'BEST-OF' ALBUMS can be a marketing trick to suck cash out of fans' pockets, using a band's name to re-release songs we already have. But my perception has changed after listening to Hits, a brilliant collection of songs from the past decade by Britpop band Pulp.

The album is a retrospective of Pulp's golden era under the Island label since 1992. Before that, the band was relatively unknown, despite having released three albums and nine singles.

Out of the 16 songs on Hits, 15 are singles from four albums. The catchy Do You Remember The First Time? (1994's His'n Hers) was the dawn of Pulp's stardom. Common People, Sorted For E's & Wizz and Disco 2000 (1995's Different Class) confirmed Pulp's leading role in the Britpop era.