Product Description

'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.

Track Listing

1. Mis-Shapes
2. Pencil Skirt
3. Common People
4. I Spy - Pulp, Anne Dudley, Orchestra
5. Disco 2000
6. Live Bed Show
7. Something Changed
8. Sorted For E's & Wizz
9. F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. - Pulp, Anne Dudley, Orchestra
10. Underwear
11. Monday Morning
12. Bar Italia

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #760 in Music
• Released on: 1999-06-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 52 minutes

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

Customer Reviews

Different Classic
Omnivorous music fan, high off Shostakovich's 7th and recent Skaters offshoots (Lamborghini Crystal, Vodka Soap) is forced to take one album with him on a desert island. What does he choose; "Tago Mago"? "In a Silent Way"? No. He chooses Pulp's "Different Class". The best album ever IHHO.

Defining album of the nineties.
Whilst Blur and Oasis argued throughout the nineties 'Britpop' era other bands watched from the sidelines whilst releasing their own albums which could match or maybe even do better then the two giants dominating the genre. Possibly the best and most well known of these bands were Pulp, led by the scrawny Jarvis Cocker, a man that did not follow the styles of Oasis, yet wrote pivotal hits of which some were included in their most well known album, 'Different Class'.
I love different class because of the way it all fits together, Jarvis' voice is its prime whilst he sings some of the best songs ever written ('Common People', 'Disco 2000) to the perfect riffs and chords on keyboards and guitars.
Forget Blur and Oasis, Pulp were the band of the nineties

The best album of the nineties? I think so.

The big question was - Oasis or Blur?

For angst ridden teens like my brother, Nirvana's 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was the album of choice.

Personally, I preferred Oasis and I quite enjoyed Nirvana. But none of them could mean as much to me as Different Class.

I had listened to practically nothing other than the Beatles for four years. I loved them and still do. But when I heard Pulp, for the first time ever I was listening to someone who sounded like me. This was my teenage album. I wasn't a rebellious teen, I didn't go off the rails, instead I questioned everything, became interested in the way the world works, and tried to figure out my own politics. Different class was the most voyeuristic album I'd heard. Instead of songs dealing with love, they were songs dealing with people. Glimpses into the lives of ordinary folk, and through Jarvis Cocker's poetic style I was able to understand them.

In many ways Cocker is a bit like Bob Dylan. His strength comes from his poetry. His choice of words and 'everyman' style of delivery made him perfect for someone like me who wanted to push aside the glossy word of celebrity for something more worthwhile in my musical tastes.

Jarvis' unique style and the strength of the songs on this album must surely make it one of the top ten best albums ever. From the pop delights of Common People and Disco 2000, the 'voice in your ear' effect of FEELINGCALLEDLOVE, and the almost fly on the wall Underwear and Live Bed Show.

Pure brilliance, if you don't own this album then you are missing out on one of the most talented pieces of musical work ever.