This Is Hardcore

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All lyrics are written by Jarvis Cocker; all music is composed by Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey and Mark Webber, except where noted.

This Is Hardcore
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Studio album by
Released30 March 1998
RecordedNovember 1996 – January 1998 [1]
Studio
Genre
Length69:49
Label Island
Producer Chris Thomas
Pulp chronology
Countdown 1992–1983
(1996)
This Is Hardcore
(1998)
Freshly Squeezed... the Early Years
(1998)
Pulp studio album chronology
Different Class
(1995)
This Is Hardcore
(1998)
We Love Life
(2001)
No.TitleMusicLength
1."The Fear" 5:35
2."Dishes" 3:30
3."Party Hard" 4:00
4."Help the Aged" 4:28
5."This Is Hardcore" (includes a sample of "Bolero on the Moon Rocks" written by Peter Thomas, recorded by The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra)
  • Cocker
  • Banks
  • Doyle
  • Mackey
  • Webber
  • Thomas
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" (edited to 5:52 on bonus track releases) 14:56

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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