{"product_id":"pulp-his-n-hers-2-vinyl-lp","title":"Pulp – His 'n' Hers [2× 180g Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePulp – His 'n' Hers [2× 180g Vinyl LP]\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2× Vinyl LP, Album, 25th Anniversary Edition, Gatefold, Remastered, Stereo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7722674\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/strong\u003e 602577226748\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Indie Rock \/ Britpop \/ Synth-Pop\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Island Records \/ UMC \/ Universal Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginally Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 18 April 1994\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReissue Released:\u003c\/strong\u003e 25 October 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180 Gram Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New \u0026amp; Sealed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHis 'n' Hers\u003c\/em\u003e is the fourth studio album by Pulp and the record on which, as \u003cstrong\u003eJarvis Cocker\u003c\/strong\u003e himself has said, \"the modern-day Pulp was born.\" Released on 18 April 1994 on Island Records — their first release on a major label after over a decade of false starts and critical near-misses — it became their first charting album, reaching \u003cstrong\u003enumber nine on the UK Albums Chart\u003c\/strong\u003e and earning a \u003cstrong\u003eMercury Music Prize nomination\u003c\/strong\u003e (losing, famously by a single vote, to M People's \u003cem\u003eElegant Slumming\u003c\/em\u003e). The album was certified \u003cstrong\u003eGold\u003c\/strong\u003e by the BPI and spent 36 weeks on the chart. It was the foundation on which everything that followed was built: the headline Glastonbury slot in 1995, the commercial breakthrough of \u003cem\u003eDifferent Class\u003c\/em\u003e, and Cocker's emergence as one of the most distinctive and culturally perceptive voices in British pop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProduced by \u003cstrong\u003eEd Buller\u003c\/strong\u003e and recorded at \u003cstrong\u003eThe Townhouse Studios in London\u003c\/strong\u003e, the album distils a very specific set of influences — old glam rock, post-punk electronics, orchestral pop, and the deadpan literary tradition of groups like The Auteurs and Saint Etienne — into something simultaneously witty and unsettling. Cocker's lyrical subject matter is voyeurism, desire, class, and the particular texture of working-class life in Sheffield, rendered with an acuity that recalls early Morrissey but consistently undermines sentimentality with uncomfortable honesty. The band — Cocker, \u003cstrong\u003eCandida Doyle\u003c\/strong\u003e (keyboards), \u003cstrong\u003eRussell Senior\u003c\/strong\u003e (violin\/guitar), \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Mackey\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass), \u003cstrong\u003eNick Banks\u003c\/strong\u003e (drums) and \u003cstrong\u003eMark Webber\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar) — play throughout with the tight, detailed precision of a group that had spent over a decade rehearsing and performing, and the arrangements are among the most richly textured of the Britpop era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe singles are justly celebrated. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Lipgloss\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — the album's opener and first single — establishes the template: a kinetic, glam-inflected guitar riff, a driving beat, and a lyric that transforms a specific observed moment into something universal. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Do You Remember the First Time?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — Pulp's first UK Top 40 hit, reaching number 33 — is one of the most precisely observed pop songs about sexual initiation ever recorded, accompanied by a short film in which celebrities were asked on camera whether they remembered the first time they had sex. \u003cstrong\u003e\"Babies\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — originally released as a single in 1992 as part of The Sisters EP and restored here after being controversially omitted from the original 1994 vinyl pressing — is the album's most nakedly autobiographical track, built on a feverish, ascending riff and a lyric about teenage voyeurism that many regard as the finest thing Cocker ever wrote. The album closes with \u003cstrong\u003e\"David's Last Summer\"\u003c\/strong\u003e — a sprawling, spoken-word narrative over an uptempo track that is one of Pulp's most remarkable achievements: a complete short story, delivered with the precision and wit of a novelist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003e25th Anniversary Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e has been \u003cstrong\u003eremastered by Steve Mackey\u003c\/strong\u003e — Pulp's own bassist, who subsequently produced records by M.I.A., Arcade Fire and Florence + The Machine — and \u003cstrong\u003ecut at Abbey Road Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e, pressed on \u003cstrong\u003e2× 180 gram black vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e across four sides, presented in a \u003cstrong\u003egatefold sleeve with printed inner bags\u003c\/strong\u003e bearing reproductions of the original \u003cem\u003eLipgloss\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDo You Remember the First Time?\u003c\/em\u003e 12\" single artwork. Notably this edition \u003cstrong\u003erestores \"Babies\" to the vinyl tracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e — the track was absent from the original 1994 LP — making this the most complete and definitive vinyl edition of the record. A download card is included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoyriders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLipgloss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcrylic Afternoons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave You Seen Her Lately?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBabies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe's A Lady\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide C\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHappy Endings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo You Remember the First Time?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePink Glove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide D\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSomeone Like the Moon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDavid's Last Summer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCredits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJarvis Cocker – Vocals, Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCandida Doyle – Keyboards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRussell Senior – Violin, Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSteve Mackey – Bass, Remastering (2019)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNick Banks – Drums, Percussion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark Webber – Guitar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEd Buller – Producer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabel – Island Records \/ UMC \/ Universal Music\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pulp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57553000333699,"sku":"7722674","price":36.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0932\/9757\/4275\/files\/63724de7-3452-4451-ad1f-3b30649ddfb9.webp?v=1773145359","url":"https:\/\/vikingrecords.co.uk\/products\/pulp-his-n-hers-2-vinyl-lp","provider":"Viking Records Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}