1993 Intro Gift Recordings

• Artist : Pulp
• Binding : Audio CD
• EAN : 0731451845123
• Format : Best of
• Label : Universal/Island
• Manufacturer : Universal/Island
• Number Of Discs : 1
• Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
• Package Quantity : 1
• Product Group : Music
• Publisher : Universal/Island
• Release Date : 2008-03-17
• SKU : U0731451845123
• Studio : Universal/Island
• UPC : 731451845123

The quintessential Pulp album that never was, Intro comprises three singles and their B-sides released on Sheffield's Gift label during 1992-3, just as the band perfected the brand of kitchen-sink pervorama pop that His 'N Hers would take into those same pink Dralon-curtained living rooms depicted by Jarvis Cocker. Besides the immortal "Babies", the unflinching "Razzmatazz" is one of Intro's highlights: a caustic pay-off to an ex where even the "na-na-na"s are vicious enough to guarantee it a place on any break-up compilation tape. Yet it's the B-sides which really show the group taking off after their 11-year run-up. "Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia)" is a wry look at the band's native Sheffield, a "strange exotic land of happy hours / where the sky is always grey and the food exceptionally greasy". Meanwhile the sprawling "Sheffield: Sex City" sees Jarvis wandering through the salacious suburbs, the band soundtracking his lustful desperation with a sultry electro-pop that pays tribute to Sheffield's other pop alumni: the Human League and Heaven 17. All this, plus more one-liners than you could shake a pair of corduroy flares at: Intro's low-rent glam and high-drama passion make it essential for more than just Pulp completists. --Abi Bliss

- From Amazon.co.uk

Tracks:

• Disc 1

  • 1: Space
  • 2: O.U.
  • 3: Babies
  • 4: Styloroc Nites Of Suburbia
  • 5: Razzmatazz
  • 6: Sheffield: Sex City Inside Susan: A Story In 3 Parts
  • 7: Stacks
  • 8: Inside Susan
  • 9: 59 Lyndhurst Grove

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