Jarvis (album)

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Jarvis
Studio album by Jarvis Cocker
Released	November 13, 2006
Genre	Britpop
Label	Rough Trade Records
Producer(s)	Graham Sutton, Sam Lockwood, John Watson, Jarvis Cocker
Professional reviews
musicOMH.com link The Guardian link Drowned In Sound link Pitchfork (6.2/10) link Stylus Magazine (B) link Rolling Stone link

Jarvis, also known as The Jarvis Cocker Record, is the debut solo album by Pulp vocalist Jarvis Cocker, released in the UK on November 13, 2006. The album was leaked on the internet in its entirety on October 25, 2006.

The album itself was released to varying critical acclaim, with The Guardian newspaper hailing the album as an "idiosyncratic triumph",^[1] whilst a BBC reviewer called the album "plodding and bland... good, but it's not great".^[2]

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Credits 2.1 Band 2.2 Musicians 2.3 Strings 2.4 Choir 3 Notes 4 References

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 1)"
   • Jarvis Cocker - piano
   • Richard Hawley - guitar
   • Steve Mackey - bass
2. "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time"
   • Jarvis - lead vocal, backing vocals, electric & acoustic guitar, synth brass
   • Richard - lap steel guitar, electric guitar
   • Steve - bass
   • Ross Orton - drums
   • Martin Slattery - piano, saxophone
   • Antony Genn - harmony vocal
   • Alasdair Malloy - percussion
   • Graham Sutton - additional keyboards
3. "Black Magic"
   • Jarvis - lead vocal, backing vocals, electric guitar, Roland SH1000, tubular bells, hand bells
   • Richard - electric guitar
   • Steve - bass
   • Ross - drums, timpani
   • Alasdair Malloy - hand bells, percussion
   • Jason Buckle - Wasp synthesiser
4. "Heavy Weather"
   • Jarvis - lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, tremelo guitar, Hammond organ
   • Richard - electric 12-string guitar
   • Steve - bass
   • Ross - drums
   • Alasdair Malloy - percussion, rainmaker
   • Richard B Humphries - storm recording
5. "I Will Kill Again"
   • Jarvis - lead vocal, piano, mellotron flute, MemoryMoog
   • Philip Sheppard - choral & string arrangement
6. "Baby's Coming Back to Me"
   • Jarvis - lead vocal, glockenspiel, acoustic guitar
   • Richard - piano, vibraphone, brushes, acoustic guitar, harmony vocal
   • Steve - electric vibraphone, acoustic guitar
   • Ross - guitar case, egg, acoustic guitar
   • Alasdair Malloy - marimba, conga, percussion & tuned percussion arrangement
7. "Fat Children"
   • Jarvis - lead vocal, backing vocals, Del Rey guitar, Clavioline, Solina string ensemble, 6-string bass
   • Richard - Hoover guitar
   • Steve - bass
   • Ross - drums
8. "From Auschwitz To Ipswich"
   • Jarvis - lead vocal, backing vocals, electric guitar, vibraphone, Roland SH1000, Solina string ensemble
   • Richard - electric guitar
   • Steve - bass
   • Ross - drums
9. "Disney Time"
   • Jarvis - lead vocal, backing vocals, piano
   • Richard - baritone guitar, ring guitar
   • Steve - bass
   • Ross - drums, timpani
   • Philip Sheppard - string arrangement & choral arrangement
10. "Tonite"
    • Jarvis - lead vocal, backing vocals, acoustic guitar
    • Richard - electric guitar, hawaiian guitar
    • Steve - bass
    • Ross - drums
    • Alasdair Malloy - glockenspiel, percussion
    • Jason Buckle - cruise liner keyboard
11. "Big Julie"
    • Jarvis - lead vocal, piano
    • Richard - hawaiian guitar, enchanted lyre, celeste
    • Steve - bass
    • Ross - drums
    • Philip Sheppard & Graham Sutton - string arrangement
12. "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 2)"
    • Jarvis - piano
    • Richard - guitar
    • Steve - bass
13. "Quantum Theory"
    • Jarvis - lead vocal, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, Roland Vocoder Plus
    • Philip Sheppard & Graham Sutton - string arrangement
14. "Running the World" (included as a hidden track on the CD 30 minutes on from the end of "Quantum Theory". The vinyl LP version of the album features the track on a separate 45rpm single.)

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band

• Jarvis Cocker - vocals, guitar, synthesiser, piano, percussion, bass, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, glockenspiel
• Richard Hawley - guitar, vocals, lyre, piano, celeste, percussion, vibraphone
• Steve Mackey - bass, guitar, vibraphone
• Ross Orton - drums, timpani, percussion, guitar

[edit] Musicians

• Jason Buckle - keyboards, synthesiser
• Antony Genn - vocals
• Richard B Humphries - storm recording
• Alasdair Malloy - percussion, conga, percussion arrangement, marimba, glockenspiel
• Philip Sheppard - string arrangement, choral arrangement
• Martin Slattery - piano, saxophone
• Graham Sutton - string arrangement, keyboards

[edit] Strings

• Violins - Martin Burgess, Harriet Davies, Harvey De Souza, Takane Funatsu, Jo Godden, Janice Graham, David Juritz, Julian Leaper, Steve Morris, Celia Sheen, Amanda Smith, Simon Smith, Julian Tear
• Violas - Catherine Bradshaw, Jane Atkins, William Hawkes, Richard Nelson, Bob Smissen
• Cellos - Adrian Bradbury, David Cohen, Stephen Orton, Jonathan Williams
• Double Bass - Chris Laurence, Stephen Mair, Kieran Woodhead

[edit] Choir

• Robert Johnston
• Emma Brain-Gabbott
• Julia Doyle
• Ildiko Allen
• Alexandra Gibson
• Andrew Busher
• Emer McParland
• Margaret Cameron

[edit] Notes

• "Running the World" can be heard during the credits of the movie Children of Men
• Steve Mackey and Mark Webber, fellow band members from Pulp play on this record. Antony Genn, a former Pulp member, and Richard Hawley, who toured and performed with the band in later years, also play on the album.

[edit] References

1. ^ Jarvis, Jarvis - Pop - Guardian Unlimited Music - The Guardian
2. ^ Rock/Indie review - Jarvis, Jarvis - BBC