Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Joyriders
2. Lipgloss
3. Acrylic Afternoons
4. Have You Seen Her Lately?
5. Babies (new mix)
6. She’s A Lady
7. Happy Endings
8. Do You Remember The First Time?
9. Pink Glove
10. Someone Like The Moon
11. David’s Last Summer

Disc 2:

1. Live On (BBC Mark Goodier Session)*
2. You're not Blind (demo)*
3. Space (BBC Hit The North Session soundcheck)*
4. The Boss (demo)*
5. Watching Nicky (demo)*
6. Frightened (demo)*
7. Your Sister's Clothes (b-side)
8. Seconds (b-side)
9. His'n'Hers (b-side)
10. Street Lites (b-side)
11. You're a Nightmare (BBC John Peel Session)*
12. The Babysitter (b-side)
13. Deep Fried in Kelvin (b-side)
14. * Previously unavailable

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51599 in Music
• Released on: 2006-09-11
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Deluxe Edition, Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .37 pounds
• Running time: 112 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Despite three wildly-varying, and rarely-satisfying previous albums, it seemed to most onlookers that Pulp emerged, butterfly-like, as a fully formed entity with 1994's His 'n' Hers, the first proper indication of Pulp's modus operandi. While there'd been hints at the retro-futurist sheen of Candida Doyle's prominent keyboards, and Jarvis Cocker's eye for grimy suburban storytelling on earlier tracks like "Sheffield: Sex City", the apex of Cocker's lyrical preoccupations and wordplay appears on His 'n' Hers. And they're not just clever; they're also perfect pop songs. "Babies" and "Lipgloss" are all still guaranteed classics at any indie disco, but the rest of the album is lyrically arresting, filled with council-estate chic and dislikeable anti-heroes, a whole decade before Pete Doherty or The Arctic Monkeys made it cool again - just listen to "Joyriders" or "Acrylic Afternoons" to see how it should be done. All of this is offset with the charming summation of late-adolescent summer, essayed in the wondrous, beautiful closer "David’s Last Summer". A perfect ten so far, but the bonus disc of high-quality B-sides ("Street Lites" and the title track being particularly excellent) and unheard demos means that this release is an absolutely essential purchase, even if you already own it. --Thom Allott

CD Description
Pulp's breakthrough album arrived after an unbelievably long haul, and then Jarvis Cocker was suddenly sharing front pages of music magazines with Liam and Damon. Here, the songs explored now-familiar Pulp territory, social class, seedy sexual encounters, voyeurism ('Babies'), bad sex ('you bought a toy that can reach the places he never goes'), good sex, and lots more sex, all blessed with Cocker's humorous, touching and, conversely, often innocent lyrical observations. Capable of writing almost unbearably tender love songs and laments for wasted lives ('your hair is a mess and your eyes arejust holes in your face'), Cocker's honesty and insight were distilled to perfection in the wonderful 'Do You Remember The First Time'.

Customer Reviews

A rarity , a brilliant album re-issued with genuinely worthwhile bonus disc
In much the same way that a parent, although they love their children unconditionally, has a golden period of their kids childhood (usually the post toddler phase when they are forming their own distinct personality but still retain that cherubic cuteness) so it is the same with music. Pulp, as everyone should be aware, were around for a very long time before they broke through and I saw them live several times just as they were on the cusp and you could sense they had something special about them. Though I am intensely fond of the "Separations" material ("My Legendary Girlfriend" is the first Pulp song I ever heard and is still one of my favourites) there is no doubt for me that "His N Hers" released in 1994 is their finest moment. It catches them while they still had a certain eccentric gaucheness about them but had written songs that clearly showed an acute pop sensibility with an burgeoning perverse yet mature awareness of social minutiae. Pulp more than any other band around at the time and indeed since sang with eloquence and no little humour about the lives they , or rather Jarvis, had lived.
Of course in raconteur, clown, comedian, social commentator and singer Jarvis Cocker they had a front man who you just knew would be a star the first time you laid eyes on him. Exuding discounted faux glamour their synthetic mini operas were witty, clever, sometimes audacious and nearly always as catchy as a summer cold. Their sound was given an organic base by Russell Seniors pullulating violin and scabrous guitars. Candida Doyles lurid keyboard, piano; synthesizer lines give the music the grimy yet alluring quality that made it so intoxicating. Most importantly Pulp had the songs.
"Babies" is the absolute pinnacle , an absolute maelstrom of repressed desire and misdirected lust, the way the chorus pivots on that Line "I want to take you home , I want to give children " is just magical. And of course there are all those yeah yeah yeahs. One of the great pop songs of the last twenty five years (Pulp are responsible for three- "Babies", "O.U." and naturally "Common People") it is by no means, though the only great pop sing in "His N Hers". "Do You Remember The First Time" revels in its vertiginous melody and tiny dramatic impasses. "Joyriders" is replete with stuttering rhythms and tremendous peaks and contains the terrific line "Hey you in the Jesus sandals/wouldn't you like to watch some vandals ". "Lipgloss", another single and another glorious pop nugget. "Acrylic Afternoons " has that mock lothario sibilance that Jarvis used often at this stage in Pulps career but segues into another pop moment like a packet of sherbet dips exploding. His vocals on "Have You Seen Her Lately" are ohh so slightly dodgy but the song is wonderfully balanced between anxiety and desire while "Pink Glove" builds portentously like a pop Wicker Man. A couple of tracks -"Someone Like The Moon" and "She's A Lady"- lack the instinctive dynamics of the finest material here but Pulps often amusing and sometimes poignant observations on class, sleazy assignations , voyeurism , frustrated desire and sex are never less than pleasing.
What makes this so utterly essential are the tracks on the extra CD.These bonus discs are often so superfluous as to be meaningless but this one has genuine interest with demo's, b-sides and session material. It's actually worth owning for "Deep Fired In Kelvin" alone, a labyrinthine semi-funk workout with Jarvis narrating and cooing like "Jackanory" written by Mike Leigh. "Street Lites", "His N Hers" is also excellent while I'm very fond of "Space" because it brings back memories of seeing Pulp live in my home town of Halifax some time before they broke in the national consciousness.
It's almost impossible to believe that this album lost out to the execrable coffee table soul of M People for the Mercury music prize (a decision that must haunt those judges now). This album stands alone atop the pinnacle of the scree sloped mountain that was Brit-pop, a lamentable genre now in danger of being resurrected thanks to the Artic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs etc. Pulp did it first though and what's more they did it so much better.

Better than "Different Class"
My first review for Amazon! Just had to say how much I love this album. It brings backs so many lovely memories of the mid 1990s, and is wonderful in all respects. Clever, intelligent, melodic, it just hits all the right notes even now in 2009. The opening chords to "Babies" still makes my spine tingle 15 years later every time I hear it, and remains one of my all time favourites. Just sit back with a beer, low lights and enjoy - Jarvis just exudes smoothness and intelligence, and it's a pleasure to listen to. Just enjoy.