This Is Hardcore

This Is Hardcore
Studio album by Pulp
Released	30 March 1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative, Britpop
Length	69:49
Label	Island Records
Producer	Chris Thomas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Calgary Sun (Positive) 30 Mar 98 Entertainment Weekly (A-) 13 Apr 98 NME (7/10) Pitchfork (7.8/10) link Q Robert Christgau link Rolling Stone 23 Mar 98 Spin (8/10)
Pulp chronology
Different Class (1995) This Is Hardcore (1998) We Love Life (2001)

This Is Hardcore is an album by British alternative rock band Pulp, first released in March 1998 (see 1998 in music). 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 11 September 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".

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original CD release 1.2 This Is Glastonbury Bonus Disc 1.3 Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc 1.4 Limited edition double vinyl LP 1.4.1 Side one 1.4.2 Side two 1.4.3 Side three 1.4.4 Side four 2 Chart positions 3 References

Track listing

Original 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" – 5:52
13. "Like a Friend" (bonus track) – 4:32
    • This track was not included on the original UK release of the album. Instead "The Day After the Revolution" had an extended outro bringing the track to around 15 minutes.

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"

Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc

1. "Cocaine Socialism" ('proper' version of b-side)
2. "It’s a Dirty World" (recording session outtake)
3. "Like a Friend" (b-side)
4. "The Professional" (b-side)
5. "Ladies' Man" (b-side)
6. "Laughing Boys" (b-side)
7. "We Are the Boys" (b-side)
8. "Tomorrow Never Dies" (rough mix)
9. "Can I Have My Balls Back, Please?" (demo)
10. "Modern Marriage" (demo)
11. "My Erection" (demo)
12. "You Are the One" (demo)
13. "Street Operator" (demo)
14. "This Is Hardcore" (End of the Line Mix) (b-side)

Limited edition double vinyl LP

Side one

1. "The Fear"
2. "Dishes"
3. "Party Hard"
4. "Help the Aged"
5. "This Is Hardcore"

Side two

1. "TV Movie"
2. "A Little Soul"
3. "I'm a Man"
4. "Seductive Barry"

Side three

1. "Sylvia"
2. "Glory Days"
3. "The Day After the Revolution"

Side four

1. "Tomorrow Never Lies"
2. "Laughing Boy"
3. "The Professional"
4. "This is Hardcore" (End of the Line Mix)

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	-

References

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

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Albums
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Compilation albums
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"My Lighthouse" | "Everybody's Problem" | "Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)" | "Dogs Are Everywhere" | "They Suffocate at Night" "Master of the Universe" | "My Legendary Girlfriend" | "Countdown" | "O.U. (Gone, Gone)" | "My Legendary Girlfriend" (live) "Babies" | "Razzmatazz" | "Lipgloss" | "Do You Remember The First Time" | "The Sisters EP" | "Common People" "Mis-Shapes"/"Sorted for E's & Wizz" | "Disco 2000" | "Something Changed" | "Help The Aged" | "This Is Hardcore" "Like a Friend" | "A Little Soul" | "Party Hard" | "Sunrise / The Trees" | "Bad Cover Version"
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