Reviews (page 13 of 13)
Really boring. No songs stuck out. I even like a PJ Harvey song, but I didn’t enjoy this.
Not for me. 1/5
Just never understood why she was as popular as she was. It's very meh.
1. ezit - 1 2. fortune - 0 3. home - 1 4. line - 1.5 5. feeling - 1.5 6. uuhorez - 1 7. mezz - 1.5 8. zaid - 1 9. kamikaze - 0 10. love - 1.5 11. horzez - 2 12. float - 1
Kind of boring
Not my thing
not my favorite but pretty famous
It's for someone, just not me.
Polly Jean is great. But one album is enough. Most acts only need one. So this is a solid 3.5. But I’m giving it one. When will you critics understand she’s not interested in you. It’s probably a must listen PJ Harvey album. Not a must listen 1000 album.
Did not enjoy, it is not my vibe
Really boring. Im not a big fan
Repetitive riffs and screechy vocals. Absolutely nothing interesting here.
I just can’t get into her voice and delivery.
didnt like it boring
1 out of 5.
I should have heeded the warning of the first song.
Literal indie girl walking around New York music. The overarching aesthetic of all critically acclaimed music from the last 30 years distilled into one photo. I’ve obviously heard of PJ Harvey, but I don’t think I’ve heard one second of her music. Fire away ol PJ. We have gentrifying to do. Whoa. Shouty. Music is nicer when it slows down, but oh boy that first 2 minutes was not great. It’s almost as if it’s trying to be a romantic pop but also have this edge that is cringe inducing. Not a strong start. N-o-o-o-o-o-o-o. Divorced mom radio music for vaguely conservative 20 somethings with a weaponized relationship to spirituality. Gross. Is this the Madonna water album again? Pass. Maybe this is the “sea” portion of the album. Now I’m just bored. That’s the most evil an album can get. From bad to bored is the most insidious combo that be inflicted upon your humble (and very weary) listener. RADIOHEAD CROSSOVER. RYM HAS HIT THEIR TRAFFIC LIMIT. This song is actually not bad, but it also sounds slightly like Creed intros for 2000 WWF shows. That’s my fucking wheelhouse. Oh man. I had serious money that Nick Cabe wrote this song. This vocal line screams our fourth favourite Australian Elvis impersonator. The lyrics do too by the way. I kind of like her insane vocalizing. He’s back. Radiohead man singing about New York. I mean am I wrong???? Is that what this list is? Why do people romanticize living in cities? When I am in large cities there is a palpable contempt, nay, hatred emanating from everybody with the target being everybody else. They are the loneliest places on earth despite being packed with the least interesting people from every town across the world. There are some interesting locals, but they are washed asunder by the droves of exiles from commuter towns across the continent who listen to and write albums like this. Hey, at least we can walk to that authentic Swahili barbecue/barbershop with the 29 dollar cocktails. Brooklyn mentioned. Seriously. Oh my god I can’t even make this up. I can’t despise this aesthetic anymore. This makes me so incredibly angry. What did he say????? Who cares right? We were young and artistic and important and on a roof in a particular city at 1am. We’re all in “Across the Universe.” If I wasn’t so mad at this thing, I’d probably like this song more. Quick, a little more chaotic, and the more insane vocals. Boring. Less insufferable but still veering that way with the repetition. Doesn’t a horse in your dream mean you’re about to drop a really shitty album? See, I like the weirdness of this one a little bit. If we stayed with the more eccentric low tones, I’d be far happier with this thing. Although this stays way too long. Lingering like the stench of urine after the L train passes or whatever. Oh buddy a radio hit. PJ is floating down here with the rest of us. PJ “Excess” Harvey?? We learn so much more about our songstress track by track. This blows HARD. Guess what. You’ll never guess. The woman who spent the last 45 minutes caterwauling about New York and attempting to create a city atmosphere is from A SMALL TOWN. In England no less, but same difference. I have detailed my feelings on the romanticism that gets erroneously spooned atop the concept of living in a large city and don’t need to give this album the satisfaction of doing it again. The music itself ranged from decent to abysmal and what we’re left with is an all but barren release carried by the decided poignance anointed by indie nerds. Whether you’re fading into a fentanyl coma in midtown Manhattan or in Antigonish, Nova Scotia dreaming of walkable vintage sweatpant bodegas, this album still sounds like an embarrassing collection of cliches thrown at the wall. Somebody come in and clean this up; it smells like gentrification. 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Beautiful Feeling, Kamikaze
Did not care for at all
I didn’t like a single song on this album
1* snore
Wanted to like it and only found myself really enjoying the last track — we float. Great vocals though. I think I couldn’t get past her lyrics
I had trouble listening all the way through. Some bright spots but nothing that really distinguished the music for me.
Still didn’t really enjoy
Personally, I just don’t like music like this
Straight up boring. Maybe if I was depressed and high this would sound okay.
meh
Terrible
Didn’t listen
Impression of her today is so different from the time I first heard her.
There is practically nothing remarkable about the instrumentation, the lyrics are so-so, and her voice is downright annoying. I’m not surprised that I’ve never heard of PJ Harvey; there’s not much of not to have heard.
Terrible
Mir bisher gänzlich unbekannt, nicht mein Fall. Viele Lieder eher eintönig, für meinen Geschmack langweilig.
I just find PJ Harvey so dull.
Awful! Dreadful voice - not my thing at all
Finally, the album equivalent of chewing glass. A great listen if you're on the fence about suicide and want something to push you over the edge.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
ni frio ni calor
I really tried but DNF. Fingernails on a blackboard.
Not my fave
eh
yet another singer songwriter guitar strum-along, but this time with overdriven guitar mediocre at its best NNN
Some of the most generic shit I have ever heard. I had to fight the instinct to skip every single song. My finger would hover over the skip button and I would have to pull myself back. I think a Muse song snuck its way in the middle. Excuse me while I go stick chopsticks into my ear canals. 2/10
This ain't it.
overall not great. maybe 1 or 2 songs were okay.
¿Te acuerdas de como sonaba este disco? No, ¿Verdad? Pues por algo será. Percusión machacona, una voz exagerada, letras llenas de lugares comunes. El desgarro sin más solo es desgarro.
Yawn 🥱
Fucking dire, not something I would willingly put myself through again! I only made it through the first 4 tracks.
Really did not enjoy this album. Very similar songs and her voice has the same small range for every song. Very monotonous and don't think that this should be one of the 1001 albums to listen to before you die.
This is monotone and depressing music.
Slightly punky Cool falsetto Cool voice generally Pretty dirge like Lyrically very intricate and musically pretty crap Kamikaze is funky Not sure this is very good icl More like poetry set to music and I'm not convinced by either The more rocky 'the wicked tongue' is much better imho - wolf Alice vibes
Hörbar, aber ist mir zu verfahren. Weiss nicht wo es hin will. Nicht mein Ding
Not good and the half screaming type of singing doesn't work for her. You Said Something and We Float were the only half decent songs.
She was flat
Typical 2000s music. Good vocalist with rhythm band. Boring
Did not enjoy
blah
While I didn't actively dislike this album, I felt that it committed the worst sin in music; IT WAS BORING. Best Songs: You Said Something Worst Songs: Kamikaze,
Found myself not really liking this. Objectively it’s fair to say that it’s well put together and well performed but I couldn’t get into most of the songs. The style of singing and pace might have been the culprit. Or I just might have an aversion to alt-rock with melodic punk-ish singing. 2.5/10
Wtf
Seeing all the awards this artist & album received but trying to figure out what I'm missing. Just seems like boring, depressing, low-energy, pretentious dreck to me. I know taste is subjective, so maybe it's just me or the my mood today. /shrug
Not available on Apple Music
Absolutely qualifies as music.
i never knew of pj harvey before this 1001 albums project, and i wish i still didn't. third album of hers i've heard, and it's absolutely not for me. it's boring. her voice drones on and on. there's nothing exciting or different in her songs. cool album cover is all i've got.
Not for me. The same droning, dirge guitar on every track. Depressing. Didn't like her in the 90s, still don't.
Pretentious and self-centred. No thanks
Meh
Like a cat slowly dying from eating a rat that died from consuming rat poison.
The first return of pj Harvey could not catch my attention so it will join the ever growing collection of albums that I will completely disregard
One of the best female songwriters of the 90s, along with Bjork. Possibly her high-water mark.
Very irritating, one wiht thom was alright
honestly the first real miss for me. Like the vibe just couldn't enjoy the actual music except for that song with thom yorke but that's just bc I love radiohead
4/10 I liked her voice, for the most part, but out of 12 songs, I could almost finish listening to one! Not my sort of thing, I'm afraid.
Kolejna PJ Harvey, dzien zrujnowany, tym razem piaty w dyskografii krazek, ktory wychodzi poza wyspiarskie tematy i przenosi bohaterke do hameryki, dokladniej do nowego jorku, gdzie troche posiedziala w tamtym okresie, co przeklada sie na liryki tego krazka, na tytul, czy nawet okladke, ale nadal przewijaja sie typowo popowe tematy romansowe rejpowe, nadal pisane jak przez podlotka, a przeciez w tamtym czasie, to juz bylo stare urwisko w tym biznesie, nadal pani PJ ogrywa sporo instrumentow, ale zdecydowanie bardziej melodyjnie wszystko brzmi, miks jest na o wiele wyzszym poziomie, wiec wokale juz nie blenduja tak tragicznie w instrumental jak na ostatniej plycie, a sumujac to wszystko, tak wlasnie brzmi rok 2k00 w muzyce popularnej alternatywno rokowej, czary goryczy przelal jeszcze glowny featur krazka, czyli pan z radioheada thom yorke, ktory na kilku trakach jest dodatkowym wokalem, a na this mess we are in jest glownym wokalem, fanem nadal nie zostalem, ten krazek przez swoje pelniejsze brzmienie brzmi jeszcze bardziej nijako niz dry i raczej, gdy zobacze nazwisko PJ Harvery, to pierwszym skojarzeniem bedzie dry, a nie te opowiesci z miasto morza, na plejke tradycyjnie rejp song, tym razem podtytulem kamikaze
Somewhere between boring and annoying. I don't like it
Where do they get this list of 'must hear' albums? They must be generated by a suicidal computer because there is no cheer or life in any of these albums.
pretty boring
The third pj Harvey album and still not enjoying them. The mess were in is the best song I’ve heard yet from her only because thom Yorke sings with her. Still not an album for me. 2.6/10
maar wat saai & eentonig. Ik voelde hem niet
muito ruim