''It'' is the debut

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by English

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band

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, released on 18 April 1983 by

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Release and aftermath

''It'' was originally released as a limited

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of 2.000 copies in April 1983. The album's odd title is in fact a deliberate pun, as when it added to the name of the band it spells the word "

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".Reed, John. "The Complete History of Pulp". ''Record Collector''. December 1994. The first reissue on CD was by Cherry Red in February 1994 with three bonus tracks ("Looking for Life", "

Everybody's Problem "Everybody's Problem" is the second single by English alternative rock band Pulp, released in 1983. History "Everybody's Problem"/"There Was" was a follow up single to the band's debut album and demonstrated a style shift advised by Red Rhino's ...

" and "There Was..."). However, this release was soon deleted as Cherry Red did not own the material. Later that year

Fire Records Fire Records was an American independent record label, set up in 1959 by Bobby Robinson. Amongst others, it released records by Lightnin' Hopkins, Elmore James, Buster Brown and Arthur Crudup. At one point it was thought Fire had issued the la ...

made its own re-release in November 1994, but without "Everybody's Problem" and "There Was..." as bonus tracks. The album existed in this form for all subsequent releases. The album was reissued and remastered by Fire Records in 2012 along with Pulp's 1987's ''

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'' and 1992's '' Separations''. This re-release took several delays as the first stated release date was 8 August 2011 while the albums finally came out on 13 February 2012. An announcement in the interim stated that the albums would be remastered with new bonus tracks to be added to the track listings as well as new artwork and liner notes from music journalist Everett True.

Track listing

All songs written by

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 ...

, except where noted. Side 1 #" My Lighthouse" – 3:30 #"Wishful Thinking" – 4:17 #"Joking Aside" – 4:20 #"Boats and Trains" – 1:34 Side 2 #

"Blue Girls" – 5:56 #"Love Love" – 3:09 #"In Many Ways" – 2:46

Bonus tracks

Fire Records 1994 reissue #

"Looking for Life" – 5:29 Fire Records 2012 reissue #

"My Lighthouse" – 3:28 #"Please Don't Worry" – 3:24 #"Blue Girls" – 6:05 #"Sink or Swim" – 4:02

Personnel

Pulp *

: Vocals, guitar *

Simon Hinkler Simon Thomas Hinkler (born 13 November 1959) is an English guitarist, keyboard player, songwriter and producer from Sheffield, most notable for being the lead guitarist for the British rock group The Mission from 1986 to 1990. Early musical ...

: Bass, piano, guitar, mandolin * Peter Boam: Guitar, keyboards, piano * David Hinkler: Keyboards, trombone * Wayne Furniss: Guitar, bass * Garry Wilson (credited as "Beefy Garry O"): Drums Additional musicians * Mister Barry Thompson: flute, clarinet * Jill Taylor: backing vocals * Saskia Cocker: backing vocals * Jon Short: cello * Joanne, Julie and Alison: chatter and recorders Artwork * Tony Perrin

References

External links

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