Different Class - Pulp (1995)

Listen Closely with Jon & Chris

Though they had been together since the late 1970s, Sheffield, England's Pulp would ride the Britpop wave of the 1990s to finally achieve superstar status in the UK and beyond. Fronted by the cheeky and lanky singer/songwriter, Jarvis Cocker, the group combined new wave, disco and synth-pop sounds with Cocker's irreverent, witty, and often times depraved lyrics to create some of the most memorable alternative music of the 1990s. Their 1995 album, Different Class, is a watershed moment in Britpop and 1990s alt-rock, ultimately making Pulp rival the likes of Oasis and Blur. On the 25th anniversary of the release of Different Class, Jon and Chris look back on an album that is anthemic, sexy, at times dark, but still incredibly relevant a quarter-century after its release.