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100
It's lyrically depressing, but if you're down in the dumps about the ills of the world and frustrated by a lack of personal achievement, there's surely not a better companion piece to have to hand as you wallow.
15y
100
Artistically at least, Jarvis is an idiosyncratic triumph.
10y
90
A stunning collection of songs, in the grand Brit-pop tradition
10y
83
The main difference between Jarvis and Pulp's final album, We Love Life, is that the new record feels far less portentous, and more brightly poppy.
10y
80
One perfunctory listen will confirm that this is the most immediate album Cocker has put his name to in ten years.
15y
80
On his first solo album, Jarvis, he shakes off his early-century doldrums with his finest batch of songs since This Is Hardcore.
10y
80
As the sardonic crooner fronting Britpop vets Pulp, Jarvis Cocker fused epic, wall-of-sound pop and barbed social commentary. Happily, his killer solo debut offers more of the same.
11y
80
Even if it isn't as immediate as the prime work of Pulp, it's a richly nuanced, complicated album that finds Cocker near the top of his craft as a writer and record maker.
15y
80
There are songs here that easily stand up to any of Pulp’s high-points, and sound totally unique against the backdrop of 2006.
15y
75
Fears that incipient middle age has mellowed the misanthropy of Pulp’s ex-frontman Jarvis Cocker are allayed by his solo album.
10y
70
'Jarvis' never quite gathers an irresistible momentum like his past glories did. There isn't a bad song on here, but there are several which don't fulfil their full potential.
11y
68
All in all, Jarvis is a mixed bag. It feels like the sort of thing that Cocker would do just to expunge his notebooks before moving on.
11y
62
Jarvis is the record of someone losing hope, the sound of dejection turned up to 10.
15y
60
Jarvis Cocker’s solo debut is not so much a curate’s egg as a game of two halves. The first “side” triggers a sinking sensation reminiscent of hearing Morrissey’s “Kill Uncle” for the first time in 1991: has our hero truly lost his touch?
10y
Not to the level of Pulp or if I'm being honest, Richard Hawley.
Essential Track - Black Magic
"Running the World" is a timeless classic and Trump is a walking abortion. No more to add
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Track List
| 1 | The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 1) 0:27 | |
| 2 | Don't Let Him Waste Your Time 4:09 | 89 |
| 3 | Black Magic 4:21 | 88 |
| 4 | Heavy Weather 3:49 | |
| 5 | I Will Kill Again 3:45 | |
| 6 | Baby's Coming Back to Me 4:09 | 84 |
| 7 | Fat Children 3:23 | 85 |
| 8 | From Auschwitz to Ipswich 3:39 | |
| 9 | Disney Time 3:04 | |
| 10 | Tonite 3:56 | |
| 11 | Big Julie 4:41 | |
| 12 | The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 2) 0:29 | |
| 13 | Quantum Theory 4:37 | 100 |
Total Length: 44 minutes
