His N Hers

Fifteen years after forming Arabacus Pulp as a schoolboy, Jarvis Cocker finally scored his first hit single with babies - a sexually-charged tale of teenage voyeurism which saw Jarvis on top of the pops with 'i hate wet wet wet' written on his jacket. At the time, the Scottish superstars dismissed such behaviour as desperate attention-grabbing from indie no-hopers. Britain, though, had already decided it could do with a pop star who could wring poetry from the grubbier little enclaves of small-town life. And in low rent synth-dramas, such as acrylic afternoons, pink glove, and the bilious joyriders, Jarvis began to deliver in earnest, coming on like the missing link between Serge Gainsbourg and the human league. 'his'n'hers' didn't finish off the job, of course - it would take a more dynamic producer and a class-avenging anthem called 'common people' to make him a national treasure. Wet wet wet's career though, never quite recovered.

Tracklisting

1. Joyriders
2. Lipgloss
3. Acrylic
4. Afternoons
5. Have You Seen Her Lately?
6. Babies
7. She's a Lady
8. Happy Endings
9. Do You Remember The First Time?
10. Pink Glove
11. Someone Like
12. The Moon
13. Davids Last Summer
14. You're Not Blind (Demo)
15. Space (BBC Hit
16. The North Session Soundcheck)
17. The Boss (Demo)
18. Watching Nicky (Demo)
19. Frightened (Demo)
20. Your Sisters Clothes
21. Seconds
22. His N Hers
23. Street Lites
24. You're a
25. Nightmare (BBC John Peel Session)
26. The Babysitter
27. Deep Fried In Kelvin