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Pulp score first UK no.1 album in 27 years with 'More'
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Posted on June 13, 2025
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on June 13, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 23, 2026
Pulp's 'More' tops UK charts, their first No.1 in 27 years. The album is dedicated to late bassist Steve Mackey and coincides with their UK tour.
LONDON (Reuters) -British band Pulp returned to the top of the UK album charts for the first time in 27 years on Friday as their new record "More" went to No. 1.
"More" was released last week just before the group, led by Jarvis Cocker, kicked off a UK and Ireland tour.
It is Pulp's eighth studio album and their first since 2001's "We Love Life". The band, from the British city of Sheffield, last topped the UK albums chart in 1998 with "This Is Hardcore".
The Official Charts Company said "More" also topped the Official Vinyl Albums Chart.
“The day an album is released to the public is a very special day," Cocker said in a statement on the album's release.
"The music changes from being something owned only by the band to something that can be owned by anyone – it can become part of people’s lives. It’s magic."
Pulp found fame in the mid-1990s Britpop wave with hits such as "Common People", "Disco 2000" and "Help the Aged". They split in 2002 before reforming twice in subsequent years.
"More" was recorded over three weeks in late 2024 and the band has previously said it was dedicated to late bassist Steve Mackey, who died in 2023. Mackey is credited as a songwriter on two of the album's songs.
Pulp released the first single from the album, "Spike Island", in April followed by "Got to Have Love" in May.
(Reporting by Marie-Louise GumuchianEditing by Nick Zieminski)
Pulp last topped the UK albums chart in 1998 with 'This Is Hardcore'.
'More' is the title of Pulp's new album, which is their eighth studio album.
The lead singer of Pulp is Jarvis Cocker.
Cocker stated that the day an album is released is special as it becomes part of people's lives.
'More' was recorded in memory of late bassist Steve Mackey, who passed away in 2023.
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