Hits is a greatest hits collection by the English rock band Pulp, released in November 2002.
Background
As a collection, Hits only covers Pulp's singles from the early 1990s when they hit the mainstream, although the band had existed in one form or another since 1978. "Mis-Shapes", from Different Class, is the only hit single not included here, apparently because the band cannot stand the song.[1] Two other singles, "Common People" and "Disco 2000", are presented in their Different Class album mixes rather than their more familiar (but since deleted) "hit" single versions. The compilation also includes non-single track "Underwear" and a new song "Last Day of the Miners' Strike".
The album was also released on DVD under the same title, featuring the band's promotional videos from the same era, a number of live performances, documentaries and short movies.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Drowned in Sound |   [3] |
| NME | [4] |
| PopMatters | (favorable)[1] |
| Stylus Magazine | (A+)[5] |
Track listing
CD
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Babies" (Non-album single, 1992) | Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior | 4:05 |
| 2. | "Razzmatazz" (Non-album single, 1993) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Lipgloss" (from His 'n' Hers, 1994) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | 3:35 |
| 4. | "Do You Remember the First Time?" (from His 'n' Hers, 1994) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | 4:20 |
| 5. | "Common People" (from Different Class, 1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | 5:50 |
| 6. | "Underwear" (from Different Class, 1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Sorted for E's & Wizz" (from Different Class, 1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Mark Webber | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Disco 2000" (from Different Class, 1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber | 4:33 |
| 9. | "Something Changed" (from Different Class, 1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber | 3:18 |
| 10. | "Help the Aged" (from This Is Hardcore, 1998) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | 4:27 |
| 11. | "This Is Hardcore" (from This Is Hardcore, 1998) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Peter Thomas | 6:26 |
| 12. | "A Little Soul" (from This Is Hardcore, 1998) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | 3:18 |
| 13. | "Party Hard" (from This Is Hardcore, 1998) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | 4:01 |
| 14. | "The Trees" (from We Love Life, 2001) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | 4:48 |
| 15. | "Bad Cover Version" (from We Love Life, 2001) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | 4:16 |
| 16. | "Sunrise" (from We Love Life, 2001) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Peter Mansell | 6:11 |
| 17. | "Last Day of the Miners' Strike" (Previously unreleased) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Richard Hawley, Burt Bacharach | 5:55 |
Note: "Underwear" appears on the UK version of the album only – however it is listed in error on the sleeve of the Canadian version.
DVD
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Babies (original version)" (1992) | Nick Banks, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior | |
| 2. | "Razzmatazz" (1992) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | |
| 3. | "Lipgloss" (1993) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | |
| 4. | "Do You Remember the First Time?" (1994) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | |
| 5. | "Babies (1994 version)" (1994) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | |
| 6. | "Common People" (1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | |
| 7. | "Sorted for E's & Wizz" (1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber | |
| 8. | "Mis-Shapes" (1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber | |
| 9. | "Disco 2000" (1995) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber | |
| 10. | "Something Changed" (1996) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber | |
| 11. | "Help the Aged" (1997) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | |
| 12. | "This Is Hardcore" (1998) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Thomas | |
| 13. | "A Little Soul" (1998) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | |
| 14. | "Party Hard" (1998) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | |
| 15. | "The Trees" (2001) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | |
| 16. | "Bad Cover Version" (2002) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Joyriders" (The Beat, ITV, March 1994) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | |
| 2. | "59 Lyndhurst Grove" (No Stilletos, BBC2, August 1993) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior | |
| 3. | "Sorted for E's & Wizz" (The Brits, ITV, February 1996) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Senior, Webber | |
| 4. | "Dishes" (Later with Jools Holland, BBC2, May 1998) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber | |
| 5. | "Sunrise" (Pulp at the Eden Project, BBC Choice, July 2002) | Banks, Cocker, Doyle, Mackey, Webber, Mansell |
Short films
- Do You Remember the First Time? (documentary)
- "Babies" (spoken word version)
- This Is Hardcore (documentary)
Home movies
- TV Madness
- Sheffield Bands
- Home Movies
- Catcliffe
Personnel
- Ed Buller – producer (tracks: 1 to 4), mixing (tracks: 1, 3, 4)
- Chris Thomas – producer (tracks: 5 to 13)
- Scott Walker – producer (tracks: 14 to 16)
- Peter Walsh – co-producer (tracks: 14 to 16)
- Cameron Craig – producer (track 17)
- Tim Burrell – mastering
- Jarvis Cocker – art direction
- Peter Saville – art direction
- Simon Periton – cover image
- Howard Wakefield – design
- Willie Seldon – photography
References
- ^ a b Begrand, Adrien (13 January 2003). "Pulp: Hits". PopMatters.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Hits at AllMusic. Retrieved on 25 July 2010.
- ^ Luckett, Robert (22 December 2002). "Pulp: Hits". Drowned in Sound.
- ^ Dempster, Sarah (28 November 2002). "Pulp : Hits". NME.
- ^ Unterberger, Andrew (1 September 2003). "Pulp: Hits". Stylus Magazine.
External links
- Hits at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)