The Sisters EP

Infobox Single
Name = The Sisters EP


Artist = Pulp
from Album = His 'n' Hers
B-side =
Released = May 1994 (U.K.)
Format = CD, 7", 12", Cassette
Recorded = July 1992, October 1993-February 1994, Britania Row Studios, London.
Genre = Britpop/Rock
Length =
Label = Island Records
Writer = Jarvis Cocker/Pulp
Producer = Ed Buller
Certification =
Chart position = 19 (UK)
Last single = "Do You Remember The First Time"
(1994)
This single = "The Sisters EP"
(1994)
Next single = "Common People"
(1995)

"The Sisters EP" was released by Pulp in 1994 and was their third single released after the band singed to Island Records and reached number 19 in the UK charts, their highest chart position at the time.

"Babies" was originally released as a single on the Gift record label in 1992 - the version on this EP is an edited and remixed version. The other three tracks were recorded during the "His 'n' Hers" sessions, but were not included on that album. The entire single was re-released for the first time on His 'n' Hers' 2006 2-disc deluxe edition re-issue.

The songs

"Babies" is a song about the narrator and his relationship with two sisters. The two sisters are revisited in the EP's second track "Your Sister's Clothes" with the younger sister getting revenge, both with the man, and by wearing her elder sister's clothes and making fun of them.

The other two songs do not relate to the story of Babies. "Seconds" is a critical look at 'normal married life' via the story of a wife married and pregnant by the brother of her old boyfriend who is left sexually unsatisfied and bored, dreaming of being free at night only to wake up to another monotonous day the same as the last. The rejection of normal life is a common theme in rock music and one that is revisited by the EP's final track "His 'n' Hers" this time focusing on the male of the partnership who is scared of settling down, expressing this via a fear of interior decorating.

Track listing

# "Babies" - 3:59
# "Your Sister's Clothes" - 4:37
# "Seconds" - 4:18
# "His 'n' Hers" - 6:19

Notes: though it was released in four different formats there was no change in the track listing of any of them, an unusual practice.

Trivia

* The sisters in the original video for Babies were played by Selina and Sophie, who Jarvis Cocker met at the house of Bob Stanley of Saint Etienne's Caff record label. Selina is the same girl who appears holding the sign on the cover to Saint Etienne's debut album Foxbase Alpha.
* Ed Buller is without a doubt the producer of "His 'n' Hers", "Your Sister's Clothes" and "Seconds" however the producer of Babies is less certain. But the credits for 2006 re-issue of His 'n' Hers which includes Babies does not mention another producer for the track (CD1 track 5) despite including a number of tracks as exceptions for other reasons.

ources

* [http://www.mlp.cz/space/opatrilp/Pulp/The_Sisters.disc.html The Sisters EPs on Space]
* [http://www.mlp.cz/space/opatrilp/Pulp/Babies.song.html "Babies" page on Space]
* [http://www.acrylicafternoons.com acrylicafternoons.com]
* [http://www.pulpwiki.net/Pulp/TheSistersEP The Sisters EPs page on PulpWiki]