With all errors fixed since full results posted, as well as artist names differentiated.. I also changed the vote for Inside Susan: ASITP to Stacks as Sic said he would've voted for that one in particular if he had to? My Inside Susan vote was for that song, in particular - if others who only put Inside Susan meant the trilogy we can hash it out further!
For ties I used any number one votes as a tiebreaker, if there wasn't one I used how many people voted, when that was no different either they become, e.g., 31.1 and 31.2 which I think ended up alphabetically.
1 - Common People - Pulp - 641 points - 21 votes, 5 number ones
2 - This Is Hardcore - Pulp - 559 points - 25 votes, 2 number ones
3 - Do You Remember The First Time? - Pulp - 477 points - 21 votes, 0 number ones
4 - Pink Glove - Pulp - 474 points - 17 votes, 3 number ones
5 - Babies - Pulp - 474 points - 17 votes, 2 number ones
6 - Disco 2000 - Pulp - 365 points - 13 votes, 2 number ones
7 - Seconds - Pulp - 327 points - 13 votes, 2 number ones
8 - Something changed - Pulp - 326 points - 13 votes, 1 number ones
9 - Razzmatazz - Pulp - 319 points - 15 votes, 0 number ones
10 - Lipgloss - Pulp - 309 points - 16 votes, 0 number ones
11 - Underwear - Pulp - 296 points - 14 votes, 0 number ones
12 - Help the Aged - Pulp - 279 points - 14 votes, 0 number ones
13 - F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. - Pulp - 264 points - 11 votes, 0 number ones
14 - Acrylic Afternoons - Pulp - 257 points - 12 votes, 0 number ones
15 - I Spy - Pulp - 247 points - 12 votes, 1 number ones
16 - Mis-shapes - Pulp - 242 points - 11 votes, 0 number ones
17 - A Little Soul - Pulp - 241 points - 11 votes, 0 number ones
18 - My Legendary Girlfriend - Pulp - 233 points - 11 votes, 1 number ones
19 - The Fear - Pulp - 229 points - 10 votes, 1 number ones
20 - Sorted for E's & Wizz - Pulp - 225 points - 10 votes, 0 number ones
21 - She's A Lady - Pulp - 222 points - 11 votes, 0 number ones
22 - Like A Friend - Pulp - 211 points - 9 votes, 1 number ones
23 - Dishes - Pulp - 197 points - 8 votes, 1 number ones
24 - Your Sister's Clothes - Pulp - 196 points - 9 votes, 0 number ones
25 - O.U. (Gone Gone) - Pulp - 189 points - 8 votes, 1 number ones
26 - The Trees - Pulp - 174 points - 7 votes, 1 number ones
27 - His 'n' Hers - Pulp - 173 points - 7 votes, 1 number ones
28 - Sheffield: Sex City - Pulp - 166 points - 8 votes, 0 number ones
29 - Wickerman - Pulp - 163 points - 7 votes, 1 number ones
30 - Sunrise - Pulp - 161 points - 9 votes, 0 number ones
31 - Bad Cover Version - Pulp - 150 points - 8 votes, 0 number ones
32 - Death II - Pulp - 143 points - 6 votes, 1 number ones
33 - Joyriders - Pulp - 138 points - 6 votes, 0 number ones
34.1 - Countdown - Pulp - 124 points - 6 votes, 0 number ones
34.2 - The Night that Minnie Temperley Died - Pulp - 124 points - 6 votes, 0 number ones
35 - Blue Girls - Pulp - 116 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
36 - Mile End - Pulp - 114 points - 6 votes, 0 number ones
37 - Glory Days - Pulp - 101 points - 5 votes, 0 number ones
38 - Pencil Skirt - Pulp - 96 points - 6 votes, 0 number ones
39.1 - Live Bed Show - Pulp - 96 points - 5 votes, 0 number ones
39.2 - Party Hard - Pulp - 96 points - 5 votes, 0 number ones
40.1 - I Want You - Pulp - 91 points - 5 votes, 0 number ones
40.2 - Running the World - Jarvis Cocker - 91 points - 5 votes, 0 number ones
41 - Bar Italia - Pulp - 88 points - 6 votes, 0 number ones
42 - Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) - Pulp - 88 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
43 - Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia) - Pulp - 85 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
44 - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time - Jarvis Cocker - 84 points - 5 votes, 0 number ones
45 - Inside Susan - Pulp - 80 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
46 - Stacks - Pulp - 79 points - 3 votes, 0 number ones
47 - Love is Blind - Pulp - 77 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
48 - Ansaphone - Pulp - 77 points - 3 votes, 0 number ones
49 - Weeds - Pulp - 76 points - 5 votes, 0 number ones
50 - Monday Morning - Pulp - 74 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
51 - Sliding Through Life On Charm - Marianne Faithfull - 72 points - 3 votes, 0 number ones
52 - First Man in Space - All Seeing I - 69 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
53 - Have You Seen Her Lately? - Pulp - 67 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
54 - Synchronize - Jarvis Cocker w/Discodeine - 65 points - 3 votes, 1 number ones
55 - Set the Controls for the Heart of the Pelvis - Barry Adamson - 63 points - 3 votes, 0 number ones
56 - Walk like a Panther - All Seeing I - 62 points - 3 votes, 0 number ones
57 - The Birds in Your Garden - Pulp - 60 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
58 - Ciao! - Lush - 59 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
59 - Seductive Barry - Pulp - 58 points - 3 votes, 0 number ones
60 - Wishful Thinking - Pulp - 56 points - 4 votes, 0 number ones
61 - The Day After The Revolution - Pulp - 55 points - 3 votes, 0 number ones
62 - Big Julie - Jarvis Cocker - 54 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
63 - Street Lites - Pulp - 52 points - 3 votes, 0 number ones
64 - She's Dead - Pulp - 52 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
65 - David's Last Summer - Pulp - 51 points - 2 votes, 1 number ones
66 - Dogs are Everywhere - Pulp - 50 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
67 - I'm A Man - Pulp - 46 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
68 - Sylvia - Pulp - 45 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
69 - Death Goes to the Disco - Pulp - 42 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
70 - Love Love - Pulp - 40 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
71 - I Will Kill Again - Jarvis Cocker - 40 points - 1 votes, 1 number ones
72 - The Babysitter - Pulp - 39 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
73 - Happy Endings - Pulp - 38 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
74 - I Love Life - Pulp - 36 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
75 - The Facts Of Life (The Chocolate Layers Remix) - Black Box Recorder - 36 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
76 - Cocaine Socialism - Pulp - 35 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
77 - My Lighthouse - Pulp - 33 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
78 - Roadkill - Pulp - 31 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
79 - Everybody's Problem - Pulp - 30 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
80 - Someone Like The Moon - Pulp - 27 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
81 - You're A Nightmare - Pulp - 25 points - 2 votes, 0 number ones
82 - Separations - Pulp - 25 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
83.1 - Deep Fried in Kelvin - Pulp - 24 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
83.2 - Don't You Know - Pulp - 24 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
83.3 - Maureen - Pulp - 24 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
84 - PTA - Pulp - 23 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
85 - Morning Dew (cover) - Pulp - 22 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
86.1 - They Suffocate At Night - Pulp - 21 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
86.2 - We Love Life - Pulp - 21 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
87 - Fuckingsong - Jarvis Cocker - 20 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
88.1 - Last Man in Space - All Seeing I - 20 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
88.2 - TV Movie - Pulp - 20 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
88.3 - We Are the Boyz - Pulp - 20 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
88.4 - You're In My Eyes (Discosong) - Jarvis Cocker - 20 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
89.1 - 97 Lovers - Pulp - 18 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
89.2 - Last Day of the Miners' Strike - Pulp - 18 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
90 - Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris (Jarvis Cocker) - 17 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
91.1 - Billy Jack - Relaxed Muscle - 16 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
91.2 - Heavy Weather - Jarvis Cocker - 16 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
92 - Fairground - Pulp - 15 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
93.1 - Being Followed Home - Pulp - 13 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
93.2 - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time - Nancy Sinatra - 13 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
93.3 - We Can Dance Again - Pulp - 13 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
94.1 - Aborigine - Pulp - 12 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
94.2 - Blue Glow - Pulp - 12 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
94.3 - Further Complications - Jarvis Cocker - 12 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
94.4 - Weeds II - Pulp - 12 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
95.1 - Angela - Jarvis Cocker - 11 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
95.2 - Don't You Want Me Anymore? - Pulp - 11 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
95.3 - Grandfather's Nursery - Pulp - 11 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
95.4 - I Never Said I Was Deep - Jarvis Cocker - 11 points - 1 votes, 0 number ones
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 3 November 2011 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
The album starts strong, peaks massively, hits a little turbulence at "TV Movie", and then by "Sylvia" I'm starting to feel filthy and nauseous. The last thing I need at that point is more songs. But "Glory Days" and "The Day After the Revolution" are so great (especially "Glory Days")! It just took me a while to realize it. Actually, now that I think of it, I like "TV Movie" too. That incongruous, tuneless whistle halfway through makes me lol every time, and I like the way he spits out, "Why pre-TTTEND any longer?" There's really no duds on this album, in my opinion. I guess the one I'm most likely to skip is "Seductive Barry".
I agree with nearly all of this ... when I finally got into "Glory Days" and "The Day After the Revolution", TIH went from being the "difficult follow-up to DC" to "maybe the best Pulp album?" for me. The weak links are "TV Movie" (although it works well as a sort-of intermission to the album), "Party Hard", and "Seductive Barry" (Pulp could never do epics and should have never recorded a song longer than seven minutes).
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 3 November 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
My #1, "My Legendary Girlfriend" is a sentimental favorite for me since it was the first Pulp song I heard, and Separations was the first album I bought - and only one I had for a long time. Pulp was never popular in the US (none of their singles charted here, and Hardcore was the only album that even made the top 200), so I had no idea until many years later that they'd become huge in their home country and elsewhere. I still wasn't aware "Common People" was their smash hit or signature song - I've never heard it on the radio.
I decided to make things easier on myself by considering only Pulp songs - no JC solo, collaborations, or guest appearances (although I would have loved to include "Fuckingsong"). I somehow forgot to include "...First Time" on my ballot, but am relieved to see that didn't affect its placement; indeed I would have probably put it at #3. My ballot:
1. My Legendary Girlfriend
2. The Fear
3. Blue Girls
4. Ansaphone
5. Babies
6. Separations
7. Acrylic Afternoons
8. Underwear
9. Morning Dew
10. O.U.
11. Love Love
12. This Is Hardcore
13. 97 Lovers
14. Live Bed Show
15. I Want You
16. Glory Days
17 .My Lighthouse
18. Being Followed Home
19. Weeds
20. Sunrise
- 11 songs that placed in the top 41
- 4 songs that nobody else voted for
― Everything else is secondary (Lee626), Thursday, 3 November 2011 16:13 (twelve years ago) link
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