This Is Hardcore

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This Is Hardcore
This Is Hardcore cover
Studio album by Pulp
Released Flag of the United Kingdom March 30, 1998
Flag of the United States March 31, 1998
Flag of Japan April 1, 1998
Deluxe edition:
Flag of the United Kingdom September 11, 2006
Recorded 1997
Genre Britpop
Alternative rock
Length 69:49
Label Island Records
Producer Chris Thomas
Professional reviews
Pulp chronology
Different Class
(1995)		 This Is Hardcore
(1998)		 We Love Life
(2001)

This Is Hardcore is an album by English band Pulp, first released in March 1998. It came three years after their breakthrough album, Different Class, and was eagerly anticipated. It did not live up to the commercial success of the previous album, despite reaching number one in the charts. Nevertheless, the album was well received critically, and earned Pulp a third successive nomination for the 1998 Mercury Prize. Initial pressings in the UK came with a bonus live CD entitled "This Is Glastonbury". A deluxe edition of This Is Hardcore was released on September 11, 2006. It contained a second disc of B-sides, demos and rarities.

The cover art was directed by the American painter John Currin who is known for his figurative paintings of exaggerated female forms.[1] Currin was also the art director for the "Help the Aged" video, based on his painting "The Never Ending Story."

Like Different Class, the album is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[1]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Flag of the United Kingdom CD release:

  1. "The Fear" – 5:35
  2. "Dishes" – 3:30
  3. "Party Hard" – 4:00
  4. "Help the Aged" – 4:28
  5. "This Is Hardcore" – 6:25
  6. "TV Movie" – 3:25
  7. "A Little Soul" – 3:19
  8. "I'm a Man" – 4:59
  9. "Seductive Barry" – 8:31
  10. "Sylvia" – 5:44
  11. "Glory Days" – 4:55
  12. "The Day After the Revolution" – 14:56

[edit] This Is Glastonbury Bonus Disc:

  1. "The Fear"
  2. "Live Bed Show"
  3. "TV Movie"
  4. "A Little Soul"
  5. "Party Hard"
  6. "Help The Aged"
  7. "Seductive Barry"

[edit] Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc:

  1. "Cocaine Socialism" (Proper Version) - 5:14
  2. "It's a Dirty World" (Recording Session Outtake) - 5:13
  3. "Like a Friend" - 4:32
  4. "The Professional" - 5:09
  5. "Ladies' Man" - 4:44
  6. "Laughing Boy" - 3:50
  7. "We Are the Boyz" - 3:15
  8. "Tomorrow Never Dies" (Rough Mix) - 4:53
  9. "Can I Have My Balls Back, Please?" (Demo) - 4:16
  10. "Modern Marriage" (Demo) - 4:54
  11. "My Erection" (Demo) - 4:22
  12. "You Are the One" (Demo) - 4:28
  13. "Street Operator" (Demo) - 3:52
  14. "This Is Hardcore" (End of the Line Mix) - 2:06

[edit] Flag of the United States CD release:

The U.S. version features an edit of "The Day After the Revolution" and adds the B-side "Like a Friend" as a bonus track.

  1. "The Fear" – 5:35
  2. "Dishes" – 3:30
  3. "Party Hard" – 4:00
  4. "Help the Aged" – 4:28
  5. "This Is Hardcore" – 6:25
  6. "TV Movie" – 3:25
  7. "A Little Soul" – 3:19
  8. "I'm a Man" – 4:59
  9. "Seductive Barry" – 8:31
  10. "Sylvia" – 5:44
  11. "Glory Days" – 4:55
  12. "The Day After the Revolution" – 5:52
  13. "Like a Friend" (bonus track) – 4:32

[edit] Flag of Japan CD release:

The Japanese pressing features 2 bonus tracks and also includes the "This Is Glastonbury" bonus disc with 2 bonus tracks from the same show.

  1. "The Fear" – 5:35
  2. "Dishes" – 3:30
  3. "Party Hard" – 4:00
  4. "Help the Aged" – 4:28
  5. "This Is Hardcore" – 6:25
  6. "TV Movie" – 3:25
  7. "A Little Soul" – 3:19
  8. "I'm a Man" – 4:59
  9. "Seductive Barry" – 8:31
  10. "Sylvia" – 5:44
  11. "Glory Days" – 4:55
  12. "The Day After the Revolution" – 14:56
  13. "Like a Friend" (bonus track) – 4:32
  14. "Tomorrow Never Lies" (bonus track) - 4:53

Japanese Bonus Disc:

  1. "The Fear" (Live)
  2. "Live Bed Show" (Live)
  3. "TV Movie" (Live)
  4. "A Little Soul" (Live)
  5. "Party Hard" (Live)
  6. "Help the Aged" (Live)
  7. "Seductive Barry" (Live)
  8. "This Is Hardcore" (Live) (bonus track)
  9. "Glory People: Glory Days / Common People" (Live) (bonus track)

[edit] Flag of the United Kingdom Limited edition double vinyl LP:

[edit] Side one

  1. "The Fear" – 5:35
  2. "Dishes" – 3:30
  3. "Party Hard" – 4:00
  4. "Help the Aged" – 4:28
  5. "This Is Hardcore" – 6:25

[edit] Side two

  1. "TV Movie" – 3:25
  2. "A Little Soul" – 3:19
  3. "I'm a Man" – 4:59
  4. "Seductive Barry" – 8:31

[edit] Side three

  1. "Sylvia" – 5:44
  2. "Glory Days" – 4:55
  3. "The Day After the Revolution" – 14:56

[edit] Side four

  1. "Tomorrow Never Lies" - 4:53
  2. "Laughing Boy" - 3:50
  3. "The Professional" - 5:09
  4. "This is Hardcore" (End of the Line Mix) - 2:06

[edit] Singles

In the UK, there were four singles released from the album:

  1. "Help the Aged" (November 10, 1997)
  2. "This Is Hardcore" (March 16, 1998)
  3. "A Little Soul" (June 8, 1998)
  4. "Party Hard" (September 7, 1998)
  • "The Fear" was released as a promo-only CD single in the US in 1998. The single features the 4:29 radio edit and a 0:10 research hook. There was never a commercial single release for the song.

[edit] Chart positions

Title Release date UK US
This Is Hardcore (album) 30 March 1998 1 114
"Help the Aged" 10 November 1997 8 -
"This Is Hardcore" (single) 16 March 1998 12 -
"A Little Soul" / "Cocaine Socialism" 8 June 1998 22 -
"Party Hard" 7 September 1998 29 -

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cocker, Jarvis 'They're not grotesque - they're beautiful' Retrieved 11 December 2007.
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