Editing Different Class (section)

===Legacy===
In a retrospective review, [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] declared that ''Different Class'' "blows away all their previous albums, including the fine ''[[His 'n' Hers]]''. Pulp don't stray from their signature formula at all – it's still grandly theatrical, synth-spiked pop with new wave and disco flourishes, but they have mastered it here. Not only are the melodies and hooks significantly catchier and more immediate, the music explores more territory&nbsp;... Jarvis Cocker's lyrics take two themes, sex and social class, and explore a number of different avenues in bitingly clever ways. As well as perfectly capturing the behavior of his characters, Cocker grasps the nuances of language, creating a dense portrait of suburban and working-class life."<ref name="Allmusic" /> Writing about the album in 2011, [[BBC Music]] stated that "over 15 years since its release [it] continues to reward the listener with some of the smartest, slinkiest, sauciest, spectacular pop songs of a decade that was, looking back, not that brilliant once the bucket hats and ironic anoraks are whipped away."<ref name="BBCMusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/pjnv |title=Review: Pulp – ''Different Class'' |publisher=[[BBC Music]] |date=2011 |access-date=1 September 2013 |last=Diver |first=Mike}}</ref>

''[[PopMatters]]''{{'}} retrospective review in 2004 opined that "nearly nine years after its release, ''Different Class'' has aged very well, possessing that timeless quality that is present in all classic albums, but is still obviously a product of its time, a snapshot of mid-'90s life in the UK. Along with Blur's ''[[Parklife]]'', it remains the high point of the Britpop era; music, lyrics, production, artwork, it's as perfect as it gets."<ref name="PopMattersMay2004">{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/pulp-differentclassmft/ |title=Pulp: ''Different Class'' |work=[[PopMatters]] |date=19 May 2004 |access-date=1 May 2014 |last=Begrand |first=Adrien}}</ref> Reviewing the 2006 deluxe edition, Garry Mulholland of ''Q'' stated that the album "defined the mood of the day",<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Garry |last=Mulholland |title=Top of the Fops |magazine=Q |issue=242 |pages=116–17 |date=September 2006}}</ref> while ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' described ''Different Class'' as "easily the best album of its year of release and arguably the best album from the Britpop era" and went on to call it "a certifiable masterpiece that not only lived up to the sky-high expectations heaped upon it with appalling ease, but surpassed them."<ref name="DiS">{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/8036/reviews/1168562- |title=Album Review: Pulp – ''Different Class'' (2006 re-issue) |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |date=26 September 2006 |access-date=1 May 2014 |last=Cowen |first=Nick |archive-date=2 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005326/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/8036/reviews/1168562- |url-status=dead }}</ref>