This Is Hardcore

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This Is Hardcore
Studio album by Pulp
Released	30 March 1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	Alternative, Britpop
Length	69:49
Label	Island Records
Producer(s)	Chris Thomas
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone RS784 NME Spin EW A- Q 3/98 Pitchfork (7.8/10) link Calgary Sun Positive 03/30/98
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. A "deluxe edition" of This Is Hardcore was released on 11 September 2006. It contained a second disc of B-sides, demos and rarities.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Original CD release 1.2 Deluxe edition bonus disc 1.3 Limited edition double vinyl LP 2 Chart positions 3 External link

[edit] Track listing

[edit] 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" – 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.

[edit] 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 Boy" (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)

[edit] Limited edition double vinyl LP

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

Side 3

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

Side 4

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

[edit] 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	-

[edit] External link

• Buy.com webpage with reviews for NME, Spin, EW