''Hits'' is a

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collection by the English rock band

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, 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. ''Hits'' includes all of Pulp's A-sides released from "

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" in 1992 to "

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" in 2002, with the exception of "

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" from ''

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'', apparently because, by the time the compilation was released, the band could no longer stand the song. In its place is "Underwear", an album track from ''Different Class''. The tracklisting is ordered chronologically by release date, with the exception of Pulp's last single "Bad Cover Version", which instead appears between " The Trees" and "

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" (the latter two tracks having originally been released together as a double A-side single). Two other singles, "

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" and " Disco 2000", are presented in their ''Different Class'' album mixes rather than their more familiar (but since deleted) "hit" single versions. The first and second singles, "Babies" and " Razzmatazz", were originally released on Pulp's previous record label, Gift Records. The rest of the singles were released after the band signed to

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. The band were contractually obligated to record a new song for inclusion on ''Hits''. The resulting song, "Last Day of the Miners' Strike", appears as the last track on the album. It contains a sample of "South American Getaway" by

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, and refers to the UK miner's strike of 1984–1985. An accompanying DVD was also released under the same title, featuring the band's promotional videos from the same era, a number of live performances, documentaries and short movies.

Track listing

CD

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

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 Edmund Wilbur Hudson "Ed" Buller (born 9 August 1962 in Reigate, Surrey) is an English record producer and former musician. He has primarily worked with English bands including Suede, Pulp, The Raincoats and The Courteeners. Biography Buller fir ...

– 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 Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician and radio presenter. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp, he became a figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Following P ...

– art direction * Peter Saville – art direction *Simon Periton – cover image *Howard Wakefield – design *Willie Seldon – photography

Certifications

References

External links

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