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| 1. My Lighthouse |
| 2. Wishful Thinking |
| 3. Joking Aside |
| 4. Boats and Trains |
| 5. Blue Girls |
| 6. Love Love |
| 7. In Many Ways |
| 8. Looking For Life |
| 9. My Lighthouse (Single Version) |
| 10. Please Don't Worry |
| 11. Blue Girls (Alternative Mix) |
| 12. Sink Or Swim |
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Vinyl is on 180 gram vinyl and include download card. Pulp s debut and one of their most honest recordings - capturing a band at the beginning of their startling career. It is a gentle, mainly acoustic album that hints at the musical directions Pulp would later pursue. The album touches on the majestic, theatrical ballads of Scott Walker, as well as the stark, folky song poems of Leonard Cohen. Certainly an album by a young band trying to pinpoint their direction, and absorbing many an influence from all around, It has aged beautifully into a charming collection. Fire are to reissue Pulp s 1983 debut album It as part of the Fire Embers reissue series with bonus material. Re-mastered and repackaged. New liner notes by Everett True. Featuring 4 Bonus tracks including single version of My Lighthouse and alternative mix of Blue Girls , the previously unreleased Sink Or Swim and Please Don t Worry from Pulp s John Peel session in 1981.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Although this is a different Pulp to what you may be used to, this album is still a goodun. It's an album containing clever little acoustic melodies with intelligent lyrics and timing that Cocker is famed for. If your a Pulp fan you may be shocked by what you hear, but if you're a broad minded Pulp fan then you'll love it. The album starts with the wonderful "My Lighthouse" on which Jarvis's sister does the backing vocals for. It then continues with pleasant upbeat songs such as "boats and Trains" and "Love Love". True, some may not like it, but I do.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Appearing some twelve years before Jarvis Cocker's tramp-like persona imprinted itself on the national consciousness, "It" is understandably different from the better-known material. Except for 1996's single Something Changed, which was written at this time and not included, then left on the shelf at Pulp HQ until Different Class was being recorded.
The first album is predominantly acoustic, with backing vocals by Jarvis' sister and her school friends, the seven songs (in the album's original form) are mostly concerned with an idealist's appreciation of love and hardly dare mention the s-word.
The real stand-outs are Wishful Thinking, concerned with the tendency of a one-night encounter to leave you wanting more, and the sublime song Blue Girls, which watches several old flames flicker and die as their lives progress.
First ever single My Lighthouse is the ideal opening track, and its b-side Looking For Life is tacked onto the end of all recent (ie: last ten years or so) pressings. Both these songs are in keeping with the rest of the album: in fact the ponderous grind of Looking For Life fits so well onto the end that its presence is a rare example of Fire Records getting something exactly right.
If you liked Something Changed, expect to like this. It's grate. I love It.
Format:Audio CD
I love Jarvis and Pulp, but giving "It" 5 Stars would lead one to believe they're buying something of the caliber of "Different Class", and Different Class it is certainly not. I love a number of songs like "Wishful Thinking" and "My Lighthouse", both of which are lyrically and vocally classic Jarvis, and the remastering sounds refreshed and great (not just louder), but from an artistic quality perspective, it's about 3.5 or 4 stars at best.
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Finally reissued!
Pulp's debut from 1983, years before they met any fame, is finally available once more on CD, with five additional tracks not feautured on the original LP. Read more
Published 2 months ago by MR C J MEADOWS
Pulp's delightful first album!
Rating: 7.5/10
Best tracks: "My Lighthouse", "Boats and Trains", "Joking Aside", "Blue Girls"
Pulp took a hell of a long time to become stars - they recorded... Read more
Best tracks: "My Lighthouse", "Boats and Trains", "Joking Aside", "Blue Girls"
Pulp took a hell of a long time to become stars - they recorded... Read more
Published on 4 April 2009 by New Gold Dreamer
pulps first, yet worst album
being a big fan of pulp, IT is the worst album pulp released. I guess they wanted to make it "big" right from the start, but failed. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2000
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