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  • Audio CD (18 Jun 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Universal / Island
  • ASIN: B000001E8P
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,529 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Mis-Shapes 3:46£0.69
Listen  2. Pencil Skirt 3:11£0.69
Listen  3. Common People 5:51£0.79
Listen  4. I Spy 5:55£0.69
Listen  5. Disco 2000 4:33£0.79
Listen  6. Live Bed Show 3:29£0.69
Listen  7. Something Changed 3:18£0.59
Listen  8. Sorted For E's & Wizz 3:47£0.69
Listen  9. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. 6:01£0.69
Listen10. Underwear 4:06£0.69
Listen11. Monday Morning 4:18£0.59
Listen12. Bar Italia 3:42£0.69

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Amazon.co.uk Review
It became increasingly apparent during 1995 that the answer to the question "Blur or Oasis?" was, in fact, "Pulp". Different Class was the sound of a band so on "it" that they defined "it". Thirty years of fury, frustration, sexual longing, class angst and observations about girls' skirts was rammed into the grand Brechtian/Brel-like drama of "Live Bed Show", "I Spy" and, of course, "Common People"; and sure enough it has the impact of crashing head-on into someone's entire sordid, suppressed secret life. When Jarvis hisses "I can't help it / I was dragged up / Grass is something you smoke/ Birds are something you shag / Take your 'Year In Provence' and shove it up your ass," it sounds like mustard gas escaping over the trenches in the class war. And he wins. If music had a class system, this would be our ruler. --Caitlin Moran

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'Different Class' followed Pulp's 1994 mainstream breakthrough album 'His 'n' Hers' and was the band's fifth studio album. Sticking to the indie pop sound that graced their 1994 release, the album featured three UK Top Ten hits including the indie disco classic 'Common People' as well as the doublea-side 'Mis-Shapes/Sorted for E's And Whizz' with the latter causing much controversy due to the single's drug paraphernalia artwork.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Squalid, Seedy, Desperate.... Superb., 21 Jan 2004
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For those not gullible or stupid enough to buy into the whole media-led Battle of Blur/Oasis nonsense of 1995/96, there were other bands to listen to. This was my first year at university, and it seemed that every corridor in every Hall of Residence resonated to the sound of either (Whats The Story) Morning Glory or Different Class. As great and enjoyable as the former was, despite being proclaimed by many as a genius, at the end of the day Noel Gallaghers lyrics were incoherent gibberish. If youre a lyrics person who likes to get lost in the vivid world to which the words and music take you, then Pulp were the obvious popular alternative.
And it really couldnt get more vivid than the world to which Jarvis Cocker took us. Cynical and disillusioned, squalid and depraved, funny and sad, joyful and desperate  if you could step inside the album you would most likely find yourself leaning against a urine-soaked wall on a rainy street corner on a run-down Sheffield housing estate, watching its impoverished inhabitants eke out their dead-end existence with no hope or escape, only drink, drugs, seedy casual sex and mindless violence providing any distraction from the bleakness of it all.
Depressing as this vision is, Different Class is by no means a depressing listen. Whilst it has its moments of desperate, lonely sadness (Live Bed Show), pathetic, forlorn longing (Disco 2000, Underwear) and sordid depravity (Pencil Skirt, I Spy), there are also uplifting moments of defiance and righteous anger, all of which is wonderfully underscored by Cockers spiky wit. Opening track Mis-Shapes is a rallying cry for anyone who has ever been made to suffer for standing out from the herd, whilst Common People  the classic for which Pulp will always be remembered  rages magnificently against those who attempt to be fashionably working class. There is tenderness too  Something Changed is simply lovely.
Pulp had already been around for a long time before Different Class was released, and this album represents them at the absolute pinnacle of their game. The perfect album for its time, it rose above the frenzied hype and media manipulation that surrounded the Britpop era, and perhaps serves as the most powerful and articulate example of the music produced during this period. It speaks to the secret dark side in all of us of which we are uncomfortably aware but would prefer not to acknowledge, especially to other people. Cocker is forthright and unabashed in sharing his with us to superb (if occasionally unsettling) effect.
I can get as misty-eyed as everyone else of my generation at the sound of Wonderwall or Dont Look Back In Anger  after all, they were hits at the same time, I like them very much and they provoke very fond memories of my student days. But ultimately they are meaningless and have nothing to say. Theres nothing at all wrong with that, of course. But to hear a song that takes you on a vivid lyrical journey to a very unpleasant place in all its stark, dank, grimy squalor and thoroughly enjoy the ride as well as appreciate the message is an all too rare experience. Different Class achieves this with practically every track. As an album, it is a must-have for anyones collection. As a document of the Cool Britannia period (which, again, was purely a media creation in the first place) it is invaluable  proof that not all British rock stars of that time were drunken loutish neanderthals. And as a reminder of my first year at university utterly indispensible.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece., 21 Jan 2007
By E. Thompson (Leeds) - See all my reviews
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I hadn't listened to this album in about 8 years and revisited it recently. I couldn't believe I had left it so long - almost every track is truly brilliant, from tales of drugged-out nights in a field, the inevitable come-downs, being 'common'!Marvellous.

Every song on this disc is totally memorable (bringing back wild and happy memories from the summer I turned 18). It seems to have everything from mildly comedic ramblings in Sorted for E's and Whizz, true sentiment in Something Changed to the faintly sinister I Spy. All delivered in Cocker's instantly recognisable broad Sheffield accent (Eat your heart out, Arctic Monkeys).

This album definitely has to be one of the finest to come out of the nineties. Nuff Said!
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best album of the 90s, 12 Jul 2000
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"Different Class" is possibly the most perfect album produced in the last twenty years. It certainly is the best I've heard in the last decade. Brilliant and diverse music with worthy lyrics (especially for the definitive "Common People", which is so perfectly constructed and performed, with every one of Cocker's vocal nuances adding another layer, that it must be a strong contender for the title of best song ever), each song contributes to the album's overall feel of the frustration the young feel about the old and the poor feel about the rich. "Disco 2000" and "Sorted for E's and Wizz" are obviously wonderful, but my personal favourite is "Something Changed" which is both hilarious and heartbreaking. All-in-all, an album that touches upon perfection.
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