Hits (Pulp album)

As a collection, Hits only covers Pulp's singles from the early-90s when they started becoming popular, although the band had existed in one form or another since 1979. "Mis-Shapes", from Different Class, is the only hit single not included here, apparently because the band cannot stand the song.^[1] Two other singles, "Common People" and "Disco 2000", are presented in their Different Class album mixes rather than their more familiar (but since deleted) "hit" single versions. The compilation also includes non-single track "Underwear" and a new song "Last Day of the Miners' Strike".

The album was also released on DVD under the same title, featuring the band's promotional videos from the same era, a number of live performances, documentaries and short movies.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
Drowned in Sound	^[3]
NME	^[4]
PopMatters	(favorable)^[1]
Stylus Magazine	(A+)^[5]

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Babies" (Non-album single, 1992)	Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior	4:05
2.	"Razzmatazz" (Non-album single, 1993)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior	3:40
3.	"Lipgloss" (from His 'n' Hers, 1994)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior	3:35
4.	"Do You Remember the First Time?" (from His 'n' Hers, 1994)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior	4:20
5.	"Common People" (from Different Class, 1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior	5:50
6.	"Underwear" (from Different Class, 1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior	4:05
7.	"Sorted for E's & Wizz" (from Different Class, 1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Mark Webber	3:37
8.	"Disco 2000" (from Different Class, 1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber	4:33
9.	"Something Changed" (from Different Class, 1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber	3:18
10.	"Help the Aged" (from This Is Hardcore, 1998)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber	4:27
11.	"This Is Hardcore" (from This Is Hardcore, 1998)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Peter Thomas	6:26
12.	"A Little Soul" (from This Is Hardcore, 1998)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber	3:18
13.	"Party Hard" (from This Is Hardcore, 1998)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber	4:01
14.	"The Trees" (from We Love Life, 2001)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber	4:48
15.	"Bad Cover Version" (from We Love Life, 2001)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber	4:16
16.	"Sunrise" (from We Love Life, 2001)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Peter Mansell	6:11
17.	"Last Day of the Miners' Strike" (Previously unreleased)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Richard Hawley, Burt Bacharach	5:55

Note: "Underwear" appears on the UK version of the album only – however it is listed in error on the sleeve of the Canadian version.

DVD

Promotional videos
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Babies (original version)" (1992)	Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior
2.	"Razzmatazz" (1992)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior
3.	"Lipgloss" (1993)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior
4.	"Do You Remember the First Time?" (1994)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior
5.	"Babies (1994 version)" (1994)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior
6.	"Common People" (1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior
7.	"Sorted for E's & Wizz" (1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber
8.	"Mis-Shapes" (1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber
9.	"Disco 2000" (1995)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber
10.	"Something Changed" (1996)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber
11.	"Help the Aged" (1997)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber
12.	"This Is Hardcore" (1998)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Thomas
13.	"A Little Soul" (1998)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber
14.	"Party Hard" (1998)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber
15.	"The Trees" (2001)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber
16.	"Bad Cover Version" (2002)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber

Live performances
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Joyriders" (The Beat, ITV, March 1994)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior
2.	"59 Lyndhurst Grove" (No Stilletos, BBC2, August 1993)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior
3.	"Sorted for E's & Wizz" (The Brits, ITV, February 1996)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber
4.	"Dishes" (Later with Jools Holland, BBC2, May 1998)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber
5.	"Sunrise" (Pulp at the Eden Project, BBC Choice, July 2002)	Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Mansell

Short Films

Do You Remember the First Time? (documentary)
Babies (spoken word version)
This Is Hardcore (documentary)

Home Movies

TV Madness
Sheffield Bands
Home Movies
Catcliffe

Personnel

Ed Buller - Producer (tracks: 1 to 4), Mixing (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
Chris Thomas - Producer (tracks: 5 to 13)
Scott Walker - Producer (tracks: 14 to 16)
Peter Walsh - Co-producer (tracks: 14 to 16)
Cameron Craig - Producer (track 17)
Tim Burrell - Mastering
Jarvis Cocker - Art Direction
Peter Saville - Art Direction
Simon Periton - Cover Image
Howard Wakefield - Design
Willie Seldon - Photography

References

1 2 Begrand, Adrien (13 January 2003). "Pulp: Hits". PopMatters.
↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Hits (Pulp album) at AllMusic. Retrieved on 25 July 2010.
↑ Luckett, Robert (22 December 2002). "Pulp: Hits". Drowned in Sound.
↑ Dempster, Sarah (28 November 2002). "Pulp : Hits". NME.
↑ Unterberger, Andrew (2003-09-01). "Pulp: Hits". Stylus Magazine.

External links

Hits at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Pulp

Jarvis Cocker Nick Banks Candida Doyle Steve Mackey Mark Webber Russell Senior Tim Allcard Peter Boam Peter Dalton Magnus Doyle Wayne Furniss Antony Genn Steven Havenhand David Hinkler Simon Hinkler David Lockwood Peter Mansell Jamie Pinchbeck Jimmy Sellers Mark Swift Phillip Thompson Gary Wilson

Studio albums	It Freaks Separations His 'n' Hers Different Class This Is Hardcore We Love Life

Compilations albums	Intro – The Gift Recordings Masters of the Universe Countdown 1992–1983 Freshly Squeezed... the Early Years Hits

Live albums	The Peel Sessions

Singles	"My Lighthouse" "Everybody's Problem" "Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)" "Dogs Are Everywhere" "They Suffocate at Night" "Master of the Universe" "My Legendary Girlfriend" "Countdown" "O.U. (Gone, Gone)" "My Legendary Girlfriend" (Live) "Babies" "Razzmatazz" "Lipgloss" "Do You Remember the First Time?" "The Sisters EP" "Common People" "Mis-Shapes"/"Sorted for E's & Wizz" "Disco 2000" "Something Changed" "Help the Aged" "This Is Hardcore" "A Little Soul" "Party Hard" "Sunrise/The Trees" "Bad Cover Version" "After You"

Video albums	Sorted for Films & Vids F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.I.V.E The Park Is Mine Hits Ultimate Live

Related articles	Discography Relaxed Muscle Richard Hawley Venini

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