Pulp announce ‘Different Class – 30th Anniversary Edition’ reissue

Posted On September 4, 2025September 4, 2025

(Credits: Rankin)

Pulp are set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal album, Different Class, with an expanded reissue.

The Mercury Prize-winning classic is set to be released on both a quadruple LP set and on double CD format, which will also include their headline set at Glastonbury in 1995 in full. It will be released on October 24th, 2025.

The deluxe quadruple LP set will also arrive with a brand new 28-page booklet featuring an essay based on new interviews with the band members, plus many previously unseen images from photographers Rankin and Donald Milne and material from the Pulp archives.

Jarvis Cocker explains in a press release: “This 45rpm double album version of Different Class will make it sound a whole lot better. We were obsessed with the fact that this was our ‘Pop’ album (we had finally achieved some ‘popularity’ when ‘Common People’ was a hit) &, as everyone knows, all pop albums have 12 songs on them: 6 tracks per side.”

The Pulp frontman continued, “Only problem: this took the running time of the record to 53 minutes. We were told this would compromise the audio quality of the vinyl record – but we were more bothered about not compromising the quality of our Pop Dream. Now, 30 years later, we are finally ready for Different Class to be heard in all its glory.”

Casting his mind back 30 years, Cocker reflected on their headline set at Glastonbury in 1995, which saw them fill in as a last minute replacement for The Stone Roses, saying it “will always be the most significant concert of Pulp’s career”.

He fondly reminisced: “Three weeks after ‘Common People’ hit number two in the national charts the band filled in for The Stone Roses at the last minute. We played ‘Sorted For E’s & Wizz’, ‘Mis-Shapes’ & ‘Disco 2000’ – all receiving their live debut.”

Cocker concluded: “This is first time the whole concert (including the long, drone-based intro) has been made available. Your chance to relive an historical moment.”

30 years on from their classic Glastonbury set, Pulp returned to the scene of the crime this summer for a not-so suprise set on the Pyramid Stage. Their triumphant 2025 has also seen them release their first album in 24 years, More, and headline a UK arena tour.

Pulp’s US tour is set to begin tonight (September 4th) at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia. Following their headline dates, they will co-headline two shows at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles with LCD Soundsystem later this month.

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