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Oh My Lover | PJ Harvey | 3:57 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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O Stella | PJ Harvey | 2:36 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Dress | PJ Harvey | 3:18 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Victory | PJ Harvey | 3:15 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Happy and Bleeding | PJ Harvey | 5:03 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Sheela-Na-Gig | PJ Harvey | 3:12 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Hair | PJ Harvey | 3:45 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Joe | PJ Harvey | 2:35 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Plants and Rags | PJ Harvey | 4:08 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Fountain | PJ Harvey | 3:52 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Water | PJ Harvey | 4:32 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
Album Review
Polly Jean Harvey arrives fully formed as a songwriter on PJ Harvey's debut album, Dry. Borrowing its primitive attack from post-punk guitar rock and its form from the blues, Dry is a forceful collection of brutally emotional songs, highlighted by Harvey's deft lyricism and startling voice, as well as her trio's muscular sound. Her voice makes each song sound like it was an exposed nerve, but her lyrics aren't quite that simple. Shaded with metaphors and the occasional biblical allusion, Dry is essentially an assault on feminine conventions and expectations, and while there are layers of dark humor, they aren't particularly evident, since Harvey's singing is shockingly raw. Her vocals are perfectly complemented by the trio's ferocious pounding, which makes even the slow ballads sound like exercises in controlled fury. And that's the key to Dry: the songs, which are often surprisingly catchy — "Dress" and "Sheela-Na-Gig" both have strong hooks — are as muscular and forceful as the band's delivery, making the album a vibrant and fully realized debut.
Customer Reviews
Songs From A Room
Back in 1994 i lived in a crummy bedsit with horrid damp walls. Out of the 10 albums i rescued from the wreckage of my former home this was one i played and played. It really is that good! Plants and Rags and Dress are personal choices but every time i play this album i can smell damp wallpaper and inscence sticks. Nostalgia, great innit!
The Best Indie First Album Ever
This is startling. Deep, hard, angry, brutal. What a beginning for Polly. This is a must have for all lovers of indie music.
Just because it's ten years old doesn't mean your nan likes it
Why oh why are there only two reviews for this album? It is arguable better than 'Horses' and certainly the definitive post everything angry girl debut album of that decade. PJ Harvey holds her head up with all the greats and ironically, her music being so unbalanced and extraordinarily inquisitive, she has remained stable, producing a consistently excellent, though occasionally challenging, catalogue. This album hits you in the face from its opening chords and wail and doesn't stop hitting you until its final track 'water' which just happens to be one of her signature masterpieces - yes that's right, the last track. It isn't all anger - there are gaps and silences, but these tend to be included in the tracks and not packaged up neatly into the obligatory ballad. PJ Harvey is absolutely uncompromising and consequently her music is exquisitly soulful, raw, paradoxical and always angry but never to the point of destruction. Here is a woman in control and at the top of her game from the first blow of the whistle. Take my advice: Listen to this album and convert. You will thank me for it.
Biography
Born: 09 October 1969 in Yeovil, England
Genre: Rock
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s, '10s
Top Albums and Songs By PJ Harvey
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This Is Love | Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea | 3:47 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Good Fortune | Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea | 3:20 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Sheela-Na-Gig | Dry | 3:12 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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Down By the Water | To Bring You My Love | 3:14 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Let England Shake | Let England Shake | 3:09 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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This Mess We're In | Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea | 3:58 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Black Hearted Love | A Woman a Man Walked By | 4:35 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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A Perfect Day Elise | Is This Desire? | 3:06 | £0.79 | View In iTunes |
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White Chalk | White Chalk | 3:06 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The Words That Maketh Murder | Let England Shake | 3:45 | £0.99 | View In iTunes |
- £7.99
- Genres: Rock, Music, Alternative, Indie Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Adult Alternative
- Released: 30 June 1992
- ℗ 1997 Too Pure
