Pulp

This criminally neglected album contains many of Pulp's best songs. "Dishes" is true kitchen sink drama, while "Help the Aged" uses '70s Glam Rock to illustrate our hopeless obsession with fleeting youth. Best of all is "A Little Soul," a heartfelt narrative from a failed father and husband to a son entering adulthood.

Pulp's "This Is Hardcore" is arguably the first pop album devoted entirely to the subject of
the long, slow fade. This is a bold move because it breaks one of rock's oldest songwriting
taboos. Rockers have always fled from the prospect of aging and ignored the mundane
details of survival. Even when the Beatles took on the subject, they did it as a lark: "Will
you still feed me when I'm sixty-four?" Pulp, on the other hand, dive right in. "He... More >