed alright though. Got a little into the spoken-word style of singing which requires a certain mood.

Not for me, some good tunes

Fucking banging, not a bad song on the album. Sheffields king of sexy kitchen sink verse covers topics such as shagging, class politics and getting off your nut. 9/10

Some killer. Some filler. Great writing but not really my thing. I appreciate it but I don’t love it.

Britpop is a cultural dead end but this record is a bop

Not my jam

I listened to this album dozens upon dozens of times when it first came out. It wasn't because I enjoyed the album so much, more the headspace I was in at that time. This is definitely an album that has been on my list to not listen to again for many years. Having listened from start to finish for the first time in over twenty years, I have mixed feelings. Some of the songs are quite well put together, sounding like a mashup between The Beatles and Arctic Monkeys. However, the lyrics are downright nasty, sick and twisted from start to finish. It's a warped world view that makes me consider that Mr Cocker probably has some mental illness. It's so extremely unpleasant in parts (rape fantasies are probably the low point) that it leaves me feeling a little bit sick. Many of these songs attempt to turn things I enjoyed around this time, like illegal raves, and dwell entirely on the negative aspects. The whole experience leaves me feeling tainted. There's no bright points in this listening experience. Finally, I think what I hate most about this entire album is the entirely fake "class" part of the title. There's nothing revolutionary about the theme, it reduces the class struggle to "us versus them", with "them" not being the people who actually deserve bringing down. Instead, it's a petty attack on people who are only slightly higher up the ladder. I think the constant theme is one of jealousy and revenge, often leading to degradation of women and sexual abuse, which is really just abhorrent. I can imagine Mr Cocker listened to people talking about class struggle and totally misunderstood the entire concept, seeing it as simply debased "common" people versus clueless "posh" people. Four stars for the music, bumped down to two because of how depressing it is to listen to the lyrics. I won't be listening to this again I feel.

Hells yes

Brit-rock is a genre that I'm not very familiar with since it wasn't something that I was interested in in the 90s when it was big so this album and band is completely new to me even though they seem very popular. The "hit" songs on this album are very good but most of the songs are very forgettable to me. They kind of meld together. I had a good time listening to the whole thing and will probably do so again. I might just have to skip a few songs.

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

Very sexually charged, the sentiment seems to be angry with the world and seeking revenge.

coolalbum

I’ve never liked the Killers but this is a solid album.

So much better than their album “This is Hardcore”!!

Really enjoyed this

Decent album.

A couple songs were bangers. Most of it wasn't really my jam.

De lo mejorcito del britpop

I just couldn’t connect with the content of the songs. They have a good sound but I struggled to care what the songs were about and then just couldn’t continue.

This is in a different class…… an exceptional class. Brilliant album that forms a soundtrack to my twenties so long ago!

Britpop sing in a nasally up-tone or whisper/speak. I'm sure there are a lot of people that like this... it truly isn't in my wheelhouse in the least. The hit, "Common People" is an interesting synth-pop song. The most interesting thing is the cover photo and the story behind it.

More Brit rock. Maybe some elvis Costello influence. Forgettable.

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

Brit pop was kinda dumb and not very good

Lol. This was a fun, quirky ride.

One of my favourite albums, unique and perfect.

The worst britpop band of the bunch

2 5

Great 90s Brit Rock

Britpop has a lot to offer and shouldn't be reduced down to Blur vs Oasis. This album by Pulp is a funny, melodramatic observation of the complex (class) society that the UK is. There is a lot more talent here than in other bands with catchy melodies. It's a lot more essentially Britpop than so many other works of the genre.

It's fine, common people, and i spy were the most interesting to me, good sound, though, just not for me 30 years later.

Probably one of the most underrated bands of the 90s.

Extra star cos the full version of common people is epic

Genuinely amazing , I spy is a lowkey insane song. I’ve been fucking your wife , thanks dude. But I do like everything here, from the style to the lyrics. It’s very easily the album most like my usual music taste. Genuinely great, the underlying theme of hating women really stuck with me

Had its good few upon songs but some felt very 80s and it didn’t match to me - had its moments of good stuff tho

It was groovy but overly sexual. And all about high school relationships. Felt kinda creepy tbh

Two really good songs and a lot of filler.

Questionable lyrics, equally questionable "singing" and music you will have forgotten even before the track has ended. What's not to like? Well this album clearly.

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.

I like that there are some differences here from much of the other Britpop bands.

Meh, it's ok. Common People is the only memorable song.

3.5

3.8

Was okay, couple songs I liked but not super remarkable imo. Best song: Common People Notable(s): Pencil Skirt

4.5/5

Top 5 Britpop album!

me hace sentir esta nostalgia que nunca viví, un sentimiento de cuando recuerdas tu pasado, convirtiendo tu tristeza en una pequeña pizca de felicidad

Feeling Called Love is a top standout, but this album feels like a 90s version of Andrew Tate rhetoric at times.

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!

Not bad but I didn't like lyrics most of the time

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.

Common people was good solid album

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

Blur vs Oasis debate solved Pulp clears both of them

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.

The lyrics were crazy

1.6/not a fan.

The volume of dad rock on this list is only outdone by the amount of 90's Britpop.

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.

Gefällt mir auch überhaupt nicht. 1 Stern.

Brilliant. You can tell how much love went into it.

A Bowie tribute band that sounds better than their honoree.

Pulp basically writes three songs. 1) Songs about sex 2) Songs about poor people 3) Songs about sex with poor people

Even album tracks are mostly great. Parklife aside. THIS IS BEST IN BRITPOP

I struggle to tell in detail why I don't like this album. It's just whack. Not overwhelmingly whack, but forgettably whack. Kind of like the 80s throwback nobody wanted in 1995. 2/5

PEAK. Here's another favorite of mine! Different Class is not only the best album by Pulp, it's also the greatest album of the britpop genre. "Common People" is an anthem that I never get sick of no matter how many times I hear it. "Bar Italia" is another favorite of mine, I love it when he goes "WHERE OTHER BROKEN PEOPLE GOOOOO". Other notable tracks include "Underwear", "Something Changed", and "Disco 2000" to name a few. This is a truly timeless record, one of the best to come out of Britain during that era. Favorite track: Bar Italia, Common People

so fun! every song was a banger and i loved every second. slightly repetitive but overall great

First impression pre listen: Got some idea what this band is, but I don't think I've ever heard a song from them. Ocassionally hear them mentioned alongside bands like Blur and Oasis, who I'm at best lukewarm on. I have a feeling this might not be for me, but the only way to figure it out is by listening. Individual song notes: Mis-Shapes Very distinctive vocals with the thick English accent. I like the buildup and the over all structure of the song. The chorus definitely sticks out. Strikes me as very theatrical and grandiose. Decent. 3.5/5 Pencil Skirt Uncomfortable lyrics and vocal performance. Weird and creepy. The instrumental sections sound quite good though. Really enjoy how spacious it sounds. Dislike. 2/5 Common People Proper working class anthem innit. Luv me a smoke and pint at the pub. Jokes aside I find the storytelling while kinda smug, really entertaining. The chorus is extemely catchy and the vocalist really sells his performance. A fun song detailing the struggle presented in an on the nose style. Great. 4.5/5 I Spy Oh so dramatic. I like the cinematic opening. Dark, almost gothic sounding. Love the progression. Ominous. This character is awful. Conceptual, strange and engaging. This theatrical style is really unique and fun to follow along to. Great. 4.5/5 Disco 2000 Immediately infectious with the classic sounding guitar riff. Fun lyrics. Love the idea of the "distant year 2000" in the year 2025. Very catchy chorus. Nostalgic and sentimental sounding. Satisfying ending. Great. 4.5/5 Live Bed Show Very conceptual. Of course there are sexual implications, it's always that with this album. Bizzare, but entertaining I suppose. Decent. 3.5/5 Something Changed Sentimental and contemplative. Kinda pretty, has some genuinely thoughtful lyrics. Love the instrumentation on the final chorus, however cliche it might be. Decent. 3.5/5 Sorted For E's & Wizz What the hell does that mean? Clever and nuanced take on drug culture. I like the hollow synth in the background. I like the implications of the somber ending. Good. 4/5 F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E A nightmare to type out manually, why can't it just be spelled normally... Really like the atmospheric, futuristic dark forest vibe. Breathy spoken word vocal jumpscare. Great buildup. Okay that's why. Again, very conceptual. Genuinely sounds confused at times. Fun bassline. Good. 4/5 Underwear Oh so horny. Very visual writing style, makes it really easy to follow along with. The phrase "semi-naked in someone elses room" is really fun. Lobe the synth. Good. 4/5 Monday Morning A sad and frantic existence detailed in a very direct way. Catchy and resonant. I like the contrast between the cheery tone of the track and the melancholic lyrics. Decent. 3.5/5 Bar Italia Don't really got much to say about it. It'a a dramatic, theatrical ending. Sums up the album in its grandioseness. Decent. 3.5/5 Final review: I came into this expecting some middling 90s alternative rock with maybe a couple of decent to good songs that I'd probably forget about in a week. This wasn't that. It was instead a consistently entertaining diverse selection of songs. What I found most interesting was how stylized and distinct every song on here was. While their sound could seem limited, the quality of the songwriting makes up for it by introducing new structures and themes at a solid pace. I enjoyed the drama and the theatricality of the performances a lot. It made me feel like I was inside a very personal description of the UK in the 90's. The vocalist sort of plays this very sexual, inadequate feeling, spiteful character. He's got this sort of dirty and bleak, miserable outlook, which forms a distinct atmosphere to the sound. At the same time many of the songs have some cheeriness to them, which contrasts well against the dark backdrop, giving a feeling that everything will eventually be OK. There's contemplation and sentimentality, but also joy and relief. This is expressed through artsy and conceptual segments, though also through poppier elements such as catchy hooks and relatable language. It's honestly a ton of fun, and other than some occasionally questionable sexual lyrics my only real complaint here is the lack of a real defining moment. There are songs that definitely stick out, but none that truly have me enchanted. However the quality is pretty consistent throughout so it's no big deal. Blew every expectation out of the water, will definitely check out more stuff from them. 4/5

An interesting album lost in a sea of 90s brit pop. After one listen, I am having a hard time distinguishing this from other contemporaries, but maybe I'll get more out of it on later listens. The most interesting thing about this album is the occasional touch of dissonant strings or funky synth.

It’s hard to know how much of my enjoyment of this album came from the music itself, and how much came from the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia. Either way, it is truly delightful from front to back. Both of my favourite Pulp songs are found here, in Disco 2000 and Common People. The songs I didn’t already know are fun and catchy too. It’s probably as good as it gets for britpop.

It's pretty good. Kind of goofy stuff Dad might like.

This album is interesting and at times enjoyable. I appreciate the cheap and raw sound but it's not my favorite thing ever. The singer has some good moments but I think he suffers from trying to be sexy and mysterious. Some of the lyrics are also downright creepy and unsettling. I really like the first track mis-shapes, and a few others are good. Everything else is forgettable.

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

I found the vocal mix extremely harsh to my ears and It made it rather unbearable to complete the album.

This feels so nostalgic (even though I was just a baby when it came out) It's like nostalgia with hints of asmr

loved the different songs and some of the classics

Joke's on you 1001, I was going to listen to this anyway! :) One of my bestest favouritest albums, there's so much going on :)

Nice whispery voice

Very Good. Not my usual listening, but do hear the evolutionary trail leading back to The Kinks.

Amazing.

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

Not a bad record, just one that bored me to death

I never heard of Pulp. Sure I knew Disco 2000. But I recognise their influence in many bands I know, from Franz Ferdinand (Mis-Shapes), Manic Street Preachers (Something Changed), Coldplay (whole rush of blood album draws from Live Bed Show, middle section. Also Martins singing leans towards the singing style of the whole album) It sure is a great album. Lots of things going on. What I disliked was that almost all the songs themes are about sex. Would have been ok for a teenage band. But they were in their 30s. Gross. Was whole UK so into sex? This feels dated now. Do I like this album? I wasn’t sure until A Feeling Called Love. This is genius. I‘m a fan. Another great discovery off this list. 2nd listen: OMG common people is genius when following along the lyrics. It was a hit in the UK? It failed to chart here in CH. I spy: this is a lunatic destroying a successful pairs life. The storytelling is tight and the song acts as a soundtrack for a movie. I almost cried. And that’s it for today. This is a definitive re-listen

Ugh. Not today, Pulp. Not today.

Some decent britpop but some of it just came off as perverted. Pencil skirt is an atrocity to mankind. The writing can be clever at some points but it’s just kind of vile overall. The whisper style vocals don’t do it for me at all

Interesting! 80s new wave pop meets David Bowie.

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This is actually a great album, but I can only listen to a horny British man sing for so long. *heard before

It twas aight

interesting but quite bad britpop

Bruh like it's Pulp, they're one of my favorite bands of all time. I saw Jarvis Cocker live and he threw me a badge with the face of Steve Mackey in it, I love all of them. Instant 10/10.

With Different Class, Pulp delivered not just the definitive Britpop statement, but something more enduring and theatrical an album that feels like the rightful heir to David Bowie's legacy of glamorously subversive pop. Much like Bowie, Jarvis Cocker crafts personas and wields irony with precision, creating a vivid world where sex and social class collide in clever, often uncomfortable ways. From the anthemic “Common People” to the deliciously sinister “I Spy,” this record stages its themes with a Bowie-like flair for drama, camp, and transformation. Pulp doesn’t reinvent their formula here, they perfect it. Synth-laced, disco-tinged, and always sharply literate, Different Class is filled with hooks that dazzle and lyrics that slice. The album’s concept being proudly different in a conformist culture is more than a slogan; it’s a manifesto. “We just want the right to be different,” the sleeve proclaims, and Cocker delivers on that promise with every smirking aside and every desperate cry. Smart, stylish, and gloriously strange, Different Class earns its title and its place among the greats.

I see why people like this. Its not bad by any means, Im not going to get up and turn it off as soon as it comes on. That being said I wont ever get up and put it on either. Its the very definition of "well this exists".

Maybe the best album of the 90s

I just don’t like the Brit Pop sound. This band sounds pretty self-absorbed, which is par for the genre. This is a 1, for me.

Lowkey kinda freaky and overtly horny, but decent britpop. Common People is a banger

I had high hopes going into this as a lot of people I know have told me Pulp are the best brit-pop band by a mile. Those people are wrong. A lot of this album comes across quite frankly like a horny british teenager wrote it. However unlike Panic! at the Disco's Fever You Can't Sweat Out, its clumsy attempt at suggestive lyrics come across bordline incel and cringey. I don't think you can even call the lyrics suggestive, its straight up the audio equivalent of sending unsolicited dick pics. Not to mention the instrumentals and songwriting often fall slightly flat (again unlike Fever, that albums instrumentals are impeccable). However, when this album is on, it is fucking on. Mis-Shapes is an absolutely fantastic opener and excellently crafted song. Common People might be the best Brit-Pop song, if not its certainly in the top 3, it perfectly encapsulates what the rest of the album feels like its trying to. Disco 2000 again coming in with a great sing-a-long chorus, its a real shame the rest of the album couldn't be consistent with these songs. Im gonna give it a 3 almost purely based on how good those 3 songs were, the bad songs were genuinely bad but I can't deny its influence on music to come. When it works it works incredibly well. I would still say Blur, Suede and (yuck) Oasis are better than Pulp tho. Favourites - Mis-Shapes, Common People, Disco 2000, Something Changed, Bar Italia Least Favourites - I Spy, Live Bed Show, Underwear

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

Good. 3.5

Very interesting album, there were some tracks I enjoyed, but a few I also felt were a little tough to listen to. Not really my style but I found myself going back for a couple re-listens.

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.

This is brilliant.

My favourite album as a 16 year old is still up there!

A good showing with plenty of good cups of tea.