{"id":313524,"date":"2025-12-13T07:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T07:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/313524\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T07:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T07:45:08","slug":"the-record-jarvis-cocker-said-changed-what-an-album-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/313524\/","title":{"rendered":"The record Jarvis Cocker said changed \u201cwhat an album can be\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jarvis<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Press)<\/p>\n

Sat 13 December 2025 6:00, UK <\/p>\n

Jarvis Cocker<\/a> has played a major role in broadening the scope of music through his work with Pulp, so it\u2019s quite fascinating to trace the origin of that sense of adventure, which leads us back to this one album from his childhood by easily the single most beloved group of all time. <\/p>\n

Obsessing over The Beatles just never feels lazy because they really were that good, and like millions of others, Cocker agrees, since one of the Fab Four\u2019s late-career records changed the way he viewed music forever.<\/p>\n

During an interview with The Quietus<\/a>, the Britpop singer talked about the albums that have had the most profound effect on him throughout his life. In addition to knockout bundles such as Sheepskin Vest by Bill Callahan, the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack by John Barry and The Dark Side of the Wall by The Stallion, he singled out one release by the Liverpool group that many would agree is their greatest. <\/p>\n

Regarding his number one pick, Cocker explained that he didn\u2019t grow up with a big record collection at home, although his mother had three albums by The Beatles: Sgt Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Revolver<\/a> and Abbey Road.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I was a kid, I could tell that Sgt Pepper\u2019s and Revolver sounded like music that had happened a while ago, but Abbey Road sounded more modern,\u201d he said, \u201cIt still does sound quite modern, because on [the] second side where all the songs run into each other, that\u2019s quite a thing, not many people had done that since and not many have since.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is a lot of truth to Cocker\u2019s take on the album, because it has certainly aged the best out of each LP in the Beatles\u2019 catalogue. While many may argue that the White Album was audacious and experimental in ways that still feel exciting today, Abbey Road <\/a>is the closest we\u2019ve ever come to the perfect modern-rock record. What makes it great, of course, is that it has the same sense of thrill and exploration as the double LP from the year prior, except it is far more coherent. <\/p>\n

\u201cI was young at the time, 10, 11, 12, whatever, and the track that ends side one, \u2018I Want You (She\u2019s So Heavy)\u2019, that was mind-blowing to me, the way it went on and on and on at the end, with this big synthy wooshy noise,\u201d Cocker elaborated. <\/p>\n

He also noted the transportive quality of the track, adding, \u201cI\u2019ve since found out it\u2019s Ringo playing this machine that sounds like wind that you get in classical orchestras. It was a psychedelic experience in a living room in a normal part of Sheffield in the early \u201970s, where, you know, psychedelic experiences weren\u2019t that common. I\u2019ll always remember it, that song in particular took me somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cocker also went on to use his fixation with \u2018She\u2019s So Heavy\u2019 to emphasise the importance of Abbey Road as a vinyl package, explaining that having the whole tracklist play from start to finish takes away from the awe you\u2019re left in at the intermission between side A and side B.<\/p>\n

He concluded by marking an essential part of the listening experience, which he believes can\u2019t be through a CD but has to be a vinyl listened to on repeat until it is worn out, in which case the impact of the ensuing silence when it suddenly stops is what makes for maxium impact, saying, \u201cI started with this because it plays with what an album can be\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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