Hits (Pulp album)

Hits is a greatest hits collection by the English rock band Pulp, released in November 2002.

Hits
Compilation album by Pulp
Released	18 November 2002
Recorded	1993–2002
Genre	Britpop, indie rock
Label	Island
Producer	Ed Buller, Chris Thomas, Scott Walker, Cameron Craig
Pulp chronology
We Love Life (2001) Hits (2002) The Peel Sessions (2006)

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.

Professional ratings

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

Promotional videos

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

Live performances

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

1. Begrand, Adrien (13 January 2003). "Pulp: Hits". PopMatters.
2. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Hits at AllMusic. Retrieved on 25 July 2010.
3. Luckett, Robert (22 December 2002). "Pulp: Hits". Drowned in Sound.
4. Dempster, Sarah (28 November 2002). "Pulp : Hits". NME.
5. Unterberger, Andrew (1 September 2003). "Pulp: Hits". Stylus Magazine.

External links

• Hits at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)