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Album number eight and first in 23 years from the indie pop band formed in Sheffield in 1978

ADM rating[?]

7.8

Label
Rough Trade
UK Release date
06/06/2025
US Release date
06/06/2025
  1. 10.0 |   Spill Magazine

    More is a wonderful return for Pulp. Hopefully, we do not need to wait another two decades for the next Pulp record
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  2. 10.0 |   The Arts Desk

    They’ve ripened delightfully and are living proof that age does not diminish creativity or relevance
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  3. 9.0 |   All Music

    More is classic Pulp, aged to near perfection
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  4. 9.0 |   Far Out

    The band already had a legacy secured, but with More, they’ve added another shiny jewel to it, not just used everything that came before and tagged on a weak charm
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  5. 9.0 |   Under The Radar

    With a collection of memorable songs offering observations on life with both a singular wit and obvious care for its subjects, Pulp clearly still feel comfortable on More flourishing at the high bar they set for themselves long ago
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  6. 9.0 |   Clash

    Opener ‘Spike Island’ is already a fan favourite, a meta-musing on the Stone Roses’ gathering-of-the-tribes that has become the soundtrack to Pulp’s very own second coming
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  7. 9.0 |   Uncut

    They've matured- not like a fine wine, but maybe like a magnificently ripe Wensleydale. Print edition only

  8. 9.0 |   musicOMH

    So THIS is what they do for an encore
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  9. 9.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Let us celebrate More for what it is: a surprisingly thoughtful and often breathtaking coda to the Sheffield legends’ wonderful career
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  10. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    Nobody said it would be easy growing up, but we’ve all got to do it, even the kind of people who end up as characters in Pulp songs. So here are some new songs, which find positivity and meaning in relationships, love, community and nature to give them and us a pointer or two
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  11. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone UK

    On their first album in 24 years, Jarvis Cocker and co deliver a comeback that proves to be more than worth the wait
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  12. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Pulp demonstrate that revisiting the past can yield genuinely uncompromising and organic rewards
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  13. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    More is unlikely to win Pulp many new fans, but that would be presumptuous to really want (and undignified to aim for) when you can otherwise hit the mark so authentically
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  14. 8.0 |   Mojo

    More is that rarest of reunion records: one that transcends nostalgia to actually enhance a band’s legacy. Print edition only

  15. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The Britpop icons’ first album since 2001 sees them evolve in both sound and outlook
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  16. 8.0 |   Paste Magazine

    The Sheffield band’s first album in 24 years is the sound of life moving on, of time eroding us beautifully, and the miracles we’re lucky enough to have whack us in the face in the course of a day
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  17. 8.0 |   DIY

    A band returning as evolutions, not imitations, of their past selves
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  18. 8.0 |   NME

    Assisted by James Ford, Jarvis Cocker and co return with their first album in 24 years and a mature but vital response to the second summer of Britpop
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  19. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    Jarvis Cocker and the band’s first album in 24 years delivers a refreshing take on middle age, with all the the skewed observation and joyful melodic flourishes of old
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  20. 8.0 |   The Independent

    Band’s first album in 24 years accomplishes the transition between fan-settling familiarity and creative advancement
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  21. 8.0 |   The Quietus

    If there is to be more Pulp after More then the hope is that Cocker will continue to write about the salacious stuff for as long as his sex drive takes him into these scenarios and fantasies. It’s constantly on everyone’s mind, after all
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  22. 7.6 |   Beats Per Minute

    More is very much what most will have expected: Pulp sitting back and crafting an expertly compelling album on ageing, adapting their signature topics and quirks to the perspective of autumnal age
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  23. 7.5 |   Pitchfork

    After 24 years, Jarvis Cocker and his baroque-pop band return to remind you, with rakish wit and horny wisdom, that your whole life is just one big coming-of-age saga
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  24. 7.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    While unmistakably weathered, Pulp are also immutably themselves
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  25. 7.0 |   God Is In The TV

    So, overall whilst it’s lovely to have them back, but maybe a little less would have made this record so much More
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  26. 6.0 |   Northern Transmissions

    Through tackling the intricacies of acceptance and naming feelings, this new work explores the privilege of growing older and wiser, while also staying true to the classic sound and finesse that Pulp fans adore

  27. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Some oddly deconstructed influences pop up on Pulp’s first album in 23 years
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  28. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    What Pulp haven’t lost is their innate Englishness: ballads recall grocery shops, summer festivals, and farmers’ markets, but the results are disappointing
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  29. 4.0 |   The FT

    The Sheffield band return with their first record in 24 years, but the 11 songs lack chemistry
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  30. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    Pulp’s first album for 24 years features a fantastic opening track, then a grim drizzle of indie plodders
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