The Town House, London (March-May 1997) – Olympic Studios, London (June-August 1997) – unknown studio in London (November 1997-January 1998)

• Producer: Chris Thomas
• Engineer: Pete Lewis
• Assistant engineers: Lorraine Francis and Jay Reynolds

Songs recorded:

• The Fear (1)
• Dishes
• Party Hard
• Help the Aged (overdubs on the November 1996 aborted album session version)
• This is Hardcore (2)
• TV Movie
• A Little Soul (3)
• I'm A Man
• Seductive Barry (4)
• Sylvia
• Glory Days (overdubs on Northern Souls from the November 1996 aborted album session) (5)
• The Day After the Revolution
• Tomorrow Never Lies (6)
• Laughing Boy
• Like a Friend
• Northern Souls (later known as Cocaine Socialism) (overdubs on the November 1996 aborted album session version)
• We Are the Boyz
• It's a Dirty World

Line-up:

• Jarvis Cocker: vocals, guitars (probably including Vox Marauder, Ovation 12-string, Sigma acoustic), keyboards (probably including Roland SH-09, Mellotron, MicroMoog), Roland Vocoder Plus VP-330
• Candida Doyle: keyboards (probably including Farfisa Compact Professional II organ, Esoniq ASR 10, Korg Trident II, Minimoog, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Roland Juno 6, Roland SH-09)
• Mark Webber: guitars (probably including Gibson ES 345, Gibson Les Paul, Gibson Firebird, Sigma acoustic), keyboards (probably including Esoniq ASR 10, Casio Tonebank CT-470, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Roland Juno 6)
• Steve Mackey: Musicman Sabre bass, programming & samples
• Nick Banks: Yamaha acoustic and electronic drums, Zildjian cymbals, percussion
  with
• Mandy Bell, Carol Kenyon and Jackie Rawe: backing vocals on (1) and (4)
• Chris Thomas: piano on (2)
• Anne Dudley: piano on (2) and (5)
• Neneh Cherry: voice on (4)

(6) - A demo version called Tomorrow Never Dies was also recorded in April 1997 (The Town House Studios). This was released on the This is Hardcore album (deluxe edition) in 2006.