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Initial critical response to ''Jarvis'' was very positive. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 82, based on 30 reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/cockerjarvis/jarvis | title=Jarvis Cocker:Jarvis (2009): Reviews | work=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[CNET Networks]], Inc | accessdate=2 April 2009 }}</ref>
Initial critical response to ''Jarvis'' was very positive. At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[Standard score|normalised]] rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an [[weighted mean|average]] score of 82, based on 30 reviews.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/cockerjarvis/jarvis | title=Jarvis Cocker:Jarvis (2009): Reviews | work=[[Metacritic]] | publisher=[[CNET Networks]], Inc | accessdate=2 April 2009 }}</ref>

== "Running the World" 2019 chart entry ==
After a public campaign to make the song "Running the World" the UK Christmas 2019 No. 1,<ref>https://www.nme.com/news/music/jarvis-cocker-cunts-are-still-running-the-world-christmas-number-one-campaign-interview-2589149</ref><ref>https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/16/jarvis-cocker-running-the-world-single-christmas-no1-spot</ref> the song entered the official UK singles chart at No. 48.<ref>https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

Revision as of 15:50, 21 December 2019

Jarvis
Studio album by
Jarvis Cocker
Released13 November 2006
Studio
  • Yellow Arch, Sheffield
  • K.P.I., Sheffield
  • Les Studios de la Seine, Paris
  • Angel, London (strings)
GenreAlternative rock
Length46:54
LabelRough Trade Records
Producer
Jarvis Cocker chronology
Jarvis
(2006) 		Further Complications
(2009)

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

Steve Mackey 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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Drowned in Sound8/10[2]
The Guardian[3]
NME[4]
The Observer[5]
Pitchfork6.2/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Stylus MagazineB[8]

Initial critical response to Jarvis was very positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 82, based on 30 reviews.[9]

"Running the World" 2019 chart entry

After a public campaign to make the song "Running the World" the UK Christmas 2019 No. 1,[10][11] the song entered the official UK singles chart at No. 48.[12]

Track listing

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

  1. "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 1)" – 0:29
  2. "Don't Let Him Waste Your Time" – 4:09
  3. "Black Magic" – 4:21
  4. "Heavy Weather" – 3:49
  5. "I Will Kill Again" – 3:45
  6. "Baby's Coming Back to Me" – 4:09
  7. "Fat Children" – 3:23
  8. "From Auschwitz to Ipswich" – 3:49
  9. "Disney Time" – 3:04
  10. "Tonite" – 3:56
  11. "Big Julie" – 4:41
  12. "The Loss Adjuster (Excerpt 2)" – 0:29
  13. "Quantum Theory" – 4:40
    "Running The World" – 4:50
    • "Running the World" is included as a hidden track on the CD, 30 minutes on from the end of "Quantum Theory". The vinyl version of the album features the track on a separate 45 rpm single.

Personnel

Personnel adapted from Jarvis liner notes.[13]

Chart positions

Chart (2006).[14] Provider(s) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart BPI/OCC 37

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 13 December 2006. Retrieved 14 November 2006.
  3. ^ The Guardian review
  4. ^ NME review
  5. ^ The Observer review
  6. ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Archived from the original on 10 January 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
  7. ^ Rolling Stone review
  8. ^ Stylus Magazine review
  9. ^ "Jarvis Cocker:Jarvis (2009): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
  10. ^ https://www.nme.com/news/music/jarvis-cocker-cunts-are-still-running-the-world-christmas-number-one-campaign-interview-2589149
  11. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/16/jarvis-cocker-running-the-world-single-christmas-no1-spot
  12. ^ https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/
  13. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Jarvis-The-Jarvis-Cocker-Record/release/841081
  14. ^ The Official UK Charts Company : TOP 40 ALBUMS ARCHIVE :: WEEK 17 : 18/11/2006 – 24/11/2006
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