Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

excellent album

Another one of my favorites. The vibes are perfect.

Cool vibe. Cool voice.

Liked. Reminded me of Patti Smith

Sounds like the 90s.

really liked the songs, nothing stood out a lot tho. chill background music

KAMIKAZEEEE

Fuck yeaaaaaaahhhh <33

Meh.

not the biggest fan of 2000s music but some of the songs were pretty good

mulher linda, maravilhosa.

No comments. Cool,

Most of the songs on here are banners. There's a couple that are so so but this is good enough for four stars

Was okay

just not my vibe, but go girl ☆

A bit better than previous one but still to calm for me. Would be cool for some late night driving

pj harvey is legit.

Good songwriter. But, a little too dark even for me. A couple of tunes I really enjoyed earning it a 3.

Favourite song- you said something, this wicked tongue, and this is love Enjoyed the album and nice to hear someone I hadn’t listened to before

Not for me - We Float or The Mess We’re In were maybe my fav but didn’t really love any that much

Another PJ Harvey banger. The first album I had from her in this project was "Let England Shake" which was frankly terrible. Since then, I've had Rid of Me and now this album - both much better! This is another solid rock record. I don't know if PJ is on my all-time greats list, but a solid 4/5 for sure.

vindictive petty bitch music i love it Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on this list: Yes 4.3

Enjoyed this album

Nothing for me to write home about personally but not offensive

I really enjoyed this album. The vibe gave night out with friends, very early-2000s Gossip Girl energy, just going out, hanging out, and existing in the moment. While I didn’t love every single song, the album as a whole really clicked with me. The music felt fun and confident. It’s an album I could genuinely see myself returning to and putting on when the mood fits, and I connected with it.

This is actually very much my kind of music

I enjoyed the album but I couldn’t pick a song that I loved

Not sure why there are so many PJ Harvey albums on here, but this is better than the others i've heard.

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! ICON, COOL, NOT A SINGLE SKIP, PJ I WISH I WAS AS COOL AS YOU.

3/10

I really don’t understand why we don’t celebrate PJ Harvey more, a warm emotive voice, a great guitar player and genuinely a generational songwriter. Both political and personal at the same time, like little short stories

Heel tof, moet eens gaan discodiven bij haar

At the Electric Picnic music festival in 2006, the excitement had gotten too much for me. I was a bit "worse for wear", but as soon as PJ Harvey came out on stage I immediately snapped out of it, sobered up by her presence. It wasn't the first time I'd seen PJ Harvey live. We saw her earlier in 2004 at Oxegen, striding across the stage in a bright yellow dress with her full band. But the Electric Picnic gig was particularly special because Polly played solo, with just her electric guitar and piano. It was intimate and huge at the same time, one of the best concerts I've ever been lucky enough to attend. She's truly an exceptional artist. She first came onto my radar because of this album and the buzz surrounding it, but also because, as a Radiohead fan, I kept seeing mentions of the Thom Yorke collaborations on this album being passed around on forums (along with UNKLE's "Rabbit in Your Headlights"). I used to read Q Magazine as a teenager, back when it still felt like a serious source of music journalism, and in 2001 they featured PJ Harvey on the cover. I was *ahem* quite enamoured with the photo. Polly was wearing just a t-shirt, underwear, heels, and a Gretsch Broadkaster, held up against her like a shield. Her arms were raised behind her head, hair pulled back, with the lyric "Lick my legs" emblazoned across her shirt. Below the guitar, her legs were deliberately foregrounded, presented for licking, the image becoming a visualisation of the line itself. It was provocative and mischievous, but with her eyes locked straight into the lens, she had a look that made it clear that she was entirely in control of the narrative. There was no sense of sexual exploitation here. It was a striking image, one that always reminds me of Patti Smith in the suit on the cover of Horses: different imagery, same refusal to be framed passively. This was the first PJ Harvey album I bought, and I was an instant fan. "Big Exit" is a huge song. That guitar riff, what an album opener. It builds with a driving drum rhythm, Polly's spoken-word (or should that be "shouted-word"?) verses pushing it forward before everything crashes into the chorus and that crescendo of an ending. The punk poetry of the song reminds me again of Patti Smith, someone Polly consistently brings to mind, which makes it feel fitting that they share a space together in the "P" section of record shops. "Beautiful Feeling" is haunting and minimalist. Thom Yorke sits somewhere in the atmosphere of the song, but it's essentially just Polly and a single electric guitar, letting the song itself do the heavy lifting. "This Is Love" is built around one of the all-time great riffs. It's so simple and minimal, but so effective. Coupled with Polly's snarling vocals, it's pure punk perfection. Then we get to "Horses In My Dreams". Like "Beautiful Feeling" before it, it's quiet, simple, and gorgeous. Again, I feel similarities to Patti Smith here, so it seems relevant that she's singing about horses. That closing repeated chorus of "I have pulled myself clear" is one of the most beautiful refrains in music, full stop. I don't think I fully appreciated the song until I saw Polly perform it live, alone onstage at the Electric Picnic: just herself, her guitar, a single spotlight, and a red lampshade resting on a piano in the background. The crowd silent, in awe. Years later, I still hear the album through the lens of those live performances - the noise of Oxegen, the quiet of the Electric Picnic. Together, they sum it up perfectly, juxtaposing loud punk energy with moments of quiet intensity. 4.5 stars.

Decent alt rock.

Pleasant enough? I was starting to get bored of it being too samey, and then we randomly get a couple of Radiohead songs

Could have done without Thom Yorke telling me how much he wanted to make love to me tbh. Favourite tracks: A Place Called Home, Horses In My Dreams, We Float

Growing on me

Surprisingly good

3 out of 5 Chill, mellow 90s coffee house vibes. Some were a wee bit too slow but overall good album.

2.5

Nothing here really did it for me. Not particularly memorable either. Don't see myself revisiting this one.

75

I love this record

Music was fine. Vocals were irritating. I'm feeling generous.

I just listened to Let England Shake and I really liked it. I was interested in listening to this one, but it wasn't as good in my opinion. Got more loud and annoying. The addition of Thom Yorke was fun, but didn't really add anything for me. Not my style of album, but fine overall

Cigarette mom rock album that is so 2000s it hurts. Think about the interior of a Gloria Jean's Coffee shop in 2003 and you'd get how this album sounds.

Definitely not the worst thing I’ve ever heard just it feels incomplete.

I had heard of PJ Harvey before but never a song, only passing mentions so this was definetly a good discovery, I will give it a relisten another day. Favourite songs: A Place Called Home, The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore, The Mess We're In, This Is Love

Vibey, big Fiona Apple vibes. Did not expect Thom Yorke to show up halfway through? Good times though.

Sorry PJ I won’t listen again didn’t enjoy any tracks

A full listen, some 25 years after release, at first sounds flat--too smooth. I think I anticipated a grungier, nostalgic sound from the 90s. Something as jarring and haunting as Harvey's older song 'To Bring You My Love' (soundtrack to Peaky Blinders). But this is limiting to an artist who has spent her career defying easy categorization. In isolation, re-listens of select songs reveal more. 'This is Love' is affirms the visceral now: "I can't believe life is so complex / when I just want to sit here and watch you undress." 'This Mess We're In' interleaves a chaotic relationship with a NYC cityscape in flux. Thom Yorke joins to croon on opening verse, "Can you hear them? The helicopters?" while Harvey drives the memorable refrain: "The city sun-set over me." 'Horses In My Dreams' is a kind of sound painting, taken at a hypnotic, pounding tempo--"like waves, like the sea" indeed. In a 2023 New Yorker interview, Harvey says that Scottish poet laureate Robert Burns was "one of the few [artists] that could write brilliant songs and brilliant poems." 'Horses in My Dreams' starts to achieve something Burns-like. In that mesmeric repeated line, "I have pulled myself clear," there are horses, the ocean, struggle, and transcendence. A moment for framing. What's happening when one critiques an album? At the age of 41, I find I'm listening now with curiosity but also an increasingly provincial guardedness and gatekeeping. I'm less generous than when trying, say, new cuisine--though in so many ways music is as universal and as sustaining as food. I'm asking, how does Harvey fit into her time and place? How does she contribute something new? Do her geographies, the oceanscape of Dorset, the cityscapes of London and NYC show up authentically in some way? In critique (as in art and film and literature), we subject others to our taste, our interrogation, our own history. But while I notice my tendencies to circumscription and snobbery here, PJ Harvey reminds me of the refreshing opposite: the ever-searching, expansive soul. I give this album 4 stars.

I don’t understand why this is an album I need to listen to before I die. I’d have been fine without it.

I really enjoyed this, the album is like a dark, moody, and maybe downright depressing version of Sex in the City captured in music. PJ Harvey has this sadness but also a power that reminds me of Sylvia Plath or Patti Smith. Sad, messy, but knows exactly what they want. I love the collaboration with Thom Yorke in The Mess We're In. I also really enjoyed We Float - there is a sense of something uplifting on the other side in this entanglement of messy, lost people.

I started listening to this over my computer speaker and was pretty underwhelmed. Then I booted my headphones and started over and enjoyed this a lot more. I'm not swooning over the lyrics, but the sound is really cool, and the Thom Yorke vocals complemented the album really well (but again, no swoon for the lyrics).

I really liked this, but returning to it, I'm not sure I can pick out any things I particularly liked. Parts of it felt like gender-bent radiohead, and then there was Thom Yorke. Good Rock-y vibes. I think this will be 4 stars. A part of me wanted to say 5, and maybe I'd get there eventually, but I'm not sure I have quite grasped the album enough in 2 listens for that.

There aren't really any standout hits on this album, in part because everything is just good. I appreciated this one and was glad to have had it pop up.

M'n tweede PJ Harvey en dat betekent dat ik er komend jaar nog minimaal twee meer ga krijgen. Ik vind het een wat lastig album. Het lijkt alsof de meeste nummers niet echt coupletten en een refrein hebben, maar dat elk nummer meer gewoon een lange weg van begin naar einde is. Het is in het begin allemaal wat zweverig en zeurderig, ook zonder de zang. Rond het midden zitten wel een paar gave nummers. Die met Thom Yorke en dat nummer daarvoor en daarna bijvoorbeeld. Van mij mag ze best wat vaker die lompere kant op gaan, dat vind ik veel leuker om te luisteren. Stiekem wil ik eigenlijk gewoon Hole of Alanis te horen krijgen als ik dit aanzet en dat is dit niet. Ik ga haar matsen met 3 sterren vandaag. Ik kan best genieten van de grofweg tweede helft van het album en de eerste helft was zo bijzonder saai dat ik die alweer ben vergeten.

I have no words to qualify this album. It’s all killer, no filler. Polly Jean delivers non-conformism, nostalgia, and drive song after song. These songs make me think I’m walking in New York during a cold night, fearless and eager for something, don’t know what, maybe just happy to be alive. It’s a perfect album

British rock 🤨

Couldn’t say much, but it was nice

Just not for me. Musically, it hits a good note, but simply not good enough to carry an album

Something different but seemed similar to something I’ve heard before

I know this is not *the* PJ Harvey album, but for my first time listening to her I thought it was fine. Nothing blew me away and nothing made me want to stop listening.

Maybe it’s the mix? Cool music and cool voice but she grates my nerves.

271225 15:37 4 / highlights: big exit, good fortune, this mess we're in

While I wasn't entertained the entire album, I did find some songs I enjoyed. It's definitely a genre I'm not familiar with, but I actually enjoyed it a little bit.

Prefer Let England Shake

Interestingly better from PJ Harvey. More relaxed vocals without the grating edge of earlier work.

Very solid album

GIRL RAGE!!! And it’s braided with tenderness and excellent lyrics.

Surpsied at how much I enjoyed this album!!

Didn't do much for me, but man what a surprise when Thom Yorke just pops in outta nowhere

Brooklyn

An easy 5. My mate introduced me to this back when I was a teenager, and it still sounds as incredible now as it did back then. Often return to this as well as a few other PJ Harvey records and I genuinely think she is one of the artists of this generation. Not a bad song on this!

PJ Harvey definitely has something about her but also feel something is missing too that would make me a proper fan. It's not the garagey straightforward approach I have an issue with, loads of my favourite bands are like that. Think the vocals are really good too. Could do with being a bit more dynamic maybe? It's never very loud or very quiet, kinda chugs along. Definitely a 3, wouldn't mind listening to more but not sure at this point if my interest would grow.

Can't avoid PJ Harvey when we're having 3 weeks of her albums in a row. Probably not as good as Rid of Me - this is more poppy, grungey. Big Exit, Good Fortune, and The Whore Hustle and the Hustlers Whore are the standouts. Why do I avoid her?

Much preferred the sound on "dry" as opposed to this, although this was still decent. I'm not sure if it's just because I know they are connected, but she reminds me of Nick Cave. I recognised "this is love". 3.5 but 3, as I have dry 3.5 too and preferred that

Definite Patti Smith influences. A lot of songs in 6/4. Trip hop influences we're minimal. The duet with Thom York didn't really work. You said something, whores hustle and kamikaze were highlights.

An einem anderen Tag wärs vllt ne 5 geworden …

Echte Ausnahmekünstlerin, die ich für ihre Wandelbarkeit bewundere. Kann mich seit Jahren nicht entscheiden, ob dieses - ihr "schönstes" Album - oder "To Bring You My Love" mein Favorit von ihr ist.

The album sounds surprisingly little like Radiohead, even though Thom Yorke is on it. I think that is a good thing, because any direct comparison would not do this album any favors. Instead, at some highlight moments it reminds me of Tool a little bit. The rest is grungy sounding Indie Rock from the late 90s.

The kind of album you listen to at 1 am when you’re a drunken mess

I guess what makes PJ Harvey is her voice. The music is ok but by itself it just sounds like okaysh rock, not that special. I wonder if this is a record I would’ve enjoyed more back in 2000.

Pretty good but the name made me hope half the album would be sea shanties. Also the last song made me think I went deaf.

Lightish voice complements darker lyrics and beats. I like this a lot.

Alright, could see myself having it as background music

8.5/10 Best songs: Big Exit, A Place Called Home, This Mess We're In, This Is Love The first album I actually own/have listened to before. Some of the songs are absolute must-listens (This Mess We're In and This Is Love are both still on my playlists today). A couple of the songs drag a bit (Horses in My Dreams). Overall a really, really solid album.

This Mess We’re In — with Thom Yorke— pretty cool. Otherwise, not that into the album. Her voice isn’t for me.

I always thought she was overrated

didn’t love

it’s neither bad nor insanely good. the songs all sounded so similar so i don’t even know if i really have a fave

🥇you said something 🥈the mess we’re in 🥉the whores hustle and the hustlers whore HM: a place called home, we float

7/10 Great lyrically. So Patti Smith at times, but that's no bad thing

Never got into PJ.

Solid through and through. Last song wrapped it up beautifully.

Finally an album that I really love!!

Was alright, she sounds like Fiona Apple. Not the biggest fan of this style of music but def better in comparison to other albums I’ve listen to so far.

Quite simply flawless.

Melancholic and sad whilst still being uplifting. Songs and song structures are accessible, whilst still being unique and interesting.Great reverby and distorted tones on the guitars. I didn't know Thom Yorke would be making an appearance when i started playing the album. Pleasant surprise is an understatement. Their voices work together so well, creating a sort of beautiful, anxious mood. Really like We Float. I did Float. 8.5/10

I enjoyed this one

4.5 PJ Harvey is that bitch

6 Feel so-so about pj Harvey. Feel like there are other similar sounding people who I enjoy much more but her songwriting just feels less compelling

No conocía ninguna de antes y me ha gustado en general bastante

Wow what an end to The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore. I enjoyed this album a lot.

No m'ha desagradat. Averages.

This is an album I admire more than I enjoy. The songwriting is thoughtful, the performances are strong, and there’s a clear sense of place and intention running through the record. I understand why this is often cited as PJ Harvey’s most approachable work. It’s cleaner, more melodic, and more open than much of what came before it. That said, it never quite pulls me in. There are individual moments that stand out, but as a whole the album keeps me at arm’s length. I find myself appreciating the craft and the atmosphere without ever fully connecting to it on an emotional level. I wanted it to resonate more than it did. It’s a solid, well-made record, and I’m glad I spent time with it. But it lands as a respectful listen rather than something I feel compelled to return to. A clear three stars.

PJ Harvey to jedno z moich ulubionych odkryć na tej liście (chociaż konkurencja jest spora). Wspaniała wokalistka. Ten album nie uderzył mnie aż tak jak jej debiutanckie "Dry", ale to chyba głównie przez to, jak wysoko postawiłem jej poprzeczkę po jej pierwszym albumie. Z każdym przesłuchaniem ten album staje się mi jednak coraz bliższy. Muzyka gra tu rolę drugoplanową, najważniejsze są opowieści Harvey i jej zawiesisty, otulający głos. Szczególne wyróżnienia dla "Big Exit", "A Place Called Home" i duetu z Thomem Yorkiem "This Mess We're In" (Yorke na poziomie lirycznym kojarzył mi się tu trochę z Morrisseyem.

My first time listening to this album and I was very pleasantly surprised. I am now a PJ Harvey fan and look forward to listening to her other albums. 10/10.

Forgot how good this was. Need to get it back into rotation!

Dope ass album

Not my vibe

Great to hear this album again. Intense music of infatuated love and every song is strong! Loved the sparse arrangements and varieties of vocal styles. Was a great album 25 years ago and still sounds like it now.

relistening since this morning cause what an awesome album!!! first song kinda feels like hole and then it moves on to like bjorkish fionaapplish boaish collectively very 90s the whores hustle and the hustlers whore is a phenomenal song-- "speak to me of heroin and speed, of genocide and suicide, speak to me the language of love, the language of violence, the language of the heart" AND THOM YORK IS THERE TOO hell yeah awesome. music.

This makes me want to dive deeper. Deserves more of my time. I prefer the slower moments reminiscent of Fiona Apple. 🍏

I liked this album, but I do not think that it is something that I would enjoy listening to casually, she is a little bit to slow and even for my taste

I enjoyed listening to this album

Alright

I have no idea what I was listening to in 2000, but it wasn’t this. We Float was my favorite track. Radiohead/Tori Amos sound. Probably won’t listen again, but did enjoy the quality songwriting and complex arrangements.

This was not for me

Mega godt, elsker PJ

I liked this offering from PJ Harvey, kinda' missed her years ago. Jangle folk... i need to hear more, definitely going into regular rotation.

Not my typical jam but very good nonetheless. We float was really good. 3.8/5.

I actually liked this more than I thought I would. It had a mid-90s rock vibe that was on every track, which was not a bad thing.

81/100

Super. Meni poznan in ljub album. "Big Exit" je super začetek albuma. "Good Fortune" je itak amazing. Sledi ful enih chill komadov. "The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore" mi je en ljubših. Od teh k je zraven Thom Yorke mi je "This Mess We're In" super. V bistvu skor bl deluje k a Radiohead song. Odličen duet. "You Said Something" je ful lep. "Kamikaze" žge, as it should, s tem naslovom. "This Is Love" mi je tud en ljubših. "We Float" je kul za zaključek albuma. Tak mal minimalističen, ampak efektiven - 'take life as it comes'. Nimam kj za rečt, I love this album, pozn je, večerjat bi šla.

Really not a PJ Harvey fan, but this is probably my favourite record of hers if I had to pick one. She has an air of sincerity on this album that makes it more bearable compared to her earlier work.

I enjoyed some of the songs off this record. PJ's vocals are the main highlight here, a lot of confidence and personality.

I mean there were some decent tracks on here, but nothing really to ride home about. None of them meshed super well together so it felt a little disjointed.

Good turn-of-the-century female-led singer-songwriting here. Enjoyable!

I had only heard maybe a song or 2 in passing by PJ Harvey. I enjoyed this album. It got more ambitious & heavier as the the album goes on. The Thom Yorke tracks were good. I keep trying to compare her to somebody but PJ seems to have her own vaguely familiar sound. Like a grungy Tori Amos without the oversinging. This is Love is great. I dug Kamikaze. Not all the songs are winners but they are at least interesting like Float On. 4

A cool vibe to this one. 4 stars

Another Wasn’t expecting much. Not bad

Almost hated this for sounding like Nico Vega but the last few songs truly saved it. Beast of a hail mary.

Great Album, Alainis Morrisset meets Nirvana

always felt I'd like pj harvey but when listening always got something weird which switched me off. this album does it for me though

4/5 good songwriting enjoyable first listen

I might need to give this a deeper listen but it sounded kinda good. 3

Bra album, burde hør mer på PJ. Ekstra pluss for duett med TJ.

Banging indie rock, female vocalist, classic vibes, ultra cool. What's not to like?

Another good case for singles / best of being preferable to some albums. This Is Love is an outstanding track in a sea of fairly dirgy fillers. Maybe I wasn't in the mood or i'm just not cool enough for it all but i'm not sure i'll be giving it another listen.

Really enjoyed the album. Good songs, well crafted. The guitar in This is Love really reminded me of Captain Beefheart!

Really enjoyed this, thom yorke guest vocals a nice touch

This one has me hooked, great talent. I've heard her songs, but never connected to them. I like that the album had a good constrast and feels pure.

Strong memories of listening to this being announced as the winner of the 2001 Mercury Prize on Radio 1 and all the interviewees being bummed out because it was September 11 (my personal pick for that year was Elbow's Asleep in the Back, but this is still great).

Brilliant

Rolls along nicely.

Easy 5 for me. What a transition from punk to.. well.. I guess post punk. She has her own sound, her own universe. In the same spheres as Nick Cave, Radiohead. And it's not a surprise that they are so intertwined.

Enjoyed

Should probably have listened to this before. It was good. I’ll probably explore more by her.

Thanks, I hate it.

Album No. 0077 on my list. I’ve been aware of the existence of PJ Harvey, but I can’t remember ever consciously listening to her music. “Stories from The City, Stories From The Sea” really was a first for me. And one that I did enjoy! I like the music, I like her voice, I like the lyrics, I like the vibe! Cool record all around. I’m a huge Radiohead fan, so I enjoyed both collaborations with Thom Yorke as well. “This Mess We’re In” is indeed my favorite from this album, alongside with “A Place Called Home”, “Beautiful Feeling”, and “The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore”. I’m a bit insecure about the final rating, but I’ve had a little streak of both mediocre and very bad albums and am in need for a very good one, so I’ll narrowly give the highest rating. 5/5 stars!

4.1

A pretty phenomenal album. Such talent.

Stories from somewhere in between.

no Albini on this one, though Thom Yorke shows up a few times. i understand that zoomers don't care about lyrics and songwriting very much, but it's kind of sad seeing the artists losing stock because of that. and admittedly the alt rock instrumentals are just good and nothing mindblowing. the writing sells it. and PJ Harvey is a good singer as well. deserves to be one of the 1001? probably yeah. she's one of the most important British acts in her scene after all

not always a fan but this is a good one

It’s aight, good beats for 2000s but nothing particular special

I have never seen this album cover or heard of this artist before. A great way to take a break from my doom scrolling for the last hour or so. First Listen Takeaways: Track 1 - Big Exit: I like the electric guitar (or what I think is an electric guitar). I like the grit in her vocals, it feels a little bit like desperation. I don't know if it's due to the mixing of the vocals so it feels as if you're going through a tunnel and the mic is reverbed. It's angsty but I need another word...tense. can you be tense and content in the same body? "Sometimes it rains so hard/and I feel the hurt/in my heart" I think that's a part of the bridge, but that's how I feel right now. Track 2 - Good Fortune: I'm kind of just dropped into the track, a journey through the city, that's what I feel like when she does those vocal slides/vibratos (or at least that is what I believe them to be). "Everybody's got something good to say" Track 3 - A Place Called Home: I like that there are differing vocal stacks happening in m headphones at different times. This was an album made to be listened to with headphones. I can hear the hope and yearning she has about this current relationship she's in (after reading the lyrics of course). Also, I like the single cover for this track. She's crouched down behind some door, looking up at the camera, and it appears as though the wrists of her hand are wrapped lazily around the door handle. It feels liminal. I like liminal spaces. Why? Maybe the way I describe and think about music can include reflecting on the album covers, what I like/dislike, what comes to mind, colors, feelings, etc. I want to expand my brain and my ability to critically think about things and form fuller opinions with depth, that sound, feel, and is grounded in the time I took to listen to the pieces of art, listen and learn myself in relation to this work, when it arrived in my life, and the time in which the art itself has been released, and the time and deep knowledge that I have of myself, music, my craft, and language. Track 4 - One Line: "Can I draw a line to heart today?" Track 5 - Beautiful Feeling: This song has a haunting quality to it, something that would be at the end of a Charmed episode I think. I also really like that all of the songs up to this point is longer than 2:30; let's see if that's the case for the rest of the album. *I'll look at critique reviews after my second listen. Note: expand my vocab by reading more and understanding the language used to talk about music, albums, and artist, etc. Track 6 - The Whores Hustle and The Hustlers Whore: What a flip in a dynamic that's so normalize; that has stood the test of time and disease. I think this song as a whole is about flipping the dynamic. But I'm only listening right now and not actively reading the listens so lets see how that changes once I do. The guitar and drummer are having a conversation - what kind? I don't know yet. "This isn't the first time I asked for money or love/Just give me something I can believe" I think I just want someone to believe and care for me overly - I have victimized myself to a point where I think I need the external validation of a caretaker of higher authority to feel content and grounded in my life...weird. Track 7 - This Mess We're In: a soft coaxing, the drummer drops out as the vocalist sings the first verse, but then slowly comes back in. It feels like meeting someone in a low lit bar, strangers for the first time, but maybe not the last. The tone and texture of their voice can be the only thing that tells us what happens next in this story. Track 8 - You've Said Something: A ballad! The stories starts off on a rooftop in Brooklyn. The acoustic? guitar that's supporting in the beginning is important for transporting us to this memory in her head. I feel like throwing my head and arms around. Riding down an unpaved dirt road to some unrefined dream of freedom; one I'm too lazy or scared to explore because that would be the end of all other possibilities. So sitting in the familiarity of the memory, stale connection is better. "How did we get here?/To this point of living?/I held my breath till you said something" Track 9 - Kamikaze: "How could that happen?/How could that happen again?" feels a bit funky (thanks to that electric guitar, tambourine and some kind of percussive shakers in the back? There's confusion but not in choice but in the motivation behind the choice and what it may lead to next. What is a Kamikaze? In Japanese, Kamikaze means "divine wind/spirit wind" that originally referred to the typhoons that destroyed the Mongol fleets invading Japan in 1274 and 1281, saving the country. There were also Japanese pilots who conducted deliberate suicidal crashes into enemy targets, usually ships. Hmmm...how does this shift the meaning of the song for me? Track 10 - This Is Love: Very grunge...I miss my ex girlfriend right now. five days after an abrupt ending to our friendship. maybe this is what the end of my heart sounds like as I try to soothe myself and speed this along. Dread. "wanna chase you round the table/wanna touch your hand" Track 11 - Horses In My Dreams: "Set myself free again/I have set myself clear" even though the lyrics repeat most of the song, it seems like her conviction and strength in the words that she utters builds as the song plays. an ending that favors solitude and the quiet, water, after a chaotic journey through love and life. "set myself freeeeee again" Just her voice and a guitar. Not a man, not another woman, but herself. Whatever happened these last 10 songs, she has grieved, angered, roared, and cried through it. Now she exists quietly at sea. alone. Track 12 - We Float: "you carried all my hopes until something broke inside/we float/take love as it comes" I don't know how to do that yet, but the chorus of this song feels whimsy enough that it makes me think I can. *Note to self: watch the music videos/short films/interviews associated with these articles. Read the articles that came out too if you can!

meh. Nothing really stands out on this one, aside from some screeches that I could do without. It isn't bad, and the tone does kind of grab you after you settle in, but not really compelling to me.

A good album, I liked A Place Called Home and This Mess We're In the most.

Never heard this before! And somehow PJ Harvey has only ever existed on the periphery of my musical knowledge. An "Oh, yeah, I think I've heard of her" figure who I couldn't name a single song by. Such a shame, this is one hell of an album. So many different dimensions she hits on. Moody, head-bangy, atmospheric, grungy, experimental in points. Just so awesome. Will be revisiting, and probably exploring her discography more as well. Great listen!

At first, I thought this was too generic to be awful. Then it continued on. This is fucking horrendous.

alright ig?

This is a very good album, “This Mess we’re in” is a masterpiece.

Not a stand out

It was ok, nothing special

great pick. Had never listened before

I've now listened to three of Harvey's releases, from three different decades: this one from 2000; Let England Shake from 2011; and (straying off the 1,001 list) 2023's I Inside the Old Year Dying (my favorite of the three, with its unique neo-pastoral sound). I'm finding her work pretty consistently enjoyable, even as she crosses through somewhat different genres (here, alternative rock).

I dont understand the UK obsession with PJ Harvey.

9 / 10

141/1001 PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ This album will always be my go to PJ Harvey album. It was the album where it all clicked for me, having first heard her after winning her second Mercury Prize for Let England Shake and not fully appreciating it then, but there was enough to make me hear more. There's both lightness and darkness in this, without leaning too heavily into either. The standout for me is the combination of The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore next to This Mess We're In.

good indie/alt stuff + an awesome voice always works for me. her name is also fun to pronounce peee jaaaay harveeey

3,8/5

Imma gonna pass

unbelievable vocals, the whole album feels like trying to be content with yourself

Very stoked about this one, what a week Thom Yorke jump scare <3

Big fan of her first two records and their raw sound (Steve Albini did one). I think her voice and songwriting translates well with this slicker production, but I prefer the older stuff. An artist I could see doing a deep dive on at some point.

I will probably have a hyper-fixation on this for a while.

Fucking captivating

Catchy and repetitive

I like PJ.

Not dynamic, kinda boring

Not my jam but it was a nice sounding sound regardless

My algorithm keeps trying to get me to listen to PJ Harvey, maybe because Thom Yorke is in this. Meh, not for me at all. She's fine, but I'm bored. 2* Highlights: the mess we're in

no, i don't have a artist ex who turn to using music as a therapy after we broke up but ultimately got out from it while still being friends with me. and yes, this is not the album that miss polly harvey made after she decided to broke up with nick cave because she just don't feel like being in the relationship. but i still put on my headphone and was in the town of a thousand friendships. they both moved out from the relationship: Polly making the more "heavy" and darker Is This Desire, and Nick creating The Boatman's Call as a way of healing. the next step, as you all see, is a stylistic shift. Nick shredded off his darker side and took up gospel influences while Polly also leans toward the brightness. she moved to the concreate jungle where dreams are made of. Stories is not like other of her albums. less black and while anger and more nightime walking through urban area, despite the sometimes throwback to her earlier sounds. because you see, everything will still be beautiful even though you are no longer young and pretty. so my spirit floats down 3rd street, across the brooklyn bridge, and returned back to an unsinkable manhattan. through the diamond streets and faint smells of pizza and coffee and the weird al concerts i missed, its at a few blocks away that i met a familliar figure. oh hello thom, i waved toward the creator of kid A. his voice floats like a spectre as usual above the alt rock arrangements which is always a delight to hear. he smiled and then vanished like the crypid that he always is. with his and polly's voice in my head, with the rage, the emotion highs and lows, the new feelings in a greatest love, i continue walking down the streets of manhattan pass my faint memories and vivid memories, into my uncertain future coming from the tides and back to those streets again. 5/5

Au début j’ai bien accroché à la vibe alternative qui me faisait parfois penser à Radiohead (délire introspectif avec un joli travail sur les voies chantées), et parfois aux Cranberries, pour l'énergie un peu tranchante et entraînante, + le timbre de la chanteuse Plusieurs titres qui m’ont bien parlé, au début et puis ensuite The mess we’re in, qui a vraiment un truc de Radiohead je trouve, et est intéressant de ouf dans la construction et les mélodies, avec de très belles parties chantées à deux voix avec les douces envolées dans les aigus Au milieu et ensuite j’ai trouvé à ça plus boring dans l'ensemble ; il me manquait quelque chose. Parfois un peu trop British pop faussement rebelle, parfois un peu trop monotone à mon goût

Runs subtils dans la voix, je crois que j’ai un peu du mal avec le format lyrics courts. Dans premier son par ex, voix monte puis descend etc difficile de faire en sorte que ça sonne pas répétitif (prévisible). 3e couplet change un peu, casse rythme. Bizarrement je suis quand même convaincue par la proposition artistique (ce va-et-vient dans les sonorités évoque un peu les vagues d’une marée qui a du mal à se jeter à l’océan, prisonnière de la baie dans laquelle elle s’échoue). Intéressant quand elle utilise sa head voice. Une façon de poser la voix très caractéristique de fin 90’ début 2000 j’ai l’impression, un peu camp rock. Bien aimé la cohérence de l’album, avec thèmes de l’évasion, trouver sa place dans le monde, rapprochement/éloignement, qui se déclinent sous plusieurs sujets spécifiques (danger de sortir de sa bulle, l’envie de se propulser dans le vaste monde, la marche brinquebalante une fois la bulle éclose…), belle progression logique dans les thèmes, que j’avais moins ressentie dans la plupart des albums écoutés avant. Ici, impressionnante capacité à produire mouvement avec des patterns en apparence très répétitifs). Petit coup de coeur pour A Place Called Home, This Is Love, et la fin de The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore (expérience d’écoute: 2 sons en 1). Par contre assez indifférente à Beautiful Feeling, par ex, qui est à la fois très personnel et en même temps donne l’impression d’être le son dans lequel elle met le moins d’effort. Pour moi, un solide 3.75 arrondi en-dessous.

Enjoyed it.

I really didn’t enjoy her lyrics or delivery, whole album was samey. Did not excite my ears at all. Couldn’t wait for it too end

Thom yorke is here 👀

Really good, stuff I did not know about this when it came out.

Great album. Great genre. Not for everyone so not sure how it made this list.

After her first four records flirted with everything from punk and grunge to electronica, Latin rhythms and blues, PJ Harvey's fifth record is her most straightforward one. 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea' owes as much to Patti Smith's influence as it does Sonic Youth, as the songs are heavily steeped in the atmosphere of New York from an alternative perspective. Although PJ Harvey is British herself, her voice on this album bears an uncanny resemblance to Smith's, further solidifying the sheer influence of her 'Horses' record. The songs paint vignettes of her deep affinity for New York, with 'This Is Love', 'Good Fortune' and 'A Place Called Home' clear highlights. PJ even brings Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke in on three songs: 'This Mess We're In', 'Beautiful Feeling' 'One Line': the former being a duet between the pair. With Yorke always a stickler for invention and reinvention, he's a good match for PJ here. With one of the most dymanic yet strangely underappreciated voices of the 90s, PJ Harvey is at her most accessible on 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea', and there's no doubt Patti Smith was a strong influence here, which is a strong endorsement for the passion and pragmatism on show here. Best songs: This Is Love, Good Fortune, A Place Called Home, The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore, This Mess We're In, Kamikaze

High quality indie rock

Cool alternative rock music, sounds still modern.

Lesbian rock

It wasn't bad but didn't click with me.

How have I never heard of her before? Amazing

This is like arthouse Alanis Morrisette, but these are Alanis's rejected songs that were released years later on a deluxe edition or something. First half of the album was more enjoyable than the second. I did not enjoy the Radiohead guy popping up on multiple songs. Overall, it was OK, but I didn't love anything. Low-end 3/5.

An enjoyable indie rock/ songwriter-y album. No tracks that I disliked.

I might have heard of PJ Harvey before listening but had no expectations going into this one. It was a great listen!

One of my favourite albums from PJ Harvey

Solid late 90s rock. Listenable, forgettable.

Täähän oli jopa ihan hyvä! Lähin tätäkin ihan neitsyenä kuuntelemaan valmiina heittää 1-2 arviota, mut kyl tää kolmoseen nousee. Tosi kivoja juttuja soitannassa ja laulussa. Voi olla että menee vielä uusiks kuunteluun ja jopa omille listoille muutamat biisit. Ei kuitenkaan nostella neloseen

Aivan nevahööd akka. Aluksi mietin että kuka tällästä shittiä 2000-luvulla tekee, kun kuulosti modernilta ollakseen 70-luvulta, mutta oli seassa pari ihan ok kipalettakin. Sen suuremmin pohtimatta laitetaan kädenlämpöinen kolkki

Muniin puhalteluksi jäi tämäkin, ehkä voisi toimia nukahtamismusiikkina.

On tää kyl hyvä. Hyvii biisei hyvää lauluu. Hyvää saundii. Monipuolista menoo. Oivaltavii ratkasuita. Radioheadin mies mukana hönkimässä. Nyy jorkki steit of maindi välittyy. On kyl tuttu artistikin, että ei siin. Tää taitaa kyl olla popimpaa kun ne jotkut aiemmat. Eli varmaan tää on hyvä lätty alottaa tän artistin suhteen suhde. Tai ei ainakaan kantsi kauheesti kaivella syvemmältä, jos ei tääkään maita. Tosin sen nyt tietää, että tätä on kyl melko varmasti tulevaisuudessakin tarjolla listalla jonka läpikäyntiä ennen ei parane kupsahtaa. Mut HEHE no tää ol sisäänajo sitäkin varten, että saa kuunnella niit muita levyjä. Kova jätkä antas tälle täydet. En oo kova jätkä ja kun ei nyt oo ennestään suosikki niin mennään löysän kaverin nelkulla. Mut jos ois aikaa niin kuuntelisin tätä enempikin. Sit kaduttas arvosana. Vuan katua ehtii sit listan läpikäynnin jälkeen. JA SIIHEN NYT ON VIELÄ AIKAA.

Onpa hieno levy. Tätä tuli jonkin verran kuunneltua lukioaikoina kun DC++ siunasi, mutta sittemmin kyllä unohtunut ihan kokonaan. Tykkään tunnelmasta tosi paljon, vähän semmoinen hähmyinen. Biisit keskenään mukavan erilaisia ja tarttumapintaa löytyy.

Fine? Feels like it's only on here because it's british

This was fine. Some cool driving beats. I enjoyed the radiohead cameo, overall not for me

I super underestimated this album. I didn’t know anything about PJ before listening to this album but based off the two tracks featuring Thom Yorke I was afraid the album would be intentionally difficult/challenging and maybe even a little avant-garde. Thankfully that intuition was wrong. This album is surprisingly heavy and a little Rock focused. All of which I think helped the album become more accessible to me. That being said one of the four songs on the album that I didn’t end up saving/liking was one of the Thom features (Beautiful Feeling) and the other three weren’t offensive or bad, just underwhelming or forgettable. But honestly I really love this album. This is an album I look forward to finding and adding to my collection. Easily a classic of whatever genre you call this.

not for me

No

For whatever reason I can never seem to muster enough energy to properly engage with her music. All of my prior reviews for her albums have just been straight down the middle, "It's alright". Aaaand... It's kind of the same here. Yeah, it's alright. At least she's consistent. Some tracks are nicely done, but there's also a lot of dirgy stuff in there which I'm not into.

Just very generic and kind of annoying

Light 3,5

'I want a pistol / I want a gun / I'm scared baby / I wanna run'; 'Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider / But I gotta know how it feels.' Polly, like Bruce, runs b/c she's scared and at the end of her rope. That feeling of a last-ditch effort pervades the entire record, simultaneously providing it w/ edge and flight, attitude and restraint. Despite the obvious comparisons to Patti Smith, Polly is a fresh and moving approach to the perennial tropes of popular music: love, sex, drugs, violence. Besides, if we're doing honest comps, this is Because-Of-The-Night-Patti (I know, more Springsteen, but that's where I'm at), not Radio Ethiopia or even Horses. Words like 'brave' or 'fearless' don't do this album justice: how 'bout 'destined,' 'staggering'?

I liked this. PJ Harvey has got a great voice. But the music is a bit uninspiring - just find guitar a bit boring these days, especially guitars that are bereft of melody. At least throw some trumpets in there, PJ. The 2nd half was much stronger than the first. "We Float" offering something different and is I swear the only major key on the album?? "Kamikaze" also turning up the heat to spice things up. 6.5 / 10 Best track/s: The Mess We're In, Kamikaze

The good old days when the best songs were the singles

Lilith Fair Radiohead. Some great moments, some irritating.

I was just about to give up on this album, but This Is Love was decent. I'm rating it 2, even though it's more like a 2.5.

Great

I never knew she was British. Ya learn something new everyday.

Good album. Really like her guitar tone and her duet with Thom Yorke. Highlights: "The Mess We're In" and "We Float"

Some of the songs were really pleasant and emotional and made me feel a lot

Ligesom Joni Mitchell er PJ Harvey en virkelig god musiker, jeg er glad for at have fundet pga listen, men ved stadig ikke om jeg synes 4 albums er nødvendige

Gode sange, men min mindst yndlings af de PJ Harvey plader vi har haft -- synes ikke den er helt lige så spændende som de andre. Stadig stor 3'er.

This was really nice! Both rock-mamma-bear, ballads and Thom Yorke.

Really enjoyed this one!

Never heard of them, but it really enjoyed this. One of the few albums that got a 2nd listen immediately after finishing the first.

PJ Harvey was another artist I missed out on in the 2000’s for various reasons, so I was glad to get the opportunity to listen to this today. This is solid, reliable indie rock with a great selection of songs tangentially inspired by New York City. Her voice reminds me a little of Chrissie Hynde, with a similar level of confidence and assurance. The only odd bit is when Thom Yorke turns up on one track and he felt out of place to me.

This was the first PJ Harvey album i heard years and years ago, it's still as beautiful to me as it was back then, a little softer than her first records "This Mess We Are In" still gives me chills

Generally very good

quite liked this

Avaliei toda a discografia da PJ Harvey em uma época bem específica da minha vida, e tenho um enorme apreço pelo trabalho desta artista. Acho tudo que ela faz extremamente maravilhoso, e este disco especificamente está entre os meus favoritos dela. Uma produção imaculada e linda, a voz dela flutua sob esses instrumentais requintados e reservados. Seus vocais são consistentemente de tirar o fôlego, as letras traduzem muito bem as angústias da vida urbana, e se mescla brilhantemente com a melancolia romântica que todos nós sofremos. No quesito técnico, tudo é impecável aqui. Não dá para não mencionar as duas participações incríveis do Thom Yorke, vocalista do Radiohead. Ele eleva um disco, que já era bom, para níveis estratosféricos, e casa perfeitamente com o estilo que a PJ propôs para esta obra em específico. Ao todo, é um ótimo disco. Em poucos momentos eu acho que ele tropeça, ou engasga, em si mesmo, mas nada que seja o suficiente para diminuir sua nota, ao meu ver. É um disco quase-quase-quase perfeito. E ainda não é meu favorito dela! E sei que meu favorito também está na lista, então já estou ansioso para falar sobre ele. Mas por enquanto, bem satisfeito de re-escutar esse maravilhoso álbum. 5/5

Interesting album from someone I have never really given much attention to. It’s not an immediate album but it does draw you in. I think I’ll give it another couple of listens to see what it truly offers

Never could get into PJ Harvey, but this was alright. She must have been boning Thom Yorke.

Is this what old people had before Allanis?

meh 2/5

Got part way through this album and realised I knew a lot of the songs on it. Nice to be reminded of songs I haven’t listened to in a long time, and I enjoyed the songs I hadn’t heard before. Appreciated that there was a mix of slower songs and more intense songs - I really like the slow songs but I think a whole album full of them would be too much. Fav song: The Mess We’re In Least fav: Big Exit

Thom Yorke, what is this a crossover episode? Thought this album was better and less England- heavy than her other one. Liked the general sound more too. Didn’t love it though. Specific rating - 3.8 Fav song- This mess we’re in Least fav- Kamikaze

I much prefer the softer songs to the rocky ones, but overall I really like the album. Favourite song: This Mess We're in Least: The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore

I did not realy enjoi it not my music style sadly

Listenable.

It was ok. Forgettable and deleted it after

3.5

My favorite from PJ. Forgot about the thom York influence. Would share with most

Great album

Just didnt have it in me for another PJ Harvey album

Pretty cool, does lots of different things and they all feel decent Fresh experience

I really loved this album. As much as I enjoyed ‘Rid Of Me’, this album feels like a step forward and for me sets itself apart as PJ Harvey’s best album. It feels far more substantial and accessible than her previous albums, and there isn't a filler track to be found. Each song has it's place and the incredible flow & variety of brilliant songs makes for a 5/5 review from me.

Zwanzigstes Album, das ich schon kannte. Lyrisch nicht wirklich meins, an manchen Stellen schreit sie mir zu viel, aber musikalisch ist das echt super und ein Vibe. Schwanke zwischen 3 1/2, ich runde einfach mal auf.

feels like the cover looks, and that's not a bad thing. Just wish I had a 2000s movie over it 3/5 7.46/10

Sounds kind of Radiohead adjacent. Darker sounding. Late 90’s alt/indie vibes. I’m not sold on most of the lyrics - a little too basic on some level. Notable tracks include Good Fortune, A Place Called Home, Beautiful Feeling, This Mess We’re In, This Is Love, We Float.

This.album started off really strong and i was thinking it was going to be an easy 5 for me, but then it got to the more profound, stuff towards the end and I'm not giving it a 5. I totally appreciate PJH, it's just not my cup of tea and that has always been my relationship with her music.

Good songs

I enjoyed this more than the previous PJ Harvey. Well written, sounds good, but a bit to indie-y for me.

Beautiful voice beautiful lyrics beautiful guitars - love u

Thom Yorke jumpscare. Decent album, good voice.

Solid 4 stars

wow, that oscillates heavily between genius and cheezy. but all in all, it's a finetuned and wondrous album with many different facets to explore

love this one

The mess we’re in with thom yorke was the highlight

Oh thank goodness, absolute redemption from yesterday! Here we go straight into one of the great albums of all time! Every song is great with a lot of diversity and the track order works very well. Such great songs and vocal performances! This album is definitely one of my faves from her great catalogue.

PJ Harvey ditches rivers and standing stones for the concrete wilderness, creating one of the sexiest albums ever put to record. Favourite tracks: Big Exit, A Place Called Home, This Mess We're In, You Said Something

i dont want to just hand out 5/5s but this is actually amazing

I always like her when I listen, but never actually listen

Rating: 8.5/10 Loved the vibe of this album, so many great songs. A few dull moments but mostly very enjoyable to listen to.

Really dug this one!! I love a good female rocker.

Pretty good alt rock album, with vocals that are possibly too pretty for the style at that time. Compared to acts like hole, the grunge is missing from what otherwise feels like grunge.

Can't seem to get on with pj harvey

Although, a fantastic album with a few songs I added to my “liked” playlist, many sound the same and the album blends together a bit too much.

*Borat voice* VERY NICE!!!

My hunch about PJ Harvey is that she’s pretty much the female version of Nick Cave. listening to this one, I can’t say my assessment is entirely incorrect. I liked it more than I thought I would, but I wouldn’t call myself a fan. I respect and was unfamiliar with PJs game.

Track 1, very Indie. Not really for me, but nice vocals in the quiet bits. Track 2, still not for me. Again, nice voice in the quieter talking parts Track 3, ok... Maybe getting somewhere! Track 4, alright, alright... Hold on. Not walking away just yet! Track 5, niiice. Track 6, wtf! :( Track 7, sounds like Radiohead but I like it :) and it makes my head wobble 👍 Track 8, good and bring in 9 🤞 Track 9, indeed! But 8 happened non the less 😇 Track 10, rocking chick knows love 😘 Best lyrics so far. And best song? Track 11, thank you for some peace and quiet 🤫 Love the haunting voice here! Going slightly Bjork too, huh? ☺️ Will there be a 12? Track 12, worth the wait, awesome story telling best vocals up to now. Breathing high in the airy highs! 3.5* 4.5* for the top 3 songs Edit: after a few more listenings... ****

- Alternative rock album - Good, solid album, but nothing particularly stuck out to me? - Favourites: Good Fortune, Horses In My Dreams

not the best for me, but i understand why this is a highly valued album

I enjoyed this. She was not at all what I expected. For whatever reason, I thought she was a 90s hip hop artist, not low-fi rock. It's exactly the kind of sound I like

I enjoyed this album and on another day might have ranked it a 4. 3.5/5

Fun but it’s given “but dad I want to go to fashion school”

Another artist I had some awareness of, but no real familiarity with. I don't know exactly where they fit into the chronology of other women who create similar music (Fiona Apple comes to mind). I enjoyed this.

Eu amo

Couldn't get into this, but maybe I could on a different day.

I like PJ Harvey, and have seen her live atleast a couple of times. This album, whilst still a good album, is not my favourite of hers. Despite including “This Is Love” which is on my favourites list, “Stories From The City…” ranks behind her “To Being You My Love” (1995) and “Let England Shake” (2011) as an overall album. That’s not in the least to say it’s bad, it certainly isn’t, just that I don’t think it’s my favourite of hers. Regardless, it was still really nice to play this through a couple of times today :)

I had forgotten this. Worth it just for whiny Radiohead guy on the duet

I really want to like PJ Harvey. So many people I know love her but it always is just kind of ok to me. It just doesn't grab me.

It sounds like the inspiration for a lot of other music I like, but almost a too pure version of it.

Never was able to buy into her vocal performance. It felt jarring all the way until We Float. I liked her there. Some nice instrumentals but this is just not for me at all. Global reviews have me feeling a little left out but thats the beauty of art, right?

I like the ambiance they're able to create, but the entirety of the album felt quite monotonous. Also, no standout songs in my opinion. 3.2

Brilliant

gute Unterhaltungsmusik

So good! I bought this for my dad as a teenager and it didn't grab me when listening then. I've since fell in love with Patti Smith and damn does that recontextualise everything. The Thom Yorke colab is stunning. Makes me want to dream of horses. 70s swagger Highlights: good fortune, this mess we're in

Love! Would listen to more of her

This was a good album, pretty interesting sound

Solid

PJ Harvey to jedna z ikon kobiet w muzyce. Darzę ją ogromnym szacunkiem za odwagę, wyznaczanie trendów i swój własny indywidualny styl. Ale akurat ta płyta nie skradła mojego serca tak jakby mogła. Trochę zlewała mi się w jedno, nie udało jej się uchwycić mojej uwagi. 6.5/10 równane w górę za autorski sznyt.

Will be coming back to this one.

Would have liked stories from at least one more location.

Good songwriting, great vocals. Wasn't sold at first but it really grew on me. I like the punk-ish aesthetic. The Thom Yorke feature was unexpected. Favorite songs: You Said Something, This Mess We're In, Horses In My Dreams.

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