Pearson, Paul (30 March 2018). "Pulp's This Is Hardcore is still a shattering piece of work after 20 years". Treble . Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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This Is Hardcore is the sixth album by English band Pulp. Released in March 1998, it came three years after their breakthrough album, Different Class, and was eagerly anticipated. a b "British album certifications – Pulp – This Is Hardcore". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 25 June 2020. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type This Is Hardcore in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. Welcome to personal disintegration - the West End musical. Welcome to an album that amounts to breakdown on Broadway - a situa­tion that makes the above snatch of dialogue almost eerily appropriate. The theatrical source is relevant enough, but the tone fits 'This Is Hardcore' to a 'T' - a man hitting the bottom but relaying the descent with the kind of thespian relish that says he's savouring every last minute of it. Caulfield, Keith (18 April 2008). "Keith answers readers' questions on Bette Midler, Radiohead, Celine Dion and more!". Billboard. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014 . Retrieved 25 June 2020. Barker, Emily (25 October 2013). "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 200-101". NME . Retrieved 17 January 2023.

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Matrix / Runout (D-side runout, variant 2): MPO 0602547866509 B [MPO logo]® 21216594 GREG @ FINYL TWEEK Who knows, maybe 'This Is Hardcore' will run and run. Starlight Express is, after all, now in its 14th year. But it seems more likely that while 'This Is Hardcore' should be praised as a brilliant, unprecedented lyrical statement, it's not actually one you'll want to play that much. Here’s a great write up on the different pressings: https://madeincatcliffe.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/pulp-vinyl-reissues-this-is-hardcore/ Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 1): MPO 0602547852915 B [MPO logo]® 19 136924 GREG @ FINYL TWEEK Laws, Mike (11 December 2014). "The 10 Best Britpop Albums of All Time (or At Least Since 1993 or So)". The Village Voice. Suzan Gursoy . Retrieved 13 December 2016.

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Harris, Keith (2004). "Pulp". The Rolling Stone Album Guide (4thed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 665. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. When the unbelievable object meets the unstoppable force", he coos. "There's nothing you can. do about it, no / I will light your cigarette with a star that has fallen from the sky". Blimey, he's practically floating above the bedspread bathed in blue-and-white light like an apparition of the Virgin Mary (or Frankie Valli in Grease depending on what side of town you grew up on). It could also, of course, describe absolute reality.

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a b c d Kot, Greg (3 April 1998). "Pulp: This Is Hardcore (Island)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016 . Retrieved 2 May 2016.

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a b Hochman, Steve (5 April 1998). "Pulp 'This Is Hardcore' Island". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016 . Retrieved 2 May 2016.

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Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 3): MPO 0602547852915 B [MPO logo] ® 22 292592 GREG @ FINYL TWEEK Merline, Micheal (23 June 2014). "Revisit: Pulp: This is Hardcore". Spectrum Culture . Retrieved 6 October 2022. DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Pulp: This Is Hardcore". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008 . Retrieved 30 September 2011. As with the band's previous album, This is Hardcore reached No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart, but with far fewer sales, [6] and was well received critically, earning Pulp a third successive nomination for the 1998 Mercury Prize. [7] Matrix / Runout (B-side runout, variant 2): MPO 0602547852915 B [MPO logo]® 21216650 GREG @ FINYL TWEEK