Editing Different Class (section)

===Accolades===
The album was the winner of the 1996 [[Mercury Music Prize]].<ref name="UK sales"/> In 1997, it was ranked at number 34 out of 100 in a "Music of the Millennium" poll<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/channel4.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060710095521/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/channel4.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=10 July 2006 |title=Channel 4 / HMV Best music of this millennium |access-date=5 October 2009 }}</ref> conducted by [[HMV]], [[Channel 4]], ''[[The Guardian]]'' and [[Classic FM (UK)|Classic FM]]. In 1998 ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' readers voted ''Different Class'' the 37th greatest album of all time;<ref>{{cite journal |title=The 100 Greatest Albums Ever |periodical=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |location=London, England |issue=137 |date=February 1998}}</ref> a repeat poll in 2006 put it at number 85.<ref>{{cite journal |title=100 Greatest Albums Ever |periodical=Q |publisher=EMAP |location=London, England |issue=235 |date=February 2006}}</ref> In 2000 the same magazine placed it at number 46 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever.<ref>{{cite journal |title=100 Greatest British Albums Ever |periodical=Q |publisher=EMAP |location=London, England |issue=165 |date=June 2000}}</ref> In 2005 it was voted number 70 in [[Channel 4]]'s ''The 100 Greatest Albums''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The 100 Greatest Albums |publisher=[[Channel 4]] |date=17 April 2005}}</ref> In 2006 ''[[British Hit Singles & Albums]]'' and ''[[NME]]'' organised a poll in which 40,000 people worldwide voted for the 100 best albums ever and ''Different Class'' was placed at number 54 on the list.<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=David |editor-last=Roberts |title=[[British Hit Singles & Albums]] |publisher=Guinness World Records |location=London, England |pages=400–01 |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-904994-10-7}}</ref> The album was ranked at number 35 on ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''{{'}}s "The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014)" list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/05/the-300-best-albums-of-the-past-30-years-1985-2014/5/|title=The 300 Best Albums of the Past 30 Years (1985–2014)|work=Spin|author=Zaleski, Annie|date=11 May 2015|page=5|access-date=6 August 2015}}</ref>

Released in 1995 at the height of the Britpop era, it is often considered an album which best defines the era and has featured at the number one position on several best Britpop albums polls, including ''[[The Village Voice]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/the-10-best-britpop-albums-of-all-time-or-at-least-since-1993-or-so-6633707|title=The 10 Best Britpop Albums of All Time (or At Least Since 1993 or So)|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]]|last=Laws|first=Mike|date=11 December 2014|access-date=12 January 2017}}</ref> [[BuzzFeed]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/the-official-britpop-album-ranking-1993-1997|title=The Official Britpop Album Ranking|last=Perpetua|first=Matthew|date=9 January 2014|publisher=[[BuzzFeed]]|access-date=13 September 2020}}</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=The 50 Best Britpop Albums|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10045-the-50-best-britpop-albums/?page=5|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=30 May 2017|date=29 March 2017}}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Cam |title=The 25 Best Albums of the Britpop Era |url=https://www.spin.com/2020/09/the-25-best-albums-of-the-britpop-era/ |website=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |access-date=1 October 2020 |date=30 September 2020}}</ref> Exactly twenty years on from its release, ''[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]'' magazine declared ''Different Class'' as "the most important Britpop album."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Yoonsoo Kim|first=Kristen|title=Why Pulp's 'Different Class' Is The Most Important Britpop Album 20 Years Later|url=http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/10/pulp-different-class-20th-anniversary-important-britpop-album|magazine=[[Complex (magazine)|Complex]]|access-date=19 January 2017|date=30 October 2015}}</ref> Having not featured in ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s 2003 list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]], the album was ranked at number 162 in their revised 2020 list.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/ |date=22 September 2020 |access-date=22 September 2020 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Kylie|last=McLaughlin|editor-first=Robert|editor-last=Dimery|chapter=Pulp: ''Different Class''|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|title-link=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die|publisher=[[Universe Publishing]]|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7893-1371-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/1001AlbumsYouMustHearBeforeYouDie/page/n383/mode/1up 766]}}</ref>