Pulp

Pioneering Brit-pop band known both for its stylish sound and vocalist Jarvis Cocker's lyrical obsessions (sexual foibles, working-class misfits). Collection includes: His 'N' Hers (1994); Different Class (1995); This Is Hardcore (1998); We Love Life (2001).

Can you ever recapture lightning in a bottle? Pulp's eighth album—the band's first in 24 years—makes a strong case for it. Though they split up in 2002, there have been more than a few reunion shows, and staying out of the spotlight, it seems, was never really an option. "I was born to perform/ It's a calling/ I еxist to do this/ Shouting and pointing," frontman Jar vis Cocker sings on "Spike Island" (while name-checking a Mott the Hoople album, no less). Packed with punchy disco bass and comet-streak guitar—not to mention Cocker's signature yelps and exaggerated sighs, meeting at some Venn diagram of sexy, world-weary and awkward—it draws inspiration from British legend: the Stone Roses' infamous outdoor 1990 gig of the same name. That concert's taken on mythical status over the years, but in reality, Pulp guitarist Mark Webber has admitted, "it didn't sound very good, it was windy and the vibe wasn't there."

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