''Intro – The Gift Recordings'' is a compilation album by
Pulp. It contains the band's three singles recorded for
Gift
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and was released in October 1993. The version of "Babies" included here is the original single mix released in 1992, slightly different from the 1994 version available on the album ''
His 'n' Hers''. "Sheffield: Sex City" features a spoken vocal contribution from keyboardist
Candida Doyle - reciting a selection from the book ''
My Secret Garden'' by
Nancy Friday - which is one of the few times her voice is audible on a Pulp song.
Track listing
All music written by Pulp, all lyrics written by
Jarvis Cocker
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(except where noted).
#"Space" – 5:11
#"
O.U. (12" Mix)" – 3:43
#"
Babies" – 4:04
#"Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia)" – 3:10
#"
Razzmatazz" – 3:40
#"Sheffield: Sex City" – 8:31 (opening spoken passage taken from ''
My Secret Garden'' by
Nancy Friday)
;Inside Susan – A Story in 3 Parts
#
"Stacks" – 2:42
#"Inside Susan" – 5:34
#"59 Lyndhurst Grove" – 3:33
Personnel
*Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp (band), Pulp, he became a reluctant figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Cocker h ...
– vocals, guitar
* Russell Senior – guitar, violin
* Candida Doyle – organ
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Biology
* Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function
* Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body.
Musical instruments
...
, synthesizer
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, stylophone
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, vocals
* Steve Mackey – bass guitar
* Nick Banks – drums
Charts
References
External links
''Intro – The Gift Recordings''
at YouTube
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(streamed copy where licensed)
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Music in Sheffield
Pulp (band) compilation albums
1993 compilation albums
Island Records compilation albums