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Pulp Album: “This Is Hardcore [Japan Bonus Track]”
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This Is Hardcore [Japan Bonus Track] |
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Release Date:1999-12-28
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Rock, Mainstream Rock, Cover Art
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Label:Island
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:498801135661
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Review - :
"This is the sound of someone losing the plot/you're gonna like it, but not a lot." So says {$Jarvis Cocker} on {&"The Fear,"} the opening track on {^This Is Hardcore}, the ambitious follow-up to {$Pulp}'s breakthrough {^Different Class}, thereby providing his own review for the album. {$Cocker} doesn't quite lose the plot on {^This Is Hardcore}, but the ominous, claustrophobic {&"The Fear"} makes it clear that this is a different band, one that no longer has anthems like {&"Common People"} in mind. The shift in direction shouldn't come as a surprise -- {$Pulp} was always an arty band -- but even the catchiest numbers are shrouded in darkness. {^This Is Hardcore} is haunted by disappointments and fear -- by the realization that what you dreamed of may not be what you really wanted. Nowhere is this better heard than on {&"This Is Hardcore,"} where drum loops, lounge piano, cinematic strings, and a sharp lyric create a frightening monument to weary decadence. It's the centerpiece of the album, and the best moments follow its tone. Some, like {&"The Fear,"} {&"Seductive Barry,"} and {&"Help the Aged,"} wear their fear on their sleeves, some cloak it in {$Bowie-esque} {\dance} grooves ({&"Party Hard"}) or in hushed, resigned tones ({&"Dishes"}). A few others, such as the scathing {&"I'm a Man"} or {&"A Little Soul,"} have a similar vibe without being explicitly dark. Instead of delivering an entirely bleak album, {$Pulp} raise the curtain somewhat on the last three songs, but the attempts at redemption -- {&"Sylvia,"} {&"Glory Days,"} {&"The Day After the Revolution"} -- don't feel as natural as everything that precedes them. It's enough to keep the album from being a masterpiece, but it's hardly enough to prevent it from being an artistic triumph. [The Japanese edition add the bonus track {&"Tomorrow Never Lies."}] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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