Jarvis (album)
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Jarvis is the debut solo album by Pulp
vocalist and musician Jarvis Cocker
, released in the UK on November 13, 2006.
and Mark Webber
, fellow band members from Pulp play on this record. Antony Genn
, a former Pulp member, and Richard Hawley
, who toured and performed, also play on the album. Candida Doyle
has played on various tracks when performed live. The song "Running the World" can be heard during the closing credits of the film Children of Men
.
, which assigns a normalized
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average
score of 82, based on 30 reviews.
Pulp (band)
Pulp are an English alternative rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978. Their lineup consists of Jarvis Cocker , Russell Senior , Candida Doyle , Mark Webber , Steve Mackey and Nick Banks ....
vocalist and musician Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Branson Cocker is an English musician and frontman for the band Pulp. Through his work with the band, Cocker became a figurehead of the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s. Following Pulp's hiatus Cocker has led a successful solo career...
, released in the UK on November 13, 2006.
Production
Steve MackeySteve Mackey
Steve Mackey is a British musician and record producer best known for playing bass guitar in the band Pulp. He also played bass for Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker in the latter's solo career, and worked as a songwriter and producer with artists such as M.I.A...
and Mark Webber
Mark Webber (guitarist)
Mark Webber is an English rock guitarist.He is most famous for playing in Pulp , and appearing on all of their albums since their Mercury Music Prize winning collection Different Class...
, fellow band members from Pulp play on this record. Antony Genn
Antony Genn
Antony Genn is a British musician formerly in Pulp. He also toured with Elastica in 1995-1996, playing keyboards. He is known for co-writing with Joe Strummer and forming The Mescaleros in 1999. Antony co-wrote and produced The Mescaleros first album Rock Art and the X-Ray Style...
, a former Pulp member, and Richard Hawley
Richard Hawley
Richard Hawley is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer. After his first band Treebound Story broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. He later joined the band Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker...
, who toured and performed, also play on the album. Candida Doyle
Candida Doyle
Candida Doyle is a keyboard player and occasional backing vocalist with the band Pulp, which she joined in 1984...
has played on various tracks when performed live. The song "Running the World" can be heard during the closing credits of the film Children of Men
Children of Men
Children of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...
.
Track listing
All tracks written by Jarvis Cocker, except for "Black Magic" by Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey- "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 1)" – 0:29
- "Don't Let Him Waste Your TimeDon't Let Him Waste Your Time"Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" is a song by English singer and songwriter Jarvis Cocker. Before recording the song for his debut solo album Jarvis in November 2006, the song appeared on Nancy Sinatra's self-titled 2004 album...
" – 4:09 - "Black Magic" – 4:21
- "Heavy Weather" – 3:49
- "I Will Kill Again" – 3:45
- "Baby's Coming Back to Me" – 4:09
- "Fat ChildrenFat Children"Fat Children" is the second single from Jarvis Cocker's album Jarvis. The single was released in the UK on July 16, 2007. The 7" vinyl single features the full length version of "The Loss Adjuster," which appeared on the album as two short snippets. There is also a remix of "Fat Children" by...
" – 3:23 - "From Auschwitz to IpswichFrom Auschwitz to Ipswich"From Auschwitz to Ipswich" is a song by English singer and songwriter Jarvis Cocker. It appears on his debut solo album Jarvis.Cocker discussed the song with Will Hodgkinson in the 2009 Sky Arts "Jarvis Cocker: Songbook" TV programme...
" – 3:49 - "Disney Time" – 3:04
- "Tonite" – 3:56
- "Big Julie" – 4:41
- "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 2)" – 0:29
- "Quantum Theory" – 4:40
"Cunts Are Still Running The World" – 4:50- "Cunts Are Still Running The World" is included as a hidden trackHidden trackIn the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...
on the CD, 30 minutes on from the end of "Quantum Theory". The vinyl version of the album features the track on a separate 45 rpm single.
- "Cunts Are Still Running The World" is included as a hidden track
Chart positions
| Chart (2006). | Provider(s) | Peak position |
|---|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... |
BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... /OCC |
37 |
Band
- Jarvis Cocker – vocals, guitar, synthesiser, piano, percussion, bass, organ, mellotron, vibraphone, glockenspiel
- Richard HawleyRichard HawleyRichard Hawley is a guitarist, singer-songwriter and producer. After his first band Treebound Story broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longpigs in the 1990s. He later joined the band Pulp, led by his friend Jarvis Cocker...
– guitar, lyre, vocals, piano, celeste, percussion, vibraphone - Steve MackeySteve MackeySteve Mackey is a British musician and record producer best known for playing bass guitar in the band Pulp. He also played bass for Pulp singer Jarvis Cocker in the latter's solo career, and worked as a songwriter and producer with artists such as M.I.A...
– bass, guitar, vibraphone - Ross OrtonRoss OrtonRoss Orton is a musician/songwriter/producer based in Sheffield, England.He is known for his work as drummer in Add N to and as part of electro trio Fat Truckers, and since that band's split in 2004 has formed the Cavemen songwriting/production duo with Pulp's Steve Mackey...
– drums, timpani, percussion, guitar
Musicians
- Jason Buckle – keyboards, synthesiser
- Antony GennAntony GennAntony Genn is a British musician formerly in Pulp. He also toured with Elastica in 1995-1996, playing keyboards. He is known for co-writing with Joe Strummer and forming The Mescaleros in 1999. Antony co-wrote and produced The Mescaleros first album Rock Art and the X-Ray Style...
– vocals - Richard B Humphries – storm recording
- Alasdair Malloy – percussion, conga, percussion arrangement, marimba, glockenspiel
- Philip SheppardPhilip Sheppard (musician)-Biography:Philip Sheppard trained in Cello and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, during which time he specialised in contemporary music. He worked closely with Hans Werner Henze, Sir Michael Tippett and Luciano Berio during this time as a founder member of The Kreutzer String Quartet...
– string arrangement, choral arrangement - Martin SlatteryMartin SlatteryMartin Slattery is a British multi-instrumentalist best known as a member of Joe Strummer's backing band The Mescaleros. He played there amongst others electric guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, saxophone, and flute. He is currently in the band The Hours alongside Antony Genn.- References :...
– piano, saxophone - Graham SuttonGraham Sutton (musician)Graham Sutton is an English musician, songwriter, composer and record producer based in Hackney, UK. He is best known as the leader and key figure of seminal post-rock band Bark Psychosis, as well as being an in-demand producer for alternative rock bands since the late 1990s.-Bark Psychosis:Sutton...
– string arrangement, keyboards
Strings
- Violins – Jason Kubehead, Samantha Vine
- Violas – Thomas Weatherill
- Cellos – Jack Jones
- Double bass – Adem Yildrim
Choir
- Karla Obeydani
- Charlie Dickinson
- Tommy Booth-Cole
- Eric Hunt
- James Kempster
- Sam Addo
- Ella Dinsdale-Butterz
- Godwin Kanton
- Clinton Tebu
- Adam Willett
- T.J. Somasundaram
- Tom More
- Maisie Williams
- Jorral Levine
- Sarah Jones
Reception
Initial critical response to Jarvis was very positive. At MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, which assigns a normalized
Standard score
In statistics, a standard score indicates how many standard deviations an observation or datum is above or below the mean. It is a dimensionless quantity derived by subtracting the population mean from an individual raw score and then dividing the difference by the population standard deviation...
rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average
Weighted mean
The weighted mean is similar to an arithmetic mean , where instead of each of the data points contributing equally to the final average, some data points contribute more than others...
score of 82, based on 30 reviews.