This Is Hardcore

by Pulp

This Is Hardcore cover art
  • Type: Single
  • Released: 30 March 1998
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 19:22
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 15 ratings

Artists on this release: Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Antony Genn, Jackie Rawe, Carol Kenyon, Mark Webber, Mandy Bell, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pulp's 'This Is Hardcore' is the dark aftermath of the fame that followed 'Different Class', built on lush, decaying arrangements and Jarvis Cocker's sardonic narration. Its title track and singles frame celebrity and desire as something seedy and exhausted.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, guitars, rhythmic, progressive, ballad

Tracklist

  1. This Is Hardcore (Original Version) (6:27)
  2. Ladies' Man (4:44)
  3. The Professional (5:09)
  4. This Is Hardcore (End Of The Line Remix) (3:02)

Credits

  • Jarvis Cocker - lyrics by, written-by
  • Matthew Vaughan - programmed by [programmer]
  • Peter Thomas - written-by [sample of "bolero on the moon rocks" written by]

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