Freaks (Pulp album)

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Freaks
Freaks cover
Studio album by Pulp
Released May 1987
Recorded Input Studio 21 June27 June 1986
Genre Post-punk
Length 44:13
Label Fire
Producer Pulp,
Jonathan Kirk
Professional reviews
Pulp chronology
It
(1983)
Freaks
(1987)
Separations
(1992)

Freaks is the second album by the British rock band Pulp. It was released in 1987 to little commercial success. It had a much darker sound than its predecessor, It.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Fairground" – 5:07
    • Lead vocals: Russell Senior
  2. "I Want You" – 4:42
  3. "Being Followed Home" – 6:03
  4. "Master of the Universe" – 3:22
  5. "Life Must Be So Wonderful" – 3:59
  6. "There's No Emotion" – 4:28
  7. "Anorexic Beauty" – 2:59
    • Lead vocals: Russell Senior
  8. "The Never-Ending Story" – 3:01
  9. "Don't You Know" – 4:09
  10. "They Suffocate at Night" – 6:17

[edit] Musicians

  • Jarvis Cocker - lead vocals
  • Russell Senior - guitars, violin
  • Candida Doyle - keyboards
  • Peter Mansell - bass
  • Magnus Doyle - drums

[edit] Singles

  • They Suffocate At Night/Tunnel
  • Master of the Universe (sanitised version)/Manon/Silence

[edit] Censorship

The "sanitised version" of "Master of the Universe" that was released as a single replaces the word "masturbates" with "vegetates".

[edit] References