Different Class
by Pulp

Album
Different Class by Pulp
Year: 1995
Release date: 1995-10-30
Overall rank: 171st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,072 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1995 (4th)
Award Top 50 albums of of the 1990s (36th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (171st)

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Different Class is ranked as the best album by Pulp.

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- This album (171st)
Different Class Lower ranked (901st) »
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Different Class track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Mis-Shapes
Average Rating: 85 (258 votes)Comments: View 0
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Pencil Skirt
Average Rating: 80 (221 votes)Comments: View 0
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Common People
Average Rating: 91 (388 votes)Comments: View 12
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I Spy
Average Rating: 82 (232 votes)Comments: View 1
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Disco 2000
Average Rating: 89 (292 votes)Comments: View 6
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Live Bed Show
Average Rating: 80 (205 votes)Comments: View 0
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Something Changed
Average Rating: 84 (231 votes)Comments: View 1
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Sorted For E's & Wizz
Average Rating: 84 (228 votes)Comments: View 0
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F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E.
Average Rating: 83 (218 votes)Comments: View 3
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Underwear
Average Rating: 85 (236 votes)Comments: View 0
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Monday Morning
Average Rating: 81 (205 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Bar Italia
Average Rating: 83 (209 votes)Comments: View 0

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Different Class rankings

Different Class rankings summary
Overall rank: 171st | 1990s rank: 36th | 1995 rank: 4th  Overall chart history
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From 03/21/2009 18:24 | #3222 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
In representing 90s brit-pop one can chose Blur's Parklife, this album or either of their first two Oasis records according to preference. For me it isn't close. Jarvis is the most British of the bunch capturing Albarn's campiness and the Galleghar brothers bravado in one fail swoop. Lust & licentiousness, class warfare & social mischief its all here and its a hell of a lot of fun while also expertly crafted.
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From 07/09/2017 18:43 | #193985 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I hold this album in a ridiculously high regard. I love it so much and listening to it makes me so happy. Every track brings something to the table, but it is the one-two punch of Disco 2000 and Common People that separate this album from the rest of the brit-pop albums of the 90's. One of my favorite albums ever.
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From 10/12/2016 21:49 | #176777 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
There is a saying...why arguing about who is better Blur or Oasis, when everybody knows that Pulp is better then both of them...
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From 07/07/2015 21:06 | #145286 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Just a fun record. Doesn't necessarily strike me as a serious contender for consideration as one of the greatest 90s albums of all time, but it's worth listening to. It's giddy and energetic, I've just never held many britpop albums in very high esteem. With that being said, if this is your thing, Different Class is up there with the greats. I would much rather listen to this than Oasis.
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From 04/25/2009 17:01 | #3745 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
savage and fun simultaneously
an album you can revisit time and time again and i imagine from time to come
disco 2000... banal suburban lifestyle made pop encapsulated.amazing
common people.gets better and better. a bizarre capture of reality for many... almost too close to the bone
love lost and lust gained exude throughout
and imagine 'what if we never came down'...
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