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Countdown 1992–1983

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Released
  
11 March 1996

Length
  
96:10

Release date
  
11 March 1996

Recorded
  
1983 – 1992

Artist
  
Pulp

Label
  
Nectar Masters

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Countdown 1992–1983 (1996)
  
This Is Hardcore (1998)

Genres
  
Britpop, Alternative rock, Indie rock

Similar
  
Masters of the Universe, The Peel Sessions, Intro: The Gift Recordings, It, Separations

Countdown 1992–1983 is a double compilation album by the band Pulp released by Fire Records on 11 March 1996.

Contents

Background

It features highlights from the band's first three albums (It, Freaks and Separations), along with non-album singles ("Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)" and "Dogs Are Everywhere") and B-sides ("Death Goes to the Disco", "The Mark Of The Devil", "97 Lovers" and "Blue Glow"). The album title is a reference to the band's song "Countdown", therefore (aside from the extended version of "Countdown" which closes the album) the running order goes backwards chronologically from 1992 to 1983.

Being released at the height of Pulp's and Britpop fame, the album reached #10 in the UK Album Chart, the only charting compilation album of the band's Fire Records era material. The sleevenotes are written by Guardian journalist Caroline Sullivan, a longtime friend of the band, and detail the group's history, particularly prior to their main commercial success.

Reception

Jarvis Cocker was very critical of the compilation at the time of its release. Cocker: "I would urge anybody not to buy it. Please, I find it embarrassing to be honest. And also the way it's packaged to look a bit modern, a bit like our sleeves now. It's a crap version... I wouldn't recommend it to anybody. And Fire records never did us any favours when we were on the label. Being signed to that label was the single biggest thing that prevented us succeeding. It almost made us split up."

Track listing

All lyrics written by Jarvis Cocker, all music composed by Pulp; except where noted.

Disc one
  1. "Countdown" (Single Version) – 4:40
  2. "Death Goes to the Disco" – 5:42
  3. "My Legendary Girlfriend" – 6:44
  4. "Don't You Want Me Anymore?" – 3:46
  5. "She's Dead" – 5:04
  6. "Down by the River" – 3:38
  7. "I Want You" – 4:38
  8. "Being Followed Home" – 6:01
  9. "Master of the Universe" – 3:19
  10. "Don't You Know" – 4:06
  11. "They Suffocate at Night" – 6:17
  • Tracks 1-2 from the 1991 single "Countdown"
  • Tracks 3-6 from the 1992 album Separations
  • Tracks 7-11 from the 1987 album Freaks
    • Disc two
    1. "Dogs Are Everywhere" – 4:53
    2. "The Mark of the Devil" – 4:32
    3. "97 Lovers" – 4:28
    4. "Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)" – 3:25
    5. "Blue Glow" – 3:03
    6. "My Lighthouse" (Jarvis Cocker, Simon Hinkler) – 3:28
    7. "Wishful Thinking" (Cocker) – 4:16
    8. "Blue Girls" (Cocker) – 5:58
    9. "Countdown" (Extended Version) – 8:03
  • Tracks 1-3 from the 1986 single "Dogs Are Everywhere"
  • Tracks 4-5 from the single 1985 "Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)"
  • Tracks 6-8 from the 1983 album It
  • Track 9 from the 1991 single "Countdown"

    • Songs

    1Countdown4:41
    2Death Goes to the Disco5:43
    3My Legendary Girlfriend6:45

    References

    Countdown 1992–1983 Wikipedia
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