The album's title was originally to be "Pulp Love Life", but this was vetoed as Cocker felt that the title looked confusing on an album cover—he explained, "It always looked like the name of the band's Pulp and the album's called "Love Life"." The album was then renamed "Pulp", reflecting the "uncluttered" nature of the album. With the September 11 terrorist attacks, however, the album was renamed to the more universal "We Love Life". Cocker recalled, "To be honest, I was really freaked out when that World Trade Center thing happened. ... So in the aftermath of that, I thought, actually this "Love Life" business isn't a bad sentiment at this particular time."