album · October 30, 1995

Different Class

Pulp

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A seminal release of the Britpop era, Different Class is a career-defining album that cemented Pulp's status as one of the UK's most beloved bands.

• The album was recorded at Olympic Studios in London and mixed at Abbey Road Studios. It reached number one on the UK Albums Chart and won the Mercury Music Prize in 1996. It spawned five hit singles: "Common People", "Sorted for E's & Wizz", "I Spy", "Underwear", and "Disco 2000".
• The album's themes of class, consumerism, and suburban life resonated deeply with the British public at the time. It is frequently cited as one of the greatest British albums of all time.
• The album was released on 30 October 1995 by Island Records. It was later reissued by UMC in 2015.

Pulp are a British rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. They are one of the most prominent bands of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s.