Freaks (Pulp album)

Freaks
Studio album by Pulp
Released May 1987
Recorded 21 June–27 June 1986, Input Studio
Genre Post-punk
Length 44:13
Label Fire
Producer Pulp, Jonathan Kirk
Pulp chronology
It
(1983)
Freaks
(1987)
Separations
(1992)
Singles from Freaks
  1. "They Suffocate at Night" b/w "Tunnel"
    Released: 5 January 1987 (1987-01-05)
  2. "Master of the Universe" b/w "Manon" / "Silence"
    Released: 30 March 1987 (1987-03-30)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Pitchfork Media (7.1/10) [2]
Q Oct. 2000

Freaks (subtitled: Ten Stories About Power, Claustrophobia, Suffocation and Holding Hands) is the second album by British pop band Pulp. It was released in 1987 to little commercial success. It has a much darker sound than its predecessor, It. Russell Senior sings lead vocals on "Fairground" and "Anorexic Beauty". "Master of the Universe" was released as a single in an alternative version called the "sanitised version", it replaces the word "masturbates" with "vegetates".

"I Want You" is the only song from the album to have been performed live regularly, most notably during the UK Forest Tour in the Summer of 2002.

Track listing

All music is written by Pulp, all lyrics are written by Jarvis Cocker, except David Kurley (Anorexic Beauty) and Russell Senior (Fairground)

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "Fairground"   5:07
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
Side B
No. Title Length
6. "There's No Emotion"   4:28
7. "Anorexic Beauty"   2:59
8. "The Never-Ending Story"   3:01
9. "Don't You Know"   4:09
10. "They Suffocate at Night"   6:17

Personnel

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