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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. As well as perfectly capturing the behavior of his characters, Cocker grasps the nuances of language, creating a dense portrait of suburban and working-class life.

Cocker had a friend who used the phrase 'different class' to describe something that was 'in a class of its own'. Alluding to society and the British class system, 'Different Class' was definitely of its time, but still resonates today. The year had already seen UK number one albums by Elastica, Supergrass, The Charlatans, Black Grape and The Boo Radleys. Related Artists - Alpha, Jarv Is, Jarvis Cocker, Relaxed Muscle, The Chocolate Layers, The Lovers, The Nu Forest, The White Sport. Following the recent renewal of interest in Britpop comes the reissue of Pulp's widely revered 1995 LP 'Different Class'.The album explores sex and class with Jarvis Cocker's biting, witty lyrics taking a perfect snapshot of mid 90s English suburban and working class life. Highly recommended for dancing on tables, drinking vodka, and finding a too-young-for-you boyfriend. From the faux-show tune romp of the anthemic opener Mis-Shapes and the glitzy, gaudy stomp of Disco 2000 ) to the aching ballad Underwear and the startling sexual menace of I Spy, Pulp construct a diverse, appealing album around the same basic sound. Pressed onto 180g vinyl, this special issue comes with an insert featuring Cocker's bitingly deft lyrics. The award was the cherry atop a most morish cake of a record, which over 15 years since its release continues to reward the listener with some of the smartest, slinkiest, sauciest, spectacular pop songs of a decade that was, looking back, not that brilliant once the bucket hats and ironic anoraks are whipped away.

Pulp don't stray from their signature formula at all -- it's still grandly theatrical, synth-spiked pop with new wave and disco flourishes, but they have mastered it here. By the time "Different Class" was released at the end of October 1995, the band, particularly lead singer Jarvis Cocker, were genuine British superstars, with two number two singles and a triumphant last-minute performance at Glastonbury under their belts, as well as one tabloid scandal.The album was a critical and commercial success, entering the UK Albums Chart at number one and winning the 1996 Mercury Music Prize. Pulp don't stray from their signature formula at all it's still grandly theatrical, synth-spiked pop with new wave and disco flourishes, but they have mastered it here. collectors 180 gram double vinyl edition with original packaging, free 320kbps mp3 download and exclusive new poster. The cookies tell us which pages are the most and least popular and show us how people move around the site. And it started early: in May, Jarvis Cocker and company achieved the previously unthinkable and scored a Genuine Hit Record.

These two major turns in fortune provided all the momentum necessary to ensure the band’s fifth album, Different Class, would be, commercially, their definitive release. Jarvis Cocker has done revolutionary things within his life time the most recent was in 1996 when he mooned Michael 'Creepy' Jackson at the Brits. For some bands, success comes after years of hard work, playing tiny venues and selling meagre amounts of merchandise to put enough fuel in the tank to reach whatever hellhole’s next on a never-ending tour.

Pops and crackles all over my copy, which are accentuated because it's such a quiet pressing I have to crank the volume way up. Mis-shapes' and 'Pencil Skirt' is yet more of Cocker at his most debauched, but it makes for some pretty catchy tracks, with 'Underwear' proving the same. A large aperture at the front and 6 reversible artwork inserts allow a choice of 12 different sleeve designs. Pulp don't stray from their signature formula at all - it's still grandly theatrical, synth-spiked, kitchen-drama pop with new wave and disco flourishes, but they have mastered it here. Formed in Sheffield in 1978, and with enough ex-members to form several more outfits, Pulp had released four albums by the summer of 1995.