His 'n' Hers

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His 'n' Hers is the fourth studio album by English rock band Pulp, released on 18 April 1994 by Island Records. It proved to be the band's breakthrough album, reaching number nine on the UK Albums Chart,<ref name=virginTop1000/> and was nominated for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize. In 1998, Q magazine readers voted it the seventieth greatest album of all time, while it was placed at number 110 in the book Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums.<ref name=virginTop1000>Template:Cite book</ref>

Themes and content

Lyrically, the album encompasses subjects for which Pulp were to become well known, including sexual encounters, social class and voyeurism.<ref name=virginTop1000/>

Robyn Strachan retrospectively describes the opener "Joyriders" as setting the tone for the album with "acerbic observation and lurking seediness and decay".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

"She's a Lady" takes much of its musical inspiration from Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The album closer, "David's Last Summer", is notable as being one of Pulp's most narrative songs, delivered entirely in spoken word apart from the chorus despite being an uptempo track.

Release and aftermath

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The CD edition of the album included a new remixed version of the song “Babies”, the original version of which was previously released as a single in 1992.

The album was preceded with two singles: "Lipgloss" and "Do You Remember the First Time?". The new mix of "Babies" was also released as a single as part of the Sisters EP.

The album was a long-awaited breakthrough for Pulp in the UK becoming their first charting album reaching number nine<ref name="UK">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and later certified Gold.<ref name="BPI">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Note: User needs to enter "Pulp" in the "Keywords" field, "Artist" in the "Search by" field and click the "Search" button. Select "More >>" next to the relevant entry to see full certification history.</ref>

A CD Deluxe edition of His 'n' Hers was released on 11 September 2006. It contained a second disc of B-sides, demos and rarities. The vinyl version of the Deluxe edition was released in 2012.