History Trivia / Pulp

* CreatorBacklash: Jarvis is ''not'' proud of the band's first two albums ''It'' and ''Freaks'', and is mixed about ''Separations'', describing it as 'patchy' but overall being more positive about it than it's predecessors, saying 'at least it's got "My Legendary Girlfriend" on it'.

* TheWikiRule: The [[https://www.pulpwiki.net/ Pulp Wiki]].

* CutSong: In 1994 the band wrote the song "We Can Dance Again" which they then played at their Christmas show that year, to highly positive reception from the audience. During the sessions for ''Different Class'', a demo was recorded, and the band thought it would be their next big hit after "Babies". However, the song was left off the album for unknown reasons, and fans believe that if it had been released on the album or as a single, it would have been one of the band's bigger hits. The demo was eventually released on the deluxe reissue of ''Different Class'' in 2006.

** In 1994 the band wrote the song "We Can Dance Again" which they then played at their Christmas show that year, to highly positive reception from the audience. During the sessions for ''Different Class'', a demo was recorded, and the band thought it would be their next big hit after "Babies". However, the song was left off the album for unknown reasons, and fans believe that if it had been released on the album or as a single, it would have been one of the band's bigger hits. The demo was eventually released on the deluxe reissue of ''Different Class'' in 2006.
** The song "Pink Glove" from ''His 'N' Hers'' was initially planned to be the fourth single from the album, however Island records wanted a re-release of the earlier track "Babies", which was initially released as a single in 1992 and had been added (In a slightly remixed form) to ''His 'N' Hers'', so this version of "Babies" was re-released as a single on ''The Sisters EP'' and "Pink Glove" remained an album track.

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* QuoteSource:
** SlummingIt ("Common People")

** Jarvis was a big fan of Music/ScottWalker before Scott produced ''We Love Life''. The two are now good friends.

** It is also likely that, instead of the ''Intro – The Gift Recordings'' compilation and singles on it, Pulp would have made an album in 1993 if not for Fire's ExecutiveMeddling. Instead, many of the tracks that were intended for this album ended up on ''His 'N' Hers' instead, and if this album had been released, the tracklist for ''His 'N' Hers'' would be quite different, such as possibly featuring the tracks found on ''The Sisters EP''.

* CreatorBacklash: Jarvis is ''not'' proud of the band's first two albums "It" and "Freaks", and is mixed about "Separations", describing it as 'patchy' but overall being more positive about it than it's predecessors, saying 'at least it's got "My Legendary Girlfriend" on it'.
* CreatorBreakdown - Jarvis, after ''Different Class''. ''This Is Hardcore'' is the result.
** "Freaks", released eight years before "This Is Hardcore", can also be considered this.

** The album "Separations" was recorded in 1989, but Pulp's record label at the time, Fire Records, refused to release it until 1992, at which point Pulp had already left Fire, releasing several singles on Gift Records and were at the time negotiating a deal with Island Records. It's likely Separations was only released by Fire in order to capitalize on the increasing acclaim Pulp were recieving. Fire also released cash-in Pulp compilations throughout TheNineties after Pulp got big, which implies they'd realised how good the band were a little too late, after spending almost a decade doing very little to help them, such as only providing meagre budgets for albums and music videos. Jarvis has frequently criticised Fire, saying that being on the label almost led to Pulp breaking up.
** A much more minor example: "Pink Glove" was to initially be the fourth and final single from "His 'N' Hers", however Island Records instead preferred to re-release "Babies" as part of "The Sisters EP".
* NoBudget: "Freaks" was recorded on a budget of £600.

** In 1994 the band wrote the song "We Can Dance Again" which they then played at their christmas show that year, to highly positive reception from the audience. During the sessions for "Different Class", a demo was recorded, and the band thought it would be their next big hit after "Babies". However, the song was left off the album for unknown reasons, and fans believe that if it had been released on the album or as a single, it would have been one of the band's bigger hits. The demo was eventually released on the deluxe reissue of "Different Class" in 2006.
** The song "Pink Glove" from "His 'N' Hers" was initially planned to be the fourth single from the album, however Island records wanted a re-release of the earlier track "Babies", which was initially released as a single in 1992 and had been added (In a slightly remixed form) to "His 'N' Hers", so this version of "Babies" was re-released as a single on "The Sisters EP" and "Pink Glove" remained an album track.
** During the recording sessions for "We Love Life", Pulp recorded many more songs than were eventually released on the album. These tracks would presumably have been released on a follow-up album, however the relative commercial failure of "We Love Life" and Pulp's subsequent disbanding meant that these songs would remain unreleased, and while "It", "Freaks", "Separations", "His 'N' Hers", "Different Class" and "This Is Hardcore" have all had expanded or deluxe reissues, "We Love Life" is the only album to not yet have such a reissue, meaning that fans wanting to hear the unreleased tracks have to search for uploads of live bootleg recordings or leaked demos such as "Grandfather's Nursery", "Got To Have Love" and "Cuckoo Song", while many tracks such as "St. Just", "Darren", "The Performance Of A Lifetime", "M'Lady" and "My Mistake" remain unavailable in any form. The only track to have an official release is "After You" which was released in 2013. Fans have started a petition here: https://www.pulpwiki.net/Site/WLLPetition?from=Site.Petition for a release of a deluxe version of "We Love Life" or a compilation of these tracks.

** It is also likely that, instead of the "Intro" compilation and singles on Gift, Pulp would have made an album in 1993 if not for Fire's ExecutiveMeddling. Instead, many of the tracks that were intended for this album ended up on "His 'N' Hers" instead, and if this album had been released, the tracklist for "His 'N' Hers" would be quite different, such as possibly featuring the tracks found on the "Sisters EP".
* TheWikiRule: Pulp Wiki, found here: https://www.pulpwiki.net/

** During the recording sessions for "We Love Life", Pulp recorded many more songs than were eventually released on the album. These tracks would presumably have been released on a follow-up album, however the relative commercial failure of "We Love Life" and Pulp's subsequent disbanding meant that these songs would remain unreleased, and while "It", "Freaks", "Separations", "His 'N' Hers", "Different Class" and "This Is Hardcore" have all had expanded or deluxe reissues, "We Love Life" is the only album to not yet have such a reissue, meaning that fans wanting to hear the unreleased tracks have to search for uploads of live bootleg recordings or leaked demos such as "Grandfather's Nursery", "Got To Have Love" and "Cuckoo Song", while many tracks such as "St. Just", "Darren", "The Performance Of A Lifetime", "M'Lady" and "My Mistake" remain unavailable in any form. The only track to have an official release is "After You" which was released in 2013.
Fans have started a petition here: https://www.pulpwiki.net/Site/WLLPetition?from=Site.Petition for a release of a deluxe version of "We Love Life" or a compilation of these tracks.

** During the recording sessions for "We Love Life", Pulp recorded many more songs than were eventually released on the album. These tracks would presumably have been released on a follow-up album, however the relative commercial failure of "We Love Life" and Pulp's subsequent disbanding meant that these songs would remain unreleased, and while "It", "Freaks", "Separations", "His 'N' Hers", "Different Class" and "This Is Hardcore" have all had expanded or deluxe reissues, "We Love Life" is the only album to not yet have such a reissue, meaning that fans wanting to hear the unreleased tracks have to search for uploads of live bootleg recordings or leaked demos such as "Grandfather's Nursery", "Got To Have Love" and "Cuckoo Song", while many tracks such as "St. Just", "Darren", "The Performance Of A Lifetime", "M'Lady" and "My Mistake" remain unavailable in any form. The only track to have an official release is "After You" which was released in 2013. Fans have started a petition here: https://www.pulpwiki.net/Site/WLLPetition?from=Site.Petition for a release of a deluxe version of "We Love Life" or a compilation of these tracks.

** During the recording sessions for "We Love Life", Pulp recorded many more songs than were eventually released on the album. These tracks would presumably have been released on a follow-up album, however the relative commercial failure of "We Love Life" and Pulp's subsequent disbanding meant that these songs would remain unreleased, and while "It", "Freaks", "Separations", "His 'N' Hers", "Different Class" and "This Is Hardcore" have all had expanded or deluxe reissues, "We Love Life" is the only album to not yet have such a reissue, meaning that fans wanting to hear the unreleased tracks have to search for uploads of live bootleg recordings of them or leaked demos such as "Grandfather's Nursery", "Got To Have Love" and "Cuckoo Song", while tracks such as "St. Just", "Darren" and "My Mistake" remain unavailable in any form.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The song "Pink Glove" from "His 'N' Hers" was initially planned to be the fourth single from the album, however Island records wanted a re-release of the earlier track "Babies", which was initially released as a single in 1992 and had been added (In a slightly remixed form) to "His 'N' Hers", so this version of "Babies" was re-released as a single on "The Sisters EP" and "Pink Glove" remained an album track.

* CreatorBreakdown - Jarvis, after ''Different Class''. ''This is Hardcore'' is the result.

** Jarvis was a big fan of Music/ScottWalker before Scott produced ''We Love Life''. The two are now good friends.