''Jarvis'' (also known as ''The Jarvis Cocker Record'') is the debut solo album by Pulp vocalist and musician

Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Branson Cocker (born 19 September 1963) is an English musician. As the founder, frontman, lyricist and only consistent member of the band Pulp (band), Pulp, he became a reluctant figurehead of the Britpop genre of the mid-1990s. Cocker h ...

, released in the UK on 13 November 2006.

Overview

Two songs from the album, "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" and "Baby's Coming Back to Me", were previously released on Nancy Sinatra's self-titled 2004 album. The complete version of the song "The Loss Adjuster" appeared as b-side to " Fat Children" single.

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and Mark Webber, fellow band members from Pulp play on this record. Antony Genn, a former Pulp member, and Richard Hawley, who toured and performed, also play on the album. Candida Doyle has played on various tracks when performed live. The song "Running the World" can be heard during the closing credits of the film '' Children of Men''.

Reception

Initial critical response to ''Jarvis'' was very positive. At

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, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an

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score of 82, based on 30 reviews.

"Running the World" 2019 chart entry

On the record the final track "Quantum Theory" contains a

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: "(Cunts Are Still) Running the World". After a public campaign to make the song "Running the World" the UK Christmas 2019 No. 1, the song entered the official UK singles chart at No. 48 and entered The Official Big Top 40 at No. 3.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jarvis Cocker, except for "Black Magic" by Cocker and

. Original disc release: # "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 1)" – 0:29 # " Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" – 4:09 # "Black Magic" – 4:21 # "Heavy Weather" – 3:49 # "I Will Kill Again" – 3:45 # "Baby's Coming Back to Me" – 4:09 # " Fat Children" – 3:23 # "From Auschwitz to Ipswich" – 3:49 # "Disney Time" – 3:04 # "Tonite" – 3:56 # "Big Julie" – 4:41 # "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 2)" – 0:29 # "Quantum Theory" - 4:38

Personnel

Personnel adapted from ''Jarvis'' liner notes. Band * Jarvis Cocker – lead vocal , backing vocals , piano , acoustic guitar , electric guitar ,

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, Solina String Ensemble , synth brass , tubular bells , band bells , tremolo guitar ,

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flute , Memorymoog ,

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, Del Rey guitar ,

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, six-string bass , vibraphone , Roland Vocoder Plus * Richard Hawley – electric guitar , guitar , Hawaiian guitar ,

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, electric

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, piano , vibraphone , brushes , acoustic guitar , harmony vocal , Hoover guitar , baritone guitar , ring guitar , enchanted

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, celeste *

– bass , electric vibraphone , acoustic guitar * Ross Orton – drums , timpani , guitar case ,

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, acoustic guitar Additional musicians * Martin Slattery – piano , saxophone * Antony Genn – harmony vocal * Alasdair Malloy – percussion , band bells , rainmaker , marimba , conga , percussion and tuned percussion arrangement , glockenspiel * Graham Sutton – additional keyboards , string arrangement * Jason Buckle – Wasp synthesiser , cruise liner keyboard * Richard B Humphries – storm recording * Philip Sheppard – string arrangement , choral arrangement Technical * Graham Sutton – mixing , engineering * Robbie Nelson – engineering * Colin Elliot – assistant engineering * Liam Walsh – assistant engineering * Mike Timm – assistant engineering * Sebastian Gohier – assistant engineering * Mat Bartram – assistant engineering * Adrian Breakspear – assistant engineering * Mark Bishop – assistant engineering * Joe Hirst – assistant engineering * Lee Slater – assistant engineering * Neil Comber – assistant engineering * Simon Hayes – assistant engineering * Andrew Rugg – assistant engineering * Tim Young – mastering *

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– engineering Choir * Rob Johnston * Emma Brain-Gabbott * Julia Doyle * Ildiko Allen * Alexandra Gibson * Andrew Busher * Emer McParland * Margaret Cameron Strings * Martin Burgess – violin * Harriet Davies – violin * Harvey De Souza – violin * Takane Funatsu – violin * Jo Godden – violin * Janice Graham – violin * David Juritz – violin * Julian Leaper – violin * Steve Morris – violin * Celia Sheen – violin * Amanda Smith – violin * Simon Smith – violin * Julian Tear – violin * Catherine Bradshaw – viola * Jane Atkins – viola * William Hawkes – viola * Richard Nelson – viola * Bob Smissen – viola * Adrian Bradbury – cello * David Cohen – cello * Stephen Orton – cello * Jonathan Williams – cello * Chris Laurence – double bass * Stephen Mair – double bass Design * The Designers Republic – design * Jarvis Cocker – design * Serge Leblon – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jarvis (Album) 2006 debut albums Jarvis Cocker albums Rough Trade Records albums