Pulp: This Is Hardcore (Island)
Chris Ingham, MOJO, May 1998
WHY ARE Pulp interesting? Previously, of course, the Misfit King, their smarter-than-average frontman/lyricist with his louche irony and left-field charisma was the main answer.
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