It (Pulp album)

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|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1Score={{Rating|2|5}}Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r47327}}. Retrieved 2010-07-232.

|rev2=Clash

|rev2Score=7/10{{cite web|author=TC|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/pulp-it/|title=Pulp – It|website=Clash|date=13 February 2012}}

|rev3=Drowned in Sound

|rev3Score=6/10

|rev4=Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev4score={{rating|2|5}}{{cite book |first=Colin |last=Larkin |author-link=Colin Larkin |chapter=Pulp|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=pulp&pg=PA324 |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780857125958|via= Google Books}}

|rev5=The Great Rock Discography

|rev5score=4/10{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |author-link=Martin C. Strong |title= The Great Rock Discography|chapter=Pulp |date=2004|edition=7th|publisher=Canongate Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/1232/mode/1up 1231-1232]|isbn=1-84195-615-5}}

|rev6=MusicHound

|rev6Score=2.5/5{{cite book |editor1-last=Graff |editor1-first=Gary |editor2-last=Durchholz |editor2-first=Daniel |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |publisher=Visible Ink Press |year=1999 |isbn=1-57859-061-2 |chapter=Pulp |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/906/mode/1up 906]}}

|rev7=Pitchfork

|rev7Score=6.1/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15708-it-freaks-separations/#review-album-16836 |title=Pulp: It / Freaks / Separations |first=Joe |last=Tangari |date=9 August 2011 |work=Pitchfork}}

|rev8=The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev8Score={{Rating|1|5}}{{cite book|last=Harris|first=Keith|chapter=Pulp|title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2004|edition=4th|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/665 665]}}

|rev9=Sounds

|rev9Score={{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite journal|title=Pulp — It|journal=Sounds|url=https://pulpwiki.net/pulpwiki/uploads/Pulp/It-Sounds-review.jpg|last=McCullough|first=Dave|date=23 June 1983}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = 3/10{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQNfU0m3UX0C&pg=PA82 |title=Discography: Jarvis Cocker |magazine=Spin |volume=25 |issue=6 |date=June 2009 |last=Modell |first=Josh |page=82}}

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It was originally released as a limited vinyl mini-LP of 2000 copies in April 1983. The album's odd title is in fact a deliberate pun, as when it added to the name of the band it spells the word "Pulpit".Reed, John. "The Complete History of Pulp". Record Collector. December 1994.

The first reissue on CD was by Cherry Red in February 1994 with three bonus tracks ("Looking for Life", "Everybody's Problem" and "There Was..."). However, this release was soon deleted as Cherry Red did not own the material.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Pulp-It/release/2415078|title=Pulp It|website=Discogs |access-date=2014-09-28}} Later that year Fire Records made its own re-release in November 1994, but without "Everybody's Problem" and "There Was..." as bonus tracks. The album existed in this form for all subsequent releases.{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/retro/noteworthynotions/pulpit.htm|title='It' Pulp 1983|publisher=Angelfire|access-date=2014-09-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006073304/http://www.angelfire.com/retro/noteworthynotions/pulpit.htm|archive-date=6 October 2014}}

The album was reissued and remastered by Fire Records in 2012 along with Pulp's 1987's Freaks and 1992's Separations. This re-release took several delays as the first stated release date was 8 August 2011 while the albums finally came out on 13 February 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=artists&artistid=00000000067|access-date=2012-02-20|title=Fire Records article|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814234751/http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=artists&artistid=00000000067|archive-date=14 August 2011}} An announcement in the interim stated that the albums would be remastered with new bonus tracks to be added to the track listings as well as new artwork and liner notes from music journalist Everett True.

All songs written by Jarvis Cocker, except where noted.

Side 1

1. "My Lighthouse" {{small|(Cocker, Simon Hinkler)}} – 3:30
2. "Wishful Thinking" – 4:17
3. "Joking Aside" – 4:20
4. "Boats and Trains" – 1:34

Side 2

5. "Blue Girls" – 5:56
6. "Love Love" – 3:09
7. "In Many Ways" – 2:46

Fire Records 1994 reissue

8. "Looking for Life" {{small|(B-side to "My Lighthouse" single)}} – 5:29

Fire Records 2012 reissue

9. "My Lighthouse" {{small|(single version)}} – 3:28
10. "Please Don't Worry" – 3:24
11. "Blue Girls" {{small|(alternative mix)}} – 6:05
12. "Sink or Swim" – 4:02

Pulp

• Jarvis Cocker: Vocals, guitar
• Simon Hinkler: Bass, piano, guitar, mandolin
• Peter Boam: Guitar, keyboards, piano
• David Hinkler: Keyboards, trombone
• Wayne Furniss: Guitar, bass
• Garry Wilson (credited as "Beefy Garry O"): Drums

Additional musicians

• Mister Barry Thompson: flute, clarinet
• Jill Taylor: backing vocals
• Saskia Cocker: backing vocals
• Jon Short: cello
• Joanne, Julie and Alison: chatter and recorders

Artwork

• Tony Perrin

{{reflist}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL36PKo7DXhGlzEJkznJxEEI3BhnbyQr0o It] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
• {{Discogs master|type=album|87155|name=It}}

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