Different class
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Polygram Island Records |
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11 |
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52:20 |
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The Town House, London |
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Different Class is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Pulp . It was released on October 30, 1995 by PolyGram and Island Records .
Creation and publication
Different Class was produced by Chris Thomas. It contained the band's two most successful singles, both of which reached number two on the UK charts: Common People and Sorted for E's & Wizz / Mis-Shapes (the latter with two A-sides). The album itself climbed to # 1 on the UK charts and went four times platinum in the UK.
Leitmotif
The central motif of the album is the British class system . This is reflected in the title Different Class (Ger. Other class ) and includes a thematic framework for the pieces of the album. On the back of the cover are the words:
- " Please understand. We don't want no trouble. We just want the right to be different. That's all. "
Track list
With the exception of the marked exceptions, all songs are written by Jarvis Cocker , Nick Banks, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior, Candida Doyle and Mark Webber.
- page 1
- 1. Mis-Shapes - 3:46
- 2. Pencil Skirt - 3:11
- 3. Common People (Cocker, Banks, Mackey, Sr., Doyle) - 5:50
- 4. I Spy - 5:55
- 5th Disco 2000 - 4:33
- 6. Live Bed Show - 3:29
- Page 2
- 7. Something Changed - 3:18
- 8. Sorted for E's & Wizz - 3:47
- 9. FEELINGCALLEDLOVE - 6:01 am
- 10. Underwear (Cocker, Banks, Mackey, Sr., Doyle) - 4:06
- 11. Monday morning
reception
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Different Class received almost exclusively positive reviews and is represented in many leaderboards. In 1996 the album was awarded the Mercury Music Prize . In addition, Pulp was nominated for four BRIT Awards in the same year but had to admit defeat to Oasis in three categories .
The New Musical Express ranks the album at number 6 of the 500 best albums of all time. The song Common People is # 6 of the 500 best songs of all time and # 1 of the 100 best songs of the 1990s.
Rolling Stone voted Different Class at # 85 on the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s. Common People ranked 8th of the 50 best songs of the decade and was named the best Britpop song in a reader poll by the magazine.
The website Pitchfork ranks the album # 1 in the 50 best Britpop albums and 61 in the 100 best albums of the decade. Common People ranks # 2 in the Top 200 Songs of the 1990s.
Spin chose Different Class at number 35 of the 300 best albums from 1985 to 2014.
The English magazine Q had its readers vote on the hundred best British albums in 2000, with Different Class finishing 46th. Previously, the same magazine had voted the album # 37 of the best albums of all time.
The magazine Time took Common People on the list of the 100 best songs.
“Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes funny, sometimes both at the same time. Cocker's songs identify him as a master of pop. The central track, "Common People", is one of the great singles of the 90s. The rest of the album is full of wonderful borrowings from David Bowie and kitsch diva Laura Branigan from the 80s. "
The album is one of the 1001 albums You Must Hear Before You Die .
Web links
- Different Class at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine on allmusic.com (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ↑ Review by David Fricke on rollingstone.com (archived) (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ↑ Review by Simon Reynolds on pitchfork.com, accessed May 8, 2017
- ↑ Review by Barry Walters on Spin.com (accessed May 8, 2017)
- ↑ Review by Dorian Lynskey on theguardian.com (accessed May 8, 2017)
- ↑ Review by Vicky Butscher on laut.de (accessed on May 8, 2017)
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 100-1 on nme.com (accessed May 8, 2017)
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time on nme.com (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ↑ 100 Best Songs Of The 1990s on nme.com (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ↑ 85. Pulp, 'Different Class' on rollingstone.com (accessed May 8, 2017)
- ↑ 50 Best Songs of the Nineties on rollingstone.com (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ↑ 10 Best Brit-Pop Songs: Reader's Poll on rollingstone.com (accessed April 13, 2020)
- ↑ The 50 Best Britpop Albums on pitchfork.com (accessed April 13, 2020)
- ↑ Top 100 Albums of the 1990s on pitchfork.com (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ↑ The Top 200 Tracks of the 1990s on pitchfork.com (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ↑ The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985-2014) on spin.com (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ↑ All-TIME 100 songs on time.com (accessed January 8, 2020)
- ^ Buckley, Peter (ed.): Rock Rough Guide, 2nd edition, Verlag JB Metzler Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, p. 640.