This Is Hardcore
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| This Is Hardcore | ||
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| Missing image Pulp-This_Is_Hardcore.jpg Album cover | ||
| LP by Pulp | ||
| Released | 1998 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Alternative Pop | |
| Length | ?? min ?? sec | |
| Record label | Island Records | |
| Producer | Chris Thomas | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 4.5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040403251443301584&sql=Awoue4jj73wae) |
| Rolling Stone | 4 stars out of 5 | RS 784 (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=42507&cf=378) |
| NME | 7 out of 10 | 3/21/98, p.48 (http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60294932&loc=109&PageFormat=7) |
| Spin magazine | 8 out of 10 | 5/98, p.133 (http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60294932&loc=109&PageFormat=7) |
| Entertainment Weekly | A- | 4/17/98, pp.70-71 (http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60294932&loc=109&PageFormat=7) |
| Q | 4 stars of out 5 | March 1998 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=132250&resource=132250&fixture_artist=146020) |
| Pitchfork | 7.8 out of 10 | link (http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pulp/this-is-hardcore.shtml) |
| Calgary Sun | Positive | March 30, 1998 (http://www.canoe.ca/JamAlbumsP/pulp_hardcore.html) |
| Pulp Chronology | ||
| Different Class (1995) | This Is Hardcore (1998) | We Love Life (2001) |
This Is Hardcore is a 1998 album by Pulp. It came three years after their breakthrough album, Different Class, and was eagerly awaited. It was less populist and failed to live up to the previous album's commercial success but was well received critically and earned a nomination for the 1998 Mercury Prize.
Track listing
- "The Fear" - 5:35
- "Dishes" - 3:30
- "Party Hard" - 4:00
- "Help the Aged" - 4:28
- "This Is Hardcore" - 6:25
- "TV Movie" - 3:25
- "A Little Soul" - 3:19
- "I'm a Man" - 4:59
- "Seductive Barry" - 8:31
- "Sylvia" - 5:44
- "Glory Days" - 4:55
- "The Day After the Revolution" - 5:52
- "Like a Friend" - 4:32*
*This track was not included on the original UK release of the album
Chart Positions
| Title | Release date | UK | US |
| This Is Hardcore (album) | 31 March 1998 | 1 | 114 |
| "Help the Aged" | 1997 | 8 | - |
| "This Is Hardcore" (single) | 1998 | 12 | - |
| "A Little Soul" / "Cocaine Socialism" | 1998 | 22 | - |
| "Party Hard" | 29 September 1998 | 29 | - |