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Decent - Kinda long but such was the era - Really romantic
Not great but it kinda grows on you.
Overall: 6/10 Could be worse, but I still feel like these guys are trying too hard to sound like David Bowie and not ever really getting anywhere close. I do have to say that Common People is an absolute banger, and this is better than the other Pulp album I heard. Fav Song: Common People
decent, fake david bowie,
I've established through this project that Brit-pop is not my thing. Do I still have to listen to the whole album or can I cut my losses? I will continue to mull it over while I listen.
Es un buen álbum, pero hay una canción que es claramente mejor que las otras y esa es common people. Todas las otras canciones son buenas, pero se vuelven repetitivas muy rápido.
Good album
Totally new to me! -maybe just recency bias (and the Bristish-ness?), but there is some very clear Bowie influence here in this opening - reminds me of phantom of the opera? Like a late 80s phantom modernization?
Much better than 'This is Hardcore', but still not an album i would choose to listen to.
uneven listening experience. some good ones, and some reallllly bad ones.
Álbum de rock alternativo bem competente. Não acho que seja o melhor da banda, mas não deixa de ser bom. Pula Unicrom.
This was an album I expected to like a lot more than I did. While I've definitely heard of Pulp, I wasn't really familiar with any of their music. If I'd heard any of the songs on the album before, I don't remember them. And I think that's exactly what my issue was with the album - several catchy songs, but nothing memorable. I was never much into the Britpop bands of the 90s, but it wasn't because I didn't like their music. I was just more into other stuff at the time. To me, this album was fine for what it is, but nothing I would listen to again.
Geez this Brit pop stuff is just boring.
Oh boy. This really just felt like very of the time brit-pop. I struggled to hear why this album NEEDED to be here. There's nothing really wrong with it or annoying, so I guess it can have a 3
Dammit, I feel like such a poser - my favourite songs, and really the only that I would listen to again were the two biggest hits. Unfortunately, this just didn't captivate me at all, aside from "Common People" and "Disco 2000". It just felt a bit sluggish, claggy and annoying, and I'm not sure Jarvis Cocker's voice is for me. I like what this album has to say, and I think it's, despite everything, quite endearing, so I'm happy to round my rating up.
Some decent and creative songwriting but not especially memorable. It feels like this suffers a bit from being a one-man show, being a band in name inly rather than a true collaboration among musicians. 3.5/5
Some songs just remind me of my childhood in the 90s, and this album contains two of them - both “Common People” and “Disco 2000” are like a time capsule, so huge were they when I was young. They are, also, the standouts in this album. Generally, it’s fine. Sometimes, it gets a little bit weird (see: “F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., in particular, but any of the Jarvis Cocker spoken word bits gave me the ick). But never does it get better than its two standouts.
3/6
This album was interesting, and reminded me of art class when we did collages of magazine and newspaper clippings. 3/5 with a heart
I know this is an important album for a lot of people, my wife included, so I’ve heard it in passing a number of times but it’s never been something that’s made much of an impact on me. Listening on headphones, it seems this is perhaps the best thing that ever came out of Britpop. Still not my thing, but it’s okay.
Some good hits but not my vibe for a full album
Sometimes there's an album on here that just screams "a middle aged British dude chose this"
Not bad, but a lot of the songs sounded very similar.
Meh.
So much going on, very hard to Digest but some great songs
Interesting sound.
In an earlier era you would get an album and listen to it front to back, paying attention to the lyrics maybe, paying attention to the music and melodies on the second pass. Kind of sad that those days are gone (for me mostly). But this album absolutely requires a full listen at least once through because of the storyline that plays out across it. The big wall of sound production does two things that I think are really interesting here. First, it gives the whole thing a big cinematic feel. Second, there’s a fun irony having such a huge sweeping sound underpinning the pedestrian, sad sack pop tunes. It’s a good record. Entertaining. You could cherry-pick “Common People” out, that one song can live on its own, definitely defines this whole thing, brilliant stuff. The rest requires the context of the album for it to make sense.
Totally fine. I liked the hits off of it but some of the other songs were a bit weak
What the hell is common people what is this bs… The instrumental is super cool I just don’t fw the whole theme of it all Like I’ll love the music and then he’ll say smth dumb like “above the place I first touched a girl’s chest” and it ruins the vibe Fuck Disco 2000 outro is tuff Feelingcalledlove outro 😱 Fuck this might be a good album I saved: I spy, Disco 2000, feelingcalledlove But bar italia was cool too
Achei bem interessante, mas assim, não vou dizer cópia descarada, mas que é uma sonoridade cuspida e escarrada do David Bowie, principalmente do Young Americans, Heroes etc, ele é. Sério, é bem bom, mas é impossível se desvencilhar do Bowie ouvindo este disco.
Pulp Notable Textzeile: Why live in the world when you can live in your head? Mm, and you can go out late from Monday till Saturday turns into Sunday And now we're back here at Monday so you can do it all over again Jarvis hat von Nein heißt Nein und Stop heißt Stop vermutlich bis heute noch nichts gehört - oder will es nicht verstehen. Every other Song ist textlich absolut creepy. Die dazwischen dann halt echt große Hits. Das beschreibt mein Verhältnis zu dieser Band. Es gibt Sachen die ich sehr sehr mag und ganz viel Zeug das mich nur nervt. Wegen der aus heutiger Sicht wirklich unmöglichen Sachen 2,5 zu 3
A bit inconsistent at times, but there is some good stuff on here. I preferred the first half and found the second a bit tedious. This album could have been trimmed a bit. Favorite Track - Disco 2000 Least Favorite Track -F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hot take: Jarvis Cocker is a better-dressed version of Roger Waters.
Jeg er IKKE inkarneret Pulp-lytter - langt fra. Så de fleste af numrene er egentlig ukendte for mig. Jeg ved, at Pulp nok har haft større indflydelse, end man generelt tilskriver dem herhjemme, og derfor kommer nogle af numrene også til at lyde genkendelige for mig men sandsynligvis ud fra, hvad de har inspireret frem for, hvad de selv har indspillet. Jeg er lidt splittet mellem en 3'er og en 4'er her. Mere specifikt er det et spørgsmål, om de netop hopper over tærsklen på 3.7 for at få en 4'er. Det er dog ikke noget, jeg kommer til at sætte på igen i morgen, og det ville jeg måske have mere lyst til, hvis jeg gav den 4. 3.6
I've actually already given this a go back then but to actually resurface it.. the album is very political also, it's good but I wouldn't binge it again? If i was younger, maybe around 15 again -- I would see myself bashing it into the likes of the cure
Number: 156 Date: 06/08/2026 Artist: Pulp Album: Different Class Year: 1995 Style: Britpop Familiarity: Aware (2) Rating: 3 Before: ======= Similarly to The White Stripes, who I had yesterday, I know of Pulp but am not all that familiar with their work as they never really clicked with me. However, I do know for sure that I have at least one of their songs in my favorites by years list. It's not from this album though. During: ======= 2 Mis-Shapes 2 Pencil Skirt 2 Common People 2 I Spy 3 Disco 2000 3 Live Bed Show 3 Something Changed 2 Sorted For E's & Wizz 3 F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. 2 Underwear 3 Monday Morning 4 Bar Italia ----------------------------------------------------- 2.56 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : ======= Not sure why this album is on the list. I get that it is considered a "cornerstone of Britpop" but I did not care for it at all. Barely gets a 3 from me. Must be a British thing. 3 my personal rating 3 suitability for this list 4 impact ----------------------------------------------- 3 composite rating
The music is quite solid, although not revolutionary in terms of production or melodies. The lyrics though, are quite poor, and even though I don't usually listen to music it was quite prominent and detracted from the general sound of the album. Probably fits into the "cheeky British" side of British 90s rock, which I am not quite a fan of.
Listened previously. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Very Good - Mis-Shapes is a great track and Pencil Skirt is pretty good. Common People has become an anthem and although it's a bit overplayed it is a great song. I Spy is another great track and Disco 2000 another obvious hit. I like F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. a lot. It's been quite a while since I listened to this in full and I definitely enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Really good album throughout.
Actually been going through an arc for this genre this last week or so, but man for as highly touted as this album is this did not hit as I expected. Cooker sounds like David Bowie rolling off Molly at an after party here. Now throw that over some oasis type beats and we have this album. I actually get some Morrisey vibes here too. Idk I don’t have much to say about this one. Some of this Brit pop is just so so so beige there’s really no use in repeating myself with half these albums. I’m sure we’ll meet again, Pulp.
норм, но ожидания были побольше из-за страны происхождения.......
pretty good! though the album's variety isn't super good
Just fine
It’s alright. Nothing special here.
One of the better of these 90s Britpop albums
I liked it
I never really listened to Pulp because they were For Girls. I listened to Boy Music, and all the girls I knew listened to Pulp so I knew they weren't for me. This was pretty good though, enjoyed it
Better than I expected it to be
Ok, not really my cup of tea. Sort of compressed sounding or something? Squashed or muddled
Nada mal
Bowie's influence is so clear and strong on this one, which is great. This might be the most tolerable britpop offering yet, quite different from the other ones on the list. 3 stars
I can't say this did anything for me. It was just average.
Better than some other Brit-pop. Radio-friendly. A 3 for me but could be a 4 on a good day.
I think I have disco 2000 on a soundtrack somewhere and really enjoy the song. The rest of the album sounded like decent 90's alt rock
I like the song Do you remember the 1st time
Eh wierd kinda good classic rock but ofd
This was decent!
Chud behavior
For every good bit, like Common People, there's another bit where he whisper-sings in a way that is (I think) supposed to be seductive. But just comes off as an outtakes from "Business Time."
Por rock inglés, con algunas sorpresas. Imagino que a los que lo vivieron en su época les habrá resucitado más emociones.
LFG i found out abt this bc i saw the jamie hewlett cartoon of common on dial up when i was a kid and was already wired to like brit pop by growing up on beatles but what can you do it's orchestrated so its impossible to feel bored. overall psychic manipulation to feel good vibes, like disneyland or cordyceps, i will always enjoy this music and cant help it. the disillusioned and creepy lyrical aspect adds to the not boring aspect. favorite track common people IG since it changed my young brain
Bastante sin más, no me está convenciendo mucho, ese estilo artic de ser alternativo pero nose… me falta algo
pretty good rock album, only a few songs I would call amazing though. solid 7/10. First listen tracklist ranking: 1. Common People 2. I Spy 3. Mis-Shapes 4. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. 5. Disco 2000 6. Underwear 7. Something Changed 8. Bar Italia 9. Live Bed Show 10. Monday Morning 11. Sorted for E’s & Wizz 12. Pencil Skirt
Couple of bangers, nice overall vibe.
Enjoyable, upbeat, seemingly personal, fun songs.
many a classic banger, a little bit too poppy for me
Begynner bra, og Common People er et tidlig høydepunkt. Mister piffen ganske fort, og tekstene går fra å være bitende og bitre til å bli platte og uinteressante. Svak treer.
ça allait, mais il faudrait que je réécoute
conocía common people y disco 2000. buenas cancioens, bastante pogueables (pienso en términos recitaleros porque vienen el mes que viene) pero no sé por qué no termino de conectar con ellos (ya los había intentado escuchar a principio de año)
3.5
Sort of similar to some vibes I listen to, but no hooks for me.
I don't think I had heard of this band, but had heard "Common People" (even if I didn't know it's title). There are some interesting ideas here, and I enjoyed it overall, but nothing really stood out to make me want to come back to it.
It was good!
david bowie style, spoken parts like in audioplays or theatre
RATING: 7.5/10 HIGHLIGHT: Sorted for E's and Wizz LOWLIGHT: Live Bed Show
I enjoyed this Pulp album way more than my last one which was This is Hardcore. I can see why this album was a critical and commercial success. Overall, I had fun listening to this album and it is one that I might return to someday. It didn’t blow me away but it made me come around on Pulp a bit.
Bonne vibe
the cure?
Went in only really being familiar with Common People, and there was probably a reason for that. The rest was fine, I suppose. 2.5⭐️
I was totally in until that weird, talking, sex song.....but still liked this a lot more than Blur. 3.5 stars.
Pulp is a reasonably decent band. My first impression after one listen is a 3.
The music is decent pop, very heavily Bowie influenced sound. Has some decent pop instrumentation but the whole sex thing for 50 minutes gets a bit tedious. I am not a fan of the 90's Brit-pop, I would rather go back and play the bands from the 80's.
decent, nothing great and nothing bad about it
Has some bright spots but not really engaging
This album felt strangely familiar, even though I hadn’t really listened to most of it before. Many of the songs sounded like I had heard them somewhere, which made it easy to get into. There’s also a slight sense of David Bowie in the overall style, which added an extra layer of interest for me. Disco 2000 stood out in particular, with its energetic feel and catchy guitar-driven sound.
6/10 - some hits on this album but I think I'm just not a fan of too much britpop in one go
I was enjoying it until I wasn’t. Their style became repetitive and overdone for me about halfway through.
Sounds like music from a rebellious, misunderstood, horny teenage boy. It's not bad, really. Vocals reminded me of Bowie.
“Disco 2000” was a lot of fun!
A fine 90's Britpop album than for some will define the summer of '96 and live in memory forever. For me, happy if I never have to listen to it again.
Mr. Hands, I won't miss your class.
I can see the talent and the depth put into this. But I also feel like there's more to be desired. If his follow up album ends up being better and complete, it wouldn't surprise me. It feels like there's something bigger in store for this artist, and this is the lead up
New to me, not sure how I missed them all together. I knew the song Common People (probably from a movie?) Not ,my style, but a very solid interesting album.
Better than the other Pulp or Blur or Swede or whatever album I had a few months ago.
I did enjoy this, even though his Jarvis voice isn't all too exciting for me. The two hits were great, disco 2000 is an all time classic. But I also enjoyed a couple of the tunes on the back half of the record. Live bed show and sorted for e's and wizz were cheeky unique songs too
I think if I discovered this when I was 17 I would have really liked it, but these days it doesn't jump out at me as anything too special
i hate jarvis cocker's singing
It's alright, absolutely fine.
There's no doubt that the songs on this album are perfect indie pop, they're cleverly written and resonate with real life experiences. That's why this album will always be a classic of its time. That said, the tracks are so ubiquitous that they have now lost their impact after many years of being over-played on daytime radio. I don't need to hear this ever again, but a long as I continue to listen to the radio, I'm sure I will. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ✅️ probably Solid ★★★☆☆ (6/10) Total reviewed : 291 Already owned : 66 Purchased : 15 To buy : 3 Nope : 207
she pulps on my fiction till i tarantino
This is a fun album with some solid tracks throughout. It doesn’t really sound like a ’90s record, if anything, it feels more like an ’80s Bowie-style album. Still, even with its charm, i doubt I'd ever revisit this.
A bunch of pop songs with a couple of well known and overplayed one's. It's OK
I enjoyed it, never heard of them before
See, there can be some good britpop turns out
Oh! So british. 2.9/5
Different Class has catchy songs, funny lyrics, and lots of personality, making it enjoyable and memorable, although some tracks sound too similar, causing the album to lose momentum before the ending arrives and leaving moments feeling less exciting afterward.
I know that some people say this is the album of the 90’s but I just don’t get it. One or two great tracks, maybe I should listen to it a bit more to get the lyrics
This was not bad very Bowie esque. I was going 2. Until the ladder half of the album started getting me into it. I’ll most likely never listen to this again but not bad
This is quite the 3 star album for me. Some decent grooves and melodies. But nothing that stirs me to feeling all that much.
This was entertaining, 3.5 :)
Liked it 1 great hit from Trainspotting “Where is my mind”
I first heard "Common People" in the Shatner version, and it rivals the original; they are both great in their own way. I like the album, but it doesn't seem like something I'm going to keep coming back to.
Definitely better than This Is Hardcore, a high 3. Although, I found a few songs more annoying, and overall the albums a bit samey
Enjoyed this.
I can never bring myself to hate britpop The variety in this one was pretty excellent, for a genre that’s stereotyped for having so much samey music every song sounded pretty unique. Vocals are pretty solid. Disco 2000 and Common People are a little on the brainless side but very fun tracks nonetheless They ain’t beating the generic allegations; some songs content wise feel like every other pop radio single. Even though I enjoyed most of the album it didn’t leave a huge impact on me. I don’t think the instrumentation is particularly special either Not gonna pretend like this is high art but it’s catchy music and I will happily take that over some of our recent albums
British 90s rock. Not bad, not great. A little dated. Might get another listen, but might not.
Kann man anhören, ist aber nichts besonderes.
It was good... For britpop
its okay
I liked this album and some of the songs more than others. Some of the parts were a bit weird to listen to through AirPods.
Сара 2.5 Марко 3.5
This one really grew on me a lot as I listened. Fun, punky, sounds like it's of a totally different era than when it was released. I don't think I'll seek it out again on my own but I really enjoyed listening through it.
Some good songs, some bad songs.
It's fine. This kind of falls in the same boat as all other Britpop albums to me. One enjoyable hit, the main hit, some other fun songs and a bunch of alright but not all too memorable tracks. Is anything bad to me? Not really. Will I come back to it? Probably not. It scratches an itch I don't really have.
Feels the same every song
I really liked the rhythm. I also liked how they criticize society in certain songs.
- Never heard of this band before; finally a blank slate! They got my attention from the first note with synths and fuzz that tickle my ear drums. Full of poppy energy and weird sexual tension. This list is showing me that I don’t really know shit about British Music outside of Punk and New Wave of British Heavy Metal.
90s British alt rock, mellow and enjoyable - nothing stood out. Sound is like a mellower version of "Come on Eileen".
Pulp is one of those bands that I had heard of but never really listened to until I was recommended this album. I had no idea that they had been around since the 70's. This album was good it tit not turn me into a Pulp fan but I look forward to the other album on here.
A lot of the songs had a pretty good sound. I will NOT be defending any of the lyrics tho. I love a little freakiness in my music, but it gets to a point
This is a pretty great album, with cheeky lines, constantly sky-high energy, and clever social commentary. There’s a slight tinge of the Fountains of Wayne, but British. Common People is not only a pop anthem but also an insightful take on class and privilege. Thumbs from me.
If you don't like Blur, or Oasis, then maybe this is the Brit Pop for you?
A bit boring, but enjoyable
I expected this to be a 5 but I didn’t get into it. Disco 2000 really lifts this album up
Never really listened to Pulp before. A few songs I don't like, a few are really great.
This album kinda felt horny in a bad way
A couple of good songs but pretty average overall. 3 stars or C.
Definite post-punk and synth influence on this that I like a lot. I also appreciate the clever storytelling and sex as a subject matter - the fixation is titillating. I had I guess unfairly lumped Pulp in with the Britpop bands but this sound is different and I like them a lot more than Oasis and Blur. Reading their history of starting in 1978, that makes a lot of sense. I don’t really want to hear it in rotation but I do appreciate it. High three
It's sensual and dramatic, it's fun and catchy.
What starts as a triumphant working-class anthem quickly devolves into more generic (and sex obsessed) brit pop.
Starts out as a solid brit-pop album, with some hits and then it gets weird and a bit creepy.
"I've been sleeping with your wife for 16 weeks, smoking all your cigarettes, drinking all your brandy" Have to give it a better mark just for this banger of a line. Not really listened to Pulp much but this album surpriaes me, there's some really good songwriting in there, and even if the lyrics are super sexually charged or cheesy at times they do tell a story. Also always avoided common people because of how popular it was, it put me off a little bit but its actually a great tune
More fun version of 90s British rock than I expected. Yay!
My collection of "just fine" British albums grows!
イギリス人じゃないからよくわからない
Great discovery! Great late 90s vibe. Not sure if I will listen to it again though.
unexpleftedly iliked a few of them.
Liked this a lot more than I expected to. Got better as it went along. 3.4
I'm not a fan of Britpop. I can appreciate that fans relate to the album's critique of the British social class system. Some of the music was interesting, but didn't hold my attention for about half the album. Liked it more by the time I'd listened to the entire album.
Funnily enough, I only knew Common People from the William Shatner version. Otherwise had never heard of Pulp, but then again, I'm not from the UK and it appears this album didn't sell an insane amount of units in the US. That being said, great album! I do think some of the songs are creepy and it did take me two listens to enjoy the speak/whisper singing. But it's a tight record and I gotta say I get the appeal - but I don't think it resonates with me like so many others. 3/5. Playlist Pick - Common People. Man I love this song so much!
Clásica common people, el resto acompaña bien
Same old same old. This list lacks diversity bruh
A couple of songs I didn't mind, but won't be adding it to my playlist.
*1995. British rock. *I get excited whenever there's anything from the 90s because I like most of it. This was just okay though, and sounds very 80s to me. *This sounds like a wannabe David Bowie, with lyrics like Joe Jackson's Is She Really Going Out With Him. *I feel like I recognize Common People. *Tried giving it another listen and liked it a little bit better. RATING - 6/10
Britpop é um gênero que depende muito do seu vocalista. As canções do Pulp são, no geral, agradáveis, mas algumas vezes o vocalista acaba roubando o show e às estragando. É bem comum haver uma música deles que eu gosto, só para o tal Jarvis Cocker começar um monólogo de 5 minutos falando sobre calcinhas ou coisas assim. Nem sempre acontece, mas quando acontece, acaba freando totalmente a progressão do disco. Uma pena, porque eles poderiam sim competir como meu grupo Britpop favorito. Sua musicalidade é bem diversa, e eles possuem canções épicas e melodramáticas, o que me agrada. A voz de Cocker é boa, bem gostosa, mas o tópico das letras é geralmente bem vergonhoso. São letras taradas, e não há nada de errado nisso, mas acaba ficando um pouco saturado com o tempo. De qualquer modo, é um disco bom de britpop, mas não acho que chegue perto dos titãs do gênero. Se retirar os monólogos sexuais o disco melhoraria exponencialmente. 3.5
Right off the bat, I felt like the songs had a dated sound (like a bit of an 80s sound despite it being a 90s album). I also sensed a strain of desperation running through the songs, which intrigued me, as did the combination of singing and spoken lyric delivery. I thought "Common People" was quite a meaningful song, especially in these times. Some of the lyrics were kind of creepy and obsessive, like the ones in "Pencil Skirt" and "Underwear". I didn't mind the music (a britpop/rock style), but I wasn't in love with it either. Perhaps it's an acquired taste.
a bit bri-ish innit; couple standout tracks here but HIS 'N HERS clears pretty comfortably 3.5/5
didnt really catch my attention
A perfectly fine indie-rock album.
Þvílík nostalgía yfir common people! 3,5
Tvö sterk lög sem voru næstum búin að ýta þessari upp í fjórar en restin er svolítið bragðlaus.
Like if The Cure took antidepressants
me pone incomoda la forma en la que canta, pero para el final mejoro muchisimo. 2.5
Decente, escuchable, tiene un par de canciones buenas. No es mucho más que eso.
It’s uneven, but still enough I liked to warrant three stars
It’s ok. Common people was not terrible
Common People and Disco 2000 raise this to a 3
Ya lo escuché
It was fine
Average good. Nothing overly special. But not bad either.
It was fine
Not listen to that album before. I knew few songs but I think I did like like that album
Feeling a little average on this one. I feel like there's Bowie influence, and a general Brit-Pop vibe which kind of feels like Ziggy Stardust meets Supergrass. I can admit it comes from a place of talent, type of album that doesn't get boring. It also doesn't invite me to another listen, the singles didn't feel obvious the first time around. I wouldn't mind giving it another listen, but I won't be searching for it. 3/5
Different Class is such a strange album because it feels bound by no genres or styles and yet everything somehow meshes together beautifully like some dysfunctional family outing. This project jumps between traditional Brit Pop to borderline Shoegaze and even Alternative Dance all throughout its' varied 52 minutes. No two songs feel super alike and this album truly feels like a showcase of every influence and adventure the band had been wanting to try since their debut all together at once. Out of all the songs here I have to say Pencil Skirt is by far the weakest and I think without a doubt that is because of the very dicey lyrics of "I love it when you tell me to stop." I really respect the band throwing everything at the wall here but it does make this album feel like an absolute mess at the same time. Pulp is turning out to be a lot weirder and more unconventional than I had originally though, but that may also be due to my inexperience with Brit Pop as a whole as I am an American music enjoyer. All in all this project constantly had me hooked and trying to guess where it was going to next, but now that the surprise factor is gone I don't think this will hit as hard on relisten for me. Different Class is a different breed meant for different kinds of music enjoyers.
Common People, Disco 2000, and I Spy are the strongest efforts. However, I didn't really enjoy this album. Jarvis Cocker is a bit of a legend, and I thoroughly enjoyed This Is Hardcore. This is bland.
Midt på treet
I actually liked this one! The other one I had to listen to was not as enjoyable.
Bitta fun 2 great singles Some great violin work Good
demasiado chill para mi gusto pero ta bn, tiene temas muy chimbas, no me encantó ni nada pero pues si estaba bien, un álbum aceptable
3.5⭐️/5 02.18.2026
I love Pulp, but the album doesn't hold up as a whole. Fun, yes. Great, not really.
Disco 2000 is a fantastic song. Common people is a bloody awesome song as well. I have high hopes for this album. Mis-Shapes: 6.5/10 Gets off to a slow start but is a good rocking tune when it gets going. Pencil Skirt: 6/10 “But I’ve kissed your mother twice, and now I’m working on your dad.” What a line. Common People: 7/10 Good song. Good words and a solid rocker. I spy: 5.5/10 Could be a song in a movie. Disco 2000: 9/10 Belter of a tune. Live Bed Show: 6/10 Something Changed: 6/10 Sorted for E’s and Wizz: 5.5/10 F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E 5/10 Underwear: 6/10 Monday Morning: 5.5/10 Bar Italia: 5.5/10
Fine
Some nice songs, others are more forgettable. The sound reminded a bit of The Cure, but the melodies were not as creative or fresh.
Not bad at all. Probably the best Britpop album I’ve heard yet. Though the vocals are insufferable (like a Bowie wannabe), they’ve started to grow on me, and the songs are masterfully crafted. The first half of the album is definitely the stronger half
Enjoyable. Disco 2000 and Bar Italia were great.
This was a surprising great album! I enjoyed it but there were a few too many average songs to be classified as a 4 rating. A high 3!
3.5
A couple of nice songs, but I can't get over how pretentious Jarvis Cocker is. Kind of forgettable.
It was good. I didn't expected that I'll enjoy it that much though lot of songs sounded very similary
548/1001
2.8/5 Some great tracks on here
I definitely got baited by the Wikipedia summary. I thought this would be a life changing album. It’s kinda your typical British rock album. It’s still a good album but I think I just had higher expectations. The 1 caveat, is that Common People is an absolute BANGER.
Для брит попа довольно бодро, обычно я ебал слушать
It was ok. Typical Brit pop/alt/rock from that era. Nothing to get excited about.
Enjoyed. Singer sounds like he'd be an obnoxious person.
Some problematic lyrics again. But an alright album overall. Some good, some bad. Probably won’t listen to again. Skipped the last few songs honestly to get back to my heavy WUBZ. 😂
Good
Couple songs in here to bob your head to but nothing show-stopping in my opinion
Common people is a classic, but the whole album didnt really pull me in.
Includes a couple of great Pulp songs but not a different class
An enjoyable romp as the world's least likely lothario acts out his fantasies through the medium of music. 3*
Ehh?
underrated Britpop band. has some good tracks on it, but not my style!
Alright vanilla rock. I got their other album a few weeks ago and this one was better. Not sure why this band has two albums on the list.
Lots of great parts, some that didn’t move me. Fav songs are common people, underwear, feeling called love, and disco 2000
musikalisch ganz ok, lyrics sind grenzwertig, bei "i really love it when you tell me to stop, it turns me on" war ich raus
Disco 2000 ist top, ansonsten ganz gut, aber auch nicht mehr.
Eine gute 3, mit dem Drang zu 4 Sternen. Highlight: Disco 2000
Groupe indie/ rock des annees 90 UK, DA décalée et esthétique. Forte inspiration Bowie. Forte rythmique avec synthe/ sons transformés en debut d’album, sons plus rock classique et nostalgique en fin d’album Monday morning / mis shapes
Not my fav
Out of place for British pop/rock in the us in the mid 90s. Good writing. Solid performance. Production doesn't quite hold up for today. I can see how it went unnoticed in the us in the 90s.
Ihan ok, lyriikat varmaan teräviä ja älykköjä (menevät minulla hukkaan, kun harvemmin jaksan sanoja tarkasti kuunnella). Hauskoja melodioita ja hyvää jumputusta välillä.
Rather meh. None of these songs stuck with me. Also none of them grated on me or otherwise made me want to skip them. Sort of like a beige wall I guess.
3.75/5 - Initially found the perversion of the lyrics intriguing if not slightly sexy, but then the whole "breasts" thing got old, and it lost me. Really fun listen, there's a few songs I would definitely listen to again.
Look, here's the thing. This album is diverse. It's interesting. I don't know what it is about Jarvis Cocker, but his voice annoys me. I can't explain it and I won't and you can't make me. The closest I will come is he feels like Brit-Pop Brendon Urie at times with the overly theatrical vocals. That isn't the comparison anyone is hoping for. Except Brendon Urie, of course, who I'm sure would be pumped with the comparison.
Ikke lige migrer fedt faktisk
I think to give this a 5 you had to grow up with this album in the UK. Hearing it for the first time, and not as a Britpop fan, brought nothing to me beyond another whisper-sung album about sexual misadventures. 3⭐️
Again, I can see the appeal. A very talented band, great voice and lyrics. It is not something I would choose to listen to. It is fun to listen to something I would never choose on my own.
Some classics here and Jarvis' voice is very engaging. Thematically seems a little one dimensional but also very easy to listen to.
Not THAT bad. I've never heard of this album or band before. I assumed I'd hate it way more, but it's actually alright. Nothing incredible, I'm not sure I'd wanna keep any song on repeat, but maybe I'll give a few of them a listen here and there. It was a nice time, I didn't suffer throughout this, which is kinda hard to come by lately, honestly.
I really loved "Common People," and the rest of the album was fine, but nothing else really stood out too much (maybe Disco 2000). Loses a star for some weird, rapey lyrics.
Sterotypical Brit pop sound - enjoyed Common People and Feeling Called Love. Pencil Skirt put a bad taste in my mouth that colored the rest of the album for me
Fun enough. ★★★
So I'm currently listening to it and I can't tell why it's considered so special. Must be British people glazing themselves again :/. It's something I would put on for background noise, just for someone else to ask if we can put on real music. People who listen to this and the beatles probably hate on nickelback. They won't let us have cool things, damn. Nevertheless it's listenable, it surely isn't bad music, just to be clear. It's just obviously average to my ears. 5/10
Bon, d’accord, je l’avoue, je suis encore fâché à cause d’hier, mon expérience d’écoute en fut affecté drastiquement. Honnêtement, c’est comme si la musique n’avait pas rentré dans mes oreilles, j’ai zéro souvenir de la moindre track, donc un ptit 3 pour amorcer le début de la fin
At first I was hesitating and not liking, halfway through it became enjoyable, specifically after the song "Common People". Not a bad listen!
This album has a strong sound and an all-time classic song (Common People), but there’s also something about it that kinda makes my skin crawl. Jarvis Cocker has a weird anti-charisma going on.
Not my usual, I'll need to revisit a few of these tracks when in a different headspace
Boring, many notes
fav: Common people ofc Other than that, the rest didn’t scratch that itch and honestly had me cringing. Music was great tho, lyrics didn’t hit. For me personally it is probably more 2.5/5 than 3/5.
It’s whatever man. Idk I didn’t have any strong feelings about it either way
Not my style of music but did enjoy a few songs. My favourite was common people.
Grew up with this album but have always struggled to relate to it. Some objectively great songs though...
I find this album to be incredibly overrated. Common people isn't a bad song and I think it's probably the only one that doesn't feel like filler, that said I still don't find it particularly groundbreaking. Maybe I'm just too middle class for this but I don't think it's making as big a statement as people make it out to be.
I enjoyed this album. I found Cockers voice similar to Smith from The Cure. It was a very good brit pop album that I would definitely listen to again.
Some decent tunes, some not so decent. Overall I thought it was just alright.
Favorite track: Common People
Levyn hitit on 5/5, mutta Pulp ei muuten sytytä. Ihan ok. 3/5.
Fun, poppy 90s Britpop. The music is easy on the ears and varies in moods, all being gentle. Great sequencing of tracks and overall feel to the record. Would be happy to listen to this one again.
Lead Singers voice sounds familiar? First song giving Ok-Go Some soundtrack, like song as well.
Enjoyed a few songs. Very 90s sound
Very good album and I can see why it is held in such high regard, all songs are cool and dynamic, lyrics make it deep and vocals are unique. Would recommend.
No me atrajo mucho, pero más que britpop se escuchaba experimental, en un futuro le daría otra oportunidad
Some very big highs on this (common people, disco 2000, underwear) but can't say the perverted songs work for me. Aware he's doing a bit but they're not great
I didn't love all of the songs. But I have found a favorite. Monday morning.. so yayy
I know this album is held in high esteem. I found it all a bit bleh. Musically it is solid but also very similar to blur and Oasis.
Noice
Classic rock. Beatles esc. Pretty good, nice listen
Some weird songs but overall good
not bad 3.4
Mid except a couple of bangers
Very indie/english Very nice 7.6/10
Surprising. This is Brit pop rock. This feels like an album that has or at least should be sampled a lot. The riffs and beats are great. I imagine this is great live.
“Disco 2000” was a lot of fun!
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couple of good songs - all similar to common people
Good story teller, didn't care for his voice, instrumentation was good
this starts out so strong with Mis-Shapes, immediately stumbles with Pencil Skirt, and the pattern continues every time the band veers off into anything about women or sex Weird album to rate. Leaning more positive than negative, and on an individual level some songs are great, but as a holistic album it's hard to recover from an initial fumble like that if I rate this lower than a 3 it's because I got too annoyed at F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E for having an irritating title with irritating spoken word parts that marred a song I liked otherwise
Enjoyable but not a whole lot I'd come back for
Not really my vibe. Find Jarvis's voice quite annoying although Disco 2000 is a big tune. Around a 7
Not bad, reminds me of Bowie
I do be liking it low-key but why is there a man breathing hot breath in my ear 😔
Standouts Common People Disco 2000 Live Bed Show
Pretty good production, enjoyed a lot of the songs but there was also a a bit of filler. Liked it though
It definitely peaked early, but I still enjoyed it.
Honest disclosure: just before I got into music proper, I turned off a Pulp Saturday morning TV performance in disgust, because the pop performances took up time that could have gone to cartoons. This must have been 1993 or 94. Another honest disclosure: on the return leg of a fishing trip with my friends and their dad, I first heard Common People on the top 40. Having just started to get into guitar music, I didn’t really care for the synths. I don’t think I could then distinguish between this keyboard cycling basic chords and that of other lesser chart music of the time. 1995, obviously. By 1996, I liked it and the album, of course. Pulp are nothing, if not a lesson in waiting things out. Four albums that may be dreadful or just very poorly recorded. How this led to them recording three good albums in the 90s, well-recorded ones, where Jarvis sounds like an actual singer, I don’t know. Not only well-produced, but sonically consistent, each one sounding like a complete suite of songs, the albums distinct from each other, yet always sounding like the same band. These are not the qualities of the band in the 80s and there was no suggestion then that they would have a significant moment like Different Class. The band no longer shambolic, even if they’re workaday; the singer singing instead of croaking; the songwriting generally tight and coherent. And relevant. A lesson in waiting things out. I’m too old for most of it to be relevant now, but Jarvis Cocker was too old at the time anyway. A man in his 30s shouldn’t be getting on like that. And it is clear from recent performances that he is a little embarrassed by the sleaze of Pencil Skirt and Underwear. In the 80s output, such pervsion is occasional. On This is Hardcore, its corrosive qualities are recognised. On We Love Life, he has grown out of it, becoming a much more agreeable person, even if the music is no longer as good. However, on His and Hers and Different Class, this version of Jarvis is chronic and, with time, it has become a little shabby. Shabbiness is fine for your teens and twenties, but it loses its romance over time. Pulp’s is certainly a story of arrested development, of time, and of time passing. 3 Of those albums that I had any affection for in the first years of my discovering rock and pop music in earnest very few have aged badly for me. Be they verifiably terrible works of art, an apology will be made for them in my nostalgia. Pulp‘s Different Class is one of the exceptions to this rule. I positively revered this album when I was a teenager, and many of my friends still do. One just spent a hundred quid on the 30th Anniversary boxset. But for me the shine has long come off this record. I don’t know why that is exactly. I suppose part of it is that Jarvis‘ ‘look at me I’m a pervert’ shtick, edgy in the 90s, has become cringeworthy in the intervening decades. I think Jarvis himself probably winces listening to stuff like Underwear and I Spy and particularly Pencil Skirt. Part of it is that overplaying has told on some of these tracks, especially Disco 2000 which I liked well enough back in the day but after years of hearing the single mix on the radio I shudder to hear it begin in any of its versions. I dislike that nothing guitar riff. Which raises another issue. There are six members in Pulp and yet there is little musical identity once you set aside Jarvis’ voice and, perfectly matched to it, the Phoenix Nights chic of Candida Doyle’s keyboards. Disco 2000 is one of the only guitar parts it’s even possible to notice - and it is rubbish. The drums just blast along. The bass is subdued in the mix beneath the keys. It is telling that, of their later (famous) albums the album that best showcases the different musical identities of the instrumentalists in Pulp is We Love Life - the worst of those albums by quite a distance. Different Class is still not bad of course. It’s an album with some irresistibly catchy tunes. Common People remains not only iconic but an exciting listen. So much of the music on Different Class is a dull, clumsy, clutter though. I once thought this a brilliantly consistent album and now I can’t see how I ever made that mistake. 2.5/5
Common People is such a great song. The rest of the album was ok. I wouldn’t turn it off if it was on but I wouldn’t seek it out to play either.
It’s a good album. Not my top as I’ve never been a big Pulp fan. 3.5 stars
Favourites: Mis-Shapes Common People Disco 2000
Also moderately enjoyable, a good album
Ultimately this is whisper singing way too often by an obsessive guy. I found it interesting that people say Pop Girls talk about their exes too much, but none of that energy is brought here. But the ending of sexism isn't on that record, though the male gaze is a bit heavy handed. Some songs are catchy and well made but most often I was a bit bored and not that surprised.
So torn from how much I love the song Common People and how much I hated the Pencil Skirt lyric "I love it when you tell me to stop". Think in general it's a decent album with a few great songs and a few truly awful songs. I wouldn't listen to the full album again- probably wouldn't relisten to any of the songs I didn't already know. Favourite song: Common People Least: Pencil Skirt
Nem az én stílusom, de vannak jó számok benne.
Oh. That was depressing. This was one of my fave albums for years, but it just didn't resonate with me any more.
Listens: 2.5 Standout Tracks: Common People, F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E., Underwear Never heard of Pulp before. Sort of post-punky, a tad new wave, but it also sort of reminds me of Arctic Monkeys and Velvet Underground/Lou Reed (even though they aren't British). The first time through, it felt very bland and samey sounding, but its grown on me slightly over subsequent listens. I've got very few complaints, but I don't think this is going to enter any sort of rotation.
Ok. Very British. I knew Common People.
Great in parts, ok in others can see why people enjoy it though 3.5*
It just wasn't my thing. Reminded me way too much of velvet underground but it seemed many songs felt similar
Pretty catchy hooks.and melodies. Noice is a bit monotonic.
Surprisingly decent.
Pencil skirt was one of the more creepy tracks I've heard. obviously intentionally, but still. Common people is of course a classic, even though i think the cover might be better. The music is pretty good throughout, but again nothing I would be putting on frequently
Its kinda weird, but i like it.
Common people is great, some close to early Radiohead vibes that I liked, overall didn’t love but didn’t hate this. I think I’ll come back and listen again
Second album of theirs I’ve listened to on the list, there are a couple songs here that I really like such as I Spy and underwear, and if more of the songs were like that I would like this album more. Overall I think this album drags a bit in places, the performances are good but at times it was a struggle to get through and truly enjoy the music.
Somewhere between 3 and 4, but not a 4
Eh, this is fine. Kinda sounds like discount Third Eye Blind. It's certainly not bad, I've just heard other bands do this style better. 2.8
I love the working class.
Pulp are good craic to be fair
Didn't think I'd like this as much as I did, one of these days I'll learn not to judge a book by it's cover. Class stuff, dead cheesy, lyrics are both naff and genius at the same time.
Pretty tuneful actually. Just too bad that the way the singer chooses to portray himself is as a giant creep.
Disco 2000 kappaleen ansiosta ⭐️⭐️⭐️ tähteä.
Definitely the kind of album where the hits carry it. I like it overall though. Common People is a 5 on its own.
I like I Spy. It sounds creepy.
Coolos
Listened to it a day late- not terrible but some songs are just awful (I spy), I really liked Disco 2000 though.
This album has a funny, comical vibe to it. The singer can't wait to not only get you, but also your mom, into the sack and makes it known. I enjoyed the song ""A Different Class"" , ""Pencil Skirt"", and ""Disco 2000"". This was a fun and felt silly.
Overall great, but Shatner & Joe Jackson's Common People may be the best version of the song.
Musically this is fun. However,I don’t know if this persona of Jarvis Cocker is a character or if it’s close to his real personality and ethos, but it wore thin lyrically after awhile. (I also forget how rape-y some of that 90s alternative music was.) “Common People” is a banger though.
Slow kind of boring
First couple of songs are good. Then decent