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DISC 11. THE FEAR2. DISHES3. PARTY HARD4. HELP THE AGED5. THIS IS HARDCORE6. TV MOVIE7. A LITTLE SOUL8. Iand#039;M A MAN9. SEDUCTIVE BARRY10. SYLVIA11. GLORY DAYS12. THE DAY AFTER THE REVOLUTION
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By orac
Format:Audio CD
How do you follow the multi-platinum selling, perfect pop of Different Class? Well, you can wave bye bye to that gold disc and release your darkest collection of songs to date. That's exactly what Pulp did with This is Hardcore. It may have been considered a commercial "flop" by some insiders, but their loss was very much our gain. This is Hardcore is undoubtedly Pulp's finest collection of songs. It's depressing, funny, sad, despondent and uncomfortable to listen to if you are approaching that difficult age of 33. This is a moody, almost sleazy album in places and it's all the better for it. Different Class had an instant appeal to it, but I quickly lost interest.Two years on, Hardcore is still essential listening. That's the biggest compliment you can give to any album, if you still play and treasure it months after the hype has faded. It took a few listens for me to fully appreciate this album, but it soons hit you. Practically every listener will identify with the opening track The Fear. A tale of missed opportunities and panic attacks when everything goes horribly wrong. It all rings so true, and Jarvis knows it. Helped of course by the fine melody, the album touches on many fears but you sort of laff because Jarvis delivers his lyrics like some stand-up comedian. Other highlights include Helped The Aged and the title track which is aided along the way by strings Diva Anne Dudley. Hypnotic and seductive and quite simply brilliant. The track Dishes will make you chuckle whilst TV Movie and A Little Soul will scare you slightly. I never thought that Pulp would release a finer album than His N Hers, but Hardcore is in a class of it's own
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By K. Siddiqui
Format:Audio CD
'This Is Hardcore' is the morning after of the thirtysomething parties of the '90s. In a decade of 'This Life', Hornby, 'Sex & the City' & 'Bridget Jones' leaving people paranoid about the life they should be living, the album tells it how it really was during that period. Plus, is an accurate account of how life is for many, especially in the city. It really is the perfect album for those who've lived and are now paying for it. Many indie types (which I'm not I may add)don't like the lack of catchy tunes, and some tracks do muscially go on for too long (the end coda of the final track goes on for ages)yet the superb lyrics make it a must. Difficult at first, but delicious to finish with.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This is Pulp's equivalent to Blur's eponymous release, showing a darker and far less commercial side to their music. For the most part, the record is too inaccessible to be cherished, but their bravery is commendable, and songs like "Dishes" and (especially) the title track really grow on you.
Jarvis Cocker does exactly what Damon Albarn does on "Blur" and messes up the popular image of himself, perhaps deliberately to make himself less well-loved. He feels isolated and under threat by celebrity, society and "The Fear". He develops a (hopefully tongue-in-cheek) Jesus complex on the afore-mentioned "Dishes", comparing his initials and age to Christ's, whilst adding his usual healthy dose of bathos.
This record is worth buying for the title track alone. Encompassing everything from disco to Krautrock to Velvet Underground to Serge Gainsbourg, it is one of the group's very best, right up there with "Common People" and "Sorted for E's and Whizz", although you can be sure your parents won't like it.
Perhaps in general on this album, Cocker's wryness has faded somewhat and he is less ironic and post-modern and more philosophically naked and direct. That is no bad thing, as the group may have been in danger of turning into a novelty act.
With bands like Pulp, capable of embracing a pop sensibility AND really saying something, who needs vacant pop thrills?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
That goes in there, then that goes in there, oooooohhoooo and then...
Love it, This is Hardcore, Help the Aged and Little Soul are my faves off this album! :) It may have quite a different sound to pulps usual stuff but I think this was quite... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Sophie Sharp
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is Hardcore is without a doubt Pulp's best moment
"I'd like to make this water wine but it's impossible - I've got to get these dishes dry"
There are few albums as astonishing and in the groove as "This is Hardcore". Read more
There are few albums as astonishing and in the groove as "This is Hardcore". Read more
Published 1 month ago by Freidun Taravosh
5.0 out of 5 stars
A dark but great album
A greatly underated album. The songs all tell tales about life which is something Pulp have always done. It is a dep, sombre and in places dark album but worth it
Published 4 months ago by Ric D
4.0 out of 5 stars
a cold in the dose
Some fantastic lyrics, some great emotional climaxes, some sleaze. Theres a couple of real standout tracks on here ('I'm a man', 'Sylvia') amid the porn-director whisperings of... Read more
Published 7 months ago by A. Unsworth
5.0 out of 5 stars
I am not Jesus, though I have the same initials...
After receiving this CD very quickly through the post, I couldn't wait to listen to it! So as soon as I opened it I put it in the CD player as quick as I could. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Spud
4.0 out of 5 stars
This is hardcore
A dark&underated album and a great contrasting set of songs from different class,the title track is a epic song,one of pulps best!its a ideal late night album.
Published 17 months ago by George falconer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pulp's Berlin
Uncomfortable is probably the best word to describe this album. It's not always an easy listen, the sonics of the production tend towards the treble on a great deal of the songs... Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2007 by Mr. A. Johnson
5.0 out of 5 stars
A darker, more complex follow up to Different Class.
"This is our 'Music from A Bachelor's Den' / the sound of loneliness turned up to ten / a horror soundtrack / from a stagnant water bed... / and it sounds just like this". Read more
Published on 1 Mar 2005 by Jonathan James Romley
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is the sound of someone losing the plot...
With "Diffrent class" Pulp became one of the most popular bands in britain, their follow up was this album entitled "This is Hardcore" a fitting title for a rarther dark and... Read more
Published on 24 Feb 2005
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic
This, in my opinion, is alot better than different class. DC may havehad the classics like Common People and Mis-Shapes (check out the Franz Ferdinand cover of that) but This is... Read more
Published on 19 Feb 2005 by Alex Ross
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