Pulp discography

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Pulp discography
Pulp performing at Isle of Wight Festival 2011 5.JPG
Pulp performing live at the Isle of Wight Festival in 2011
Studio albums8
Live albums2
Compilation albums9
Singles26
Video albums6
Music videos22
Box sets2

The discography of Pulp, an English Britpop band, consists of eight studio albums, nine compilation albums, two live albums and 26 singles. They were formed in 1978 by Jarvis Cocker and had a continuously rotating band membership until 1991. Between 1991 and their hiatus on 15 December 2002, their line-up was largely settled. [1] They rose to prominence during the Britpop era in the early 1990s with their album His 'n' Hers (1994).

Contents

Pulp released two albums and eight singles in the 1980s, which garnered little attention from audiences or critics. [2] Their first charting single was "Razzmatazz" (1993), which reached No. 80 in the UK Singles Chart. His 'n' Hers (1994) was their first charting album, peaking at No. 9 in the UK Albums Chart.

As Pulp became part of the Britpop music scene, they scored their first major hits, most notably "Common People" and "Disco 2000". Their 1995 album Different Class was a commercial success, peaking at No. 1 in the UK and going Platinum four times. Two further albums, This Is Hardcore (1998) and We Love Life (2001), achieved moderate commercial success.

Fire Records, who own the material from the band's first three albums, re-released Pulp's material several times after they achieved success in a number of compilation albums, most of which had little commercial success.

In 2013, Pulp released the single "After You", written a number of years earlier but never fully finished or released until then. It peaked at No. 101 on the UK Singles Chart [3] and in the Top 10 of the UK Indie chart. [4] The band released its first studio album in 24 years, More in June 2025 and entered the UK Album Charts at #1, scoring their third #1 album and first since their 1990s commercial peak.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[5]
AUS
[6]
AUT
[7]
BEL
[8]
CAN
[9] [10]
FRA
[11]
GER
[12]
NOR
[13]
NZL
[14]
SWE
[15]
SWI
[16]
It
  • Released: 18 April 1983
  • Label: Red Rhino (REDLP29)
  • Formats: CD, LP
Freaks
  • Released: 11 May 1987
  • Label: Fire (FIRELP5)
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
Separations
  • Released: 19 June 1992
  • Label: Fire (FIRE11026)
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
His 'n' Hers
  • Released: 18 April 1994
  • Label: Island (ILPS8025)
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
9
Different Class
  • Released: 30 October 1995
  • Label: Island (ILPS8041)
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
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This Is Hardcore
  • Released: 30 March 1998
  • Label: Island (ILPSD 8066)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
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We Love Life
  • Released: 22 October 2001
  • Label: Island (ILPS8110)
  • Formats: CD, LP
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More
  • Released: 6 June 2025
  • Label: Rough Trade (RT0541LPE)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital
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"—" denotes album did not chart in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions Certifications
UK
[5]
UK Indie
Intro – The Gift Recordings 23
Masters of the Universe (Pulp on Fire 1985–86)
  • Released: 24 June 1994
  • Label: Fire (FIRELP36)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette
Countdown 1992–1983
  • Released: 11 March 1996
  • Label: Nectar Masters (UK), [19] MCA (US) (NTMLP521)
  • Formats: 2×CD, 2×LP, 2×cassette
10
Pulp Goes to the Disco
  • Released: 13 July 1998
  • Label: Connisseur Collection (VSOPCD 26)
  • Format: CD
Freshly Squeezed... the Early Years
  • Released: 1 September 1998
  • Label: EMI (79737)
  • Format: CD
Primal: The Best of the Fire Years 1983–1992
  • Released: 12 October 1998
  • Label: Music Collection Int. (MCCD375)
  • Format: CD
On Fire
  • Released: 29 November 1999
  • Label: Snapper Music (SMCCD 247)
  • Format: 2×CD
Hits
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Label: Universal Island (CID8126)
  • Format: CD
71
Pulp It Up
  • Released: 20 October 2003
  • Label: Snapper Music (SMDCD463)
  • Format: CD

Limited releases

YearAlbumNotes
2025Forty Odd Years: Live. Rare. Unreleased. 1982-2025Compitation of mostly previously unreleased tracks released with June 2025 Mojo magazine. [20]

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
The Peel Sessions
  • Released: 23 October 2006
  • Label: Universal Island (9841397)
  • Format: 2×CD
Party Clowns: Live in London 1991
  • Released: 12 November 2012 [21]
  • Label: Floating World (FLOATM6180)
  • Formats: CD, digital download

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsNotes
Simply Fuss Free
  • Released: July 1996
  • Label: Island
  • Format: 6×CD
  • Includes the singles "Do You Remember the First Time?", "Common People" ('daytime'), "Mis-Shapes" / "Sorted for E's & Wizz" (both versions) and "Disco 2000" (both versions)
  • Released in Australia only
Pulped: 1983–1992
  • Released: 31 May 1999
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl (COOKCD178)
  • Format: 4×CD
  • Includes the albums It, Freaks, Separations and Masters of the Universe (compilation)

Singles and EPs

YearTitlePeak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[5]
AUS
[6]
AUT
[7]
FIN
[22]
FRA
[11]
GER
[23]
IRE
[24]
NOR
[13]
SWE
[15]
SWI
[16]
1983"My Lighthouse"It
"Everybody's Problem"Non-album singles
1985"Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)"
1986"Dogs Are Everywhere"
1987"They Suffocate at Night"Freaks
"Master of the Universe"
1991"My Legendary Girlfriend"Separations
"Countdown"
1992"O.U. (Gone, Gone)"133Non-album singles
"Babies"111
1993"Razzmatazz"80
"Lipgloss"50His 'n' Hers
1994"Do You Remember the First Time?"33
The Sisters EP ("Babies")19197
1995"Common People"265497795442
  • BPI: 2× Platinum [17]
Different Class
"Sorted for E's & Wizz" / "Mis-Shapes"215625
"Disco 2000"735149471341
1996"Something Changed"1030
1997"Help the Aged"88556This Is Hardcore
1998"This Is Hardcore"12641698
"A Little Soul"22
"Party Hard"2990
2001"Sunrise" / "The Trees"23We Love Life
2002"Bad Cover Version"27
2013"After You"101Non-album single
2025"Spike Island" [25] More
"Got to Have Love" [26]
"Tina" [27]
"—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region.

Other appearances

List of non-single songs by Pulp from non-Pulp releases, showing year released and album name
TitleYearAlbum
"What Do You Say?"1982Your Secret's Safe with Us [28]
"Whiskey in the Jar"1996Childline [29]
"Mile End" Trainspotting: Music from the Motion Picture
"All Time High"1997 Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project
"Like a Friend"1998 Great Expectations: The Album
"Le Roi des Fourmis"1999A Tribute to Polnaref
"Born to Cry" Notting Hill: Music from the Motion Picture
"My Body May Die"2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased): The Soundtrack
"Grandfather's Nursery" [A] 2005100% Sinnamon
"Party Hard" (Christopher Just Mix)2008Dirty Sanchez [30]

Other appearances

List of appearances by Pulp on various artists’ compilations, showing year released and album name
YearAlbumTrack(s)
1996 Evening Session: Priority Tunes [32] Includes Pulp performance of the song "Babies"
...Later Volume One: Brit Beat [33] Includes a live version of the song "I Spy"
1997Long Live Tibet [34] Includes a live version of the song "Live Bed Show"
20024 Scott Scott Piering tribute album includes live performance of the songs "Babies" and "Sunrise"
2014Britpop at the BBC [35] Includes Pulp performance of the song "Lipgloss"

Video

Video albums

YearVideo details Certifications
Sorted for Films & Vids
  • Released: November 1995
  • Label: Polygram Video
  • Format: VHS
F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.I.V.E
  • Released: October 1996
  • Label: Polygram Video
  • Format: VHS
The Park Is Mine
  • Released: November 1998
  • Label: Polygram Video
  • Format: VHS
Hits
  • Released: 9 December 2002
  • Label: Island Universal (0634169)
  • Format: DVD
Ultimate Live
  • Released: 20 June 2005
  • Label: Universal (LC01846 / 0602498296165 )
  • Format: DVD
Pulp: A Film About Life, Death And Supermarkets
  • Released: 9 March 2014
  • Label: Soda Pictures
  • Format: Clu + Blu-ray + DVD and PAL

Music videos

YearTitleDirector(s)
1985"Manon"James Eaton and Simon Hinkler
1986"They Suffocate at Night"Michael Geoghegan
1991"My Legendary Girlfriend"Martin Wallace and Jarvis Cocker
"Countdown"
1992"Babies" (original version)Martin Wallace and Jarvis Cocker [36]
1993"Razzmatazz"
"Lipgloss"
1994"Do You Remember the First Time?"Pedro Romhanyi [36]
"Babies" (1994 version)
1995"Common People"
"Mis-Shapes"
"Sorted For E's & Wizz"
"Disco 2000"Pedro Romhanyi [36]
"Something Changed"
1997"Help the Aged" Hammer & Tongs [36]
1998"This Is Hardcore" Doug Nichol [36]
"A Little Soul"Hammer & Tongs [36]
"Party Hard" Mike Mills [36]
2001"The Trees" Phil Harder [36]
"Bad Cover Version"Martin Wallace and Jarvis Cocker [36]
2025"Spike Island"Jarvis Cocker
"Got to Have Love"
"Tina"Julia Schimautz

References

General

Specific

  1. "Happy Ending?". NME . Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  2. "Pulp Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  3. "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update". zobbel.de. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. "2013 Top 40 Independent Singles Archive 9th February 2013". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Pulp in the UK charts". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 Australian (ARIA) chart peaks:
  7. 1 2 "Austrian chart positions". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  8. "Belgian (Wallonia) chart positions". Ultratop . Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  9. "Canadian Different Class position". RPM. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  10. "Canadian This Is Hardcore position". RPM. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  11. 1 2 "French chart positions". lescharts.com. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  12. "Suchen nach "Pulp"" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  13. 1 2 "Norwegian chart positions". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  14. "New Zealand chart positions". aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
  15. 1 2 "Swedish chart positions". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  16. 1 2 "Swiss chart positions". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "British certifications – Pulp". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 11 March 2023.Type Pulp in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  18. "IFPI certificates: 1996". ifpi.org. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  19. "Pulp | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". OfficialCharts.com .
  20. "Mojo 379 - June 2025:Pulp". mojo4music.com. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  21. Party Clouns: Live In London 1991 Archived 18 June 2013 at archive.today at floatingworldrecords.co.uk
  22. "Finnish chart positions". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  23. "German singles positions". musicline.de. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  24. "Searchable database". irish-charts.ie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  25. Petridis, Alexis (10 April 2025). "Pulp: Spike Island review – Jarvis Cocker and co's joyous second coming". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  26. Taylor, Sam (22 May 2025). "Pulp have shared their new single 'Got to Have Love' from upcoming album More". Dork . Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  27. Taylor, Sam (21 July 2025). "Pulp have released a new animated video for 'Tina': 'It's like digital Fuzzy-Felt'". Dork . Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  28. Your Secret's Safe With Us at Discogs
  29. Childline at Discogs
  30. Dirty Sanchez at Discogs
  31. Grandfather's Nursery at Music From a Bachelor's Den
  32. Evening Session: Priority Tunes at Discogs
  33. 'Brit Beat...Later Volume One' at Discogs
  34. Long Live Tibet at Discogs
  35. Britpop At The BBC at Discogs
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Pulp Hits (Booklet). Universal Music. 2002 [2002].

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