Pulp - The EPs (1994)

When I posted the recent b-sides collection by Pulp, I deliberately didn't include any tracks from the EPs that they released in 1985, 1986, 1993 and 1994, as I was planning to post them separately. After signing with Fire Records in 1984, the band's first release on the label was the 'Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) And Other Pieces...' EP, followed the next year by the five-track 'Dogs Are Everywhere' EP. After these two extended-plays, they band went back to releasing normal singles, and albums from which they were taken, and it was another decade before they returned to the format. By this time they'd left Fire and signed with Warp imprint Gift Records, but despite issuing singles and albums in the intervening 10 years, they were still only a minor attraction, and so after releasing 'O.U. (Gone Gone)' and 'Babies' as singles, they issued the four-track 'Razzmatazz' EP. It was around this time that they started to break through into the mainstream, as the next single after 'Razzmatazz' was 'Do You Remember The First Time', which was a minor hit. To take advantage of that, another EP was issued, with 'Sister's appearing in May 1994, and it included the song 'His 'n' Hers', which had been omitted from the album of the same name. 1995 was the breakthrough year for Pulp, with their next single being  'Common People', followed by 'Sorted For E's And Wizz', and from that point on the band never looked back. The 'Different Class' album came out in 1995, and topped the UK album chart, and so this collection of their EPs was just part of their long haul into becoming a defining band of the Britpop era. 

Track listing

01 Little Girl (With Blue Eyes) (single 1985)
02 Simultaneous (b-side of 'Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)')
03 Blue Glow (b-side of 'Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)')
04 The Will To Power (b-side of 'Little Girl (With Blue Eyes)')
05 Dogs Are Everywhere (single 1986)
06 Mark Of The Devil (b-side of 'Dogs Are Everywhere')
07 97 Lovers (b-side of 'Dogs Are Everywhere')
08 Aborigine (b-side of 'Dogs Are Everywhere')
09 Goodnight (b-side of 'Dogs Are Everywhere')
10 Razzmatazz (single 1993)
11 Stacks (b-side of 'Razzmatazz')
12 Inside Susan (b-side of 'Razzmatazz')
13 59 Lyndhurst Grove (b-side of 'Razzmatazz')
14 Your Sister's Clothes (from 'The Sisters' EP 1994)
15 Seconds (from 'The Sisters' EP 1994)
16 His 'N' Hers (from 'The Sisters' EP 1994)