Enjoyed reading this over Christmas. There were a few factual errors that only the types of us would tut-at but mixing-up Andrew McKinney with Rich Jones (I think it was) on one page was pretty poor.

Also, I'm pretty sure that Jarvis announced Pulp's return on Instagram/a book talk in summer 2022, July-ish, whereas this publication states a couple of times that it wasn't until the autumn.

I don't know if it's the norm to dedicate 20% or so of the content in this series to old Uncut articles from favourite artists chosen by the band but I didn't mind that. Quite enjoyed reading more on Scott Walker, The Velvets, Kraftwerk & Spacemen 3, learned something new about all three. The list of the group's favourite albums and singles also made interesting reading.

Although thy  magazine covers the seven Pulp LPs before More, I think they could have given a feature to Intro or at least the singles from it. Yes, it wasn't an official album but it was a crucial, creative period for the band - to some ears, Pulp's finest era.

I would also like to have read more quotes from the non-core Pulp players. Great to hear a bit from Emma and Andrew but there was nowt from Jason, Adam or Rich.

And the main thing missing for me was a track-by-track run-through of More by the band. Was hoping they would do that when the album came out, on Radio X with John Kennedy who's had this feature on new albums for years on the radio. It would have been fascinating to hear the genesis of each song, which ones were left-over from Jarv Is... and how they managed to successfully excavate Grown-Ups and Got To Have Love.

All in all though, pretty well done. Looks like Uncut only had resources for one main writer, Mark Beaumount, and he did a decent job. The poster an unexpected bonus, albeit on flimsy paper.

I'd love for Mojo or NME to do another of these Pulp specials in the future with more in-depth looks at all the albums and maybe some vintage interviews (although AcrylicAfts and PulpWiki are pretty good for that). Plenty of the big artists have multiple versions of these specials, Pulp have finally got one and that's great.