Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

This is way better than any of the other PJ Harvey stuff I've been subjected to. It actually sounds like an album as opposed to an angry open mic night.

Yeah I’ll listen to more PJ Harvey

I´m surprised. Good and well written songs.

Gritty guitar, with clear and precise vocals share a solid drums network, and produce really solid rock songs. I’m surprised that I’ve only ever just heard of PJ, but am happy to have finally experienced such a unique sound with this album. She definitely has unique quirks and definitely takes some risks on odd mixing of instrumentals and vocals, but she is super controlled and has a great ear for music. This is as if Hole was able to make a coherent record, just as punk, just as rock n roll, but without the trash instruments fighting one another for the limelight. Proof that you have to have a method to the madness. PJ is a true musician, and this is a true compilation of art.

She's actually just unreal.

pretty good! v unique, moody, a bit heavy at times. coulda cut a couple songs tbh but pretty good listen.

I enjoyed this, I like PJ Harvey

4.25

Maybe her most accessible album? Got some great tunes on this but also a couple of sleepers mixed into the tracklist just preventing it from being truly great

One of the great deficiencies in my knowledge of pop music is female rock artists. Part of this is because they tended to be pushed into the background by the music ecosystem, and part of it is because I wasn't seeking them out. One of the really cool things I've learned from this list is just how many ground breaking albums were produced by women and then largely ignored. PJ Harvey got a fair bit of attention for her work, but I'd never listened to her until I encountered a couple of her albums on this list. This album definitely deserves its accolades. It's beautifully written, and her voice and lyrics are great throughout. Bringing in Thom Yorke for a song was a great move, and I love how his voice sounds when paired with a female vocalist 4/5

kinda generic I liked it, only 1-2 standout songs though

Big Patti Smith energy

2nd album of PJ Harvey on the list. You can really feel the Radiohead inspiration. With Thom Yorke on one of the tracks, it just confirms that.

Not usually a big fan of PJ but this album had its moments

Yeah man. Mix Nirvana's In Utero album with Patti Smith's Horses and a smattering of late Jeff Buckley, then you might get something like this album. Plus Thom Yorke. 3.5 rounded up to 4.

My favorite PJ Harvey album. Tons of memorable catchy songs with a sweet jangly sound. Love her voice (reminds me of Patti Smith) and the production. Hated how quiet her early albums were (at least on Spotify), but this doesn't suffer from that. Her collaboration with Thom Yorke points out how similar the two artists actually are, with her quiet melancholic vocals and mystical jangly guitar contrasted against a rougher bluesy guitar reminiscent of both Radiohead's and Jeff Buckley's works. A few tracks I'm not too crazy about, but I enjoyed it all.

Sexy, scary and magnetic. Rocky and loud. There's something about this Polly Jane.....

It may be that I’m just growing into my appreciation of PJ Harvey, but this album was pretty good! Not a whole lot of analysis I can give, it just struck me better than our previous PJ album.

While some tracks don't quite hit the mark for me, and lyrics at points are too on the nose, there is something magnetic about this album.

Not previously familiar with PJ Harvey, this has taken a few listens. But it has grown on me and I can hear elements similar to Nick Cave, Jeff Buckley and even Robert Plant. What I didn't previously realise is what a beautiful, soaring voice that PJ Harvey has - this really elevates some of the songs, that would otherwise not be so special.

Realmente impresionante

Love love loved this album. 4.5/5

Bit slow to start but gets definitely picks up by the end. if you're a fan of crooning, boy howdy is this this the album for you!

Another album I never heard of and was pleasantly surprised by. PJ Harvey’s voice is wonderful - she’s a great singer. A surprise appearance by Thom Yorke was very nice. Big Exit is a very good opening track, as are the first few songs. But the album lost a little luster in the middle before picking up again with Kamikaze, my personal favorite. Really enjoyed listening.

Peej's pop album. Great. We Float is beautiful.

Coole plaat. goeie artieste ook

I really like this album. Most definitely will listen again. Thom yorke feature was also really cool. Songs that stood out to me, Good Fortune, A place called home, One line, The Mess We're In, You said Something, Kamikaze

beginning was mid but once thom yorke shows up it goes crazy

Es como un Arcade Fire bastante menos edgy y sin esa onda brutal que tienen. Me gusta mucho el theme que tiene el disco en general, de describir New York por todos sus aspectos, hasta si cierro los ojos me puedo imaginar la ciudad y la gente, junto con los recuerdos de PJ Harvey (despues buscando en wikipedia descubri q la mina es inglesa en realidad asi q estoy hablando al pedo con respecto a los "recuerdos" ajajaja), a su vez que intenta olvidarse de sus breakups o whatever. 7/10 side note/rant: Hay un paneo muy falopa en "The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore" que ponen tipo 100% en la izquierda una guitarra y AAAAAHHHHH me hace doler el oido AAAAAAAAA

discazo q conoci recien el año pasado me gusta todo me gustan mucho los temas con thom yorke y la voz de pj harvey pd gran disco del 2000

no lo escuche de nuevo pero lo escucho frecuentemente y es un discazo estoy en la playa bye

Very strong

I enjoyed this more than I expected to

Have been listening to this and Dry a bunch since they popped up on this challenge. Pretty happy to give this a 4 - thoroughly enjoy the early 2000s rocky vibes combined with a good lyrical sensibility. Thom Yorke jumpscared me on first listen. Just really find her whole vibe very engaging, this album makes me feel like I am gliding through new parts of a massive city in a coach. For clarity, that's a good feeling! Favourite songs: You Said Something, The Mess We're In, TWH&THW, Good Fortune

Welp, never have dug into her, no time like the present. A raw and emotional pop album. The album is a clear through line from Patti Smith and Chrissi Hynde to St Vincent and Miya Folick

One of the most beautiful albums of the early 2000s and in my personal top 3 of her discography: impressive!

I definitely have a soft spot for this type of early 00s late 90s female-led alternative because this wasn't nearly as good as that Elastica album but I still mostly enjoyed it. It was a pleasant surprise to hear Thom York on a song that also happens to be my favorite on the album. This is a low 4 btw

This is way better than Harvey's other album, Dry. The music is super compelling. The lyrics are a bit distracting, but overall it's pretty good. It keeps getting better. This is a surprisingly excellent album!

I think this is her best record. Great songs, and a solid band!

Never heard any of this before. Will be listening to it again. Really Liked: This is Love, This Mess We're in is creepy excellent, and One Line. Solid and makes me realize I missed out on a lot having stopped after To Bring You My Love. Foolishness.

listened to the first two songs...they were good?

Roger water...The wall we dont need no education part 1.... Suomessa ei tollasta kateltas....Isän halvennusta... SAMANLAISIA VITUN OUTUJA TUNNETILOJA TÄSSÄ... miten sitä suhtautuis.. Tunnetiloista olin ihan aluksi miettimässä numeroa neljä.. yksi kaksi kolme...... neljä.. Boldeja juttuja.. ku puhelin rikkoja Jerry rig everything... youtube kanavalla.. Puhelimet väännetään säpäleiksi... vaikka minkälaista efektiä tässäkin... Olis voinu miettiä...kannattaako... THOM YORKE!!?! MITÄ VITTUA!!!! hehheh Tom... hyvä että naikkonen pyytäny apua... ovenavaajaa... Miksei alkuun laittanu.m. Tomin avulla rahat... ja albumille.. nimi... nimikkobiisi heheh... Stories from Thom yoorke...

4.5

Less experimental than the last pj Harvey But just as enjoyable

Love me some PJ Harvey. I'm more familiar with To Bring You My Love, so I was only familiar with a handful of tracks off this album before today. This album is maybe a little more polished and less avant garde than TBYML, so I think I still prefer that album, but overall I enjoyed this whole record quite a bit.

Decent album, but I wasn't super taken with it. It's nice, but I like Rid of Me more. 3.5/5

Long live Polly Jean. Maybe not her best LP but it has enough essentials to deftly recommend it, including the all-timer “Good Fortune” and my favorite Thom Yorke performance. B+

Clearly above average ;)

Very solid snd accessible PJ Harvey album, strong songs.

Sublime and beautiful.

Vraiment bon album, je ne m'attendais pas à ça. Son classique de fin 90s/début 00s, mais très bien fait.

Pretty cool!

A cap off to the 90’s, this album perfectly encapsulates the raw intensity that epitomized the era. An opener that grabs your attention leads into a collection of songs that are at times aggressive and other times soft and reflective. Standouts are The Mess We’re In with Thom Yorke and the show stopping closer We Float

thom yorke jumpscare

Never heard of this artist before, not sure how! An interesting album with a melancholic but punkish twist. I like it Saved songs: Good Fortune, The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore, This Mess We're In, We Float, This Wicked Tongue

Great stuff.

Starts with a fast-ish paced alt/radio rock sound before gradually mellowing out to more melodic and piano-heavy. Nice vocals that convey emotion. Doesn't shy away from raw, coarse lyrics. Standouts are "Big Exit", "You Said" and the duet "This Mess We're In"

A modern day version of some classic punk / post-punk. Better listen than I expected. 4/5.

I really enjoyed "The Mess We're In". This album was a very nice surprise due to the first PJ Harvey album suggested by this site....sucked rocks. The songwriting, and delivery was great throughout. The last 6 songs were the strongest parts of this album. I'm glad that I gave it a chance instead of skipping it.

Tiene vibes de Lana del Rey y Fiona Apple, pero a la vez no, algunas canciones se sienten plan post punk, otras más rock, otras más pop, idk, es variado pero sigue el tema del álbum. I like it u.u

It's easy to see why this was a critical and commercial success. Engaging and energetic, yet thoughtful and nuanced. With further listens I suspect this would be even more rewarding. Rating: 4.5/5 Playlist track: This Mess We're In Date listened: 10/10/22

PJ Harvey's music feels like thick, black tar. Bare, ashen, smoking... for the first time here, it's more like molten sugar: pretty, and you might want to touch it, but the smell of fresh bacon and the impending absence of your lovely skin should you do so reminds you that it's still PJ Harvey. An artist of immense vision, painting in brighter colours for once.

Great stuff, it's in the rotation. Catch me on a different day it would be a 5. 🤷

Good album. Also her collabs with Thom Yorke are great.

Excellent stuff

Favs on first listen: Good Fortune A Place Called Home Horses In My Dreams We Float

El 2 mejor album de pj harvey, me encanta Best song: This is love Worst song: Kamikaze Calificacion: 81/100

Reminds me of a time living in London. Good album, not listened to it for a while. Is a bit front-loaded but the front half is really good. According to Discogs, it's one of my most valuable albums although when i went to check the current price, it wasn't there so either I've accidently deleted it or Discogs has somewhere along the line. Almost all my most valuable albums are from the 90s and early 2000s when no one was buying vinyl. I didn't get a dedicated CD player until 2007.

Had not heard it before but liked it quite a bit

I really like this record. It's a different side of PJ Harvey, at times channeling Patti Smith, at times her take on a pop song, and only one or two cuts that are traditional PJ Harvey rawness. My favorite: "You Said Something"

Good alt rock, was not expecting thom yorke

Don't like when she shrieks, but otherwise some good songs...

This is my first repeat artist in this project! I have heard many songs on this album a lot and really enjoyed it. The track with Thom Yorke's inclusion mid way through the album was a big turn off for me, but I did my best to get through it. Not as much fun as the first album of her I had on this list: "Dry." But obviously this is a bit more polished than that. Still great all around.

Awesome performances; great production; varied songs that kept me interested throughout the whole album. But I'm left wishing for something more. "You Said Something" is my favorite track.

Pitäs kuunnela PJ Harveyta enemmän. Joka kerta kun kuuntelen niin se jotenkin tempaa mukaansa. Tykkäsin generaattorin edeltävästä PJ levyst ehkä enemmän, mut onhan tääkin aika hieno! Oon kauheen huono tosin sanottamaan miksi tää on musta hyvää musaa 4/5

PJ:n helpoin levy ja toimii tämäkin. This Mess We're In on kyllä upea.

Alan lämmetä PJ Harveylle.

Oddly beautiful album.

Bjork was always my main music crush, but the more I listen to PJ Harvey, the more I'm starting to fall for her.

Encore une belle rencontre

Really good

Haven't listened to this for a long time. What an accomplished and accessible album! Classic peej wrapped up in blues pop indie crossover. One to listen to rather than have as background music. Deservedly won awards.

Haven't listened to PJ at all before, knew the name and the big single Down By The Water, so this is completely new territory for me. I'm enjoying the grittiness of this album. The vocals are excellent, and the music has a sinister quality to it that pairs well with the singing and lyrical themes. I like it. I don't know that I'll go out of my way to listen to it on my own, but I like that I have a better sense of this artist now. Also, I love that PJ is looking like Rashida Jones on this album cover. Gorgeous!

Really enjoyed it. FIrst LP i've listened to. Will do again

This is always the record that I use to introduce people to the wonderful world of PJ Harvey. This is all a bit lighter, rockier and poppier than much of her other work. Although it does a lit less to me than much of her other albums, it is not inferior in quality and always a pleasure to put this on.

Cool and moody, tough and tremulous, this is gold-standard indie rock of early 21st century, or any era, really. Awfully Big Apple for a non-New York record. “Good Fortune,” “The Mess We’re In” and “You Said Something” are all major tunes. “Horses in My Dreams” is haunting and austere and “We Float” about as hopeful as the uncompromising PJH does. Sounds both very much of its time and timeless.

Pollys best album. this is love is gigantic but there is some draggy songs on it.

I once shagged her in a greenhouse. It was blummin' hot I tell ya.

Ahh Pajamas Harvey you've done it again 🍾

One of two albums to have won Polly Jean Harvey the Mercury Prize (incidentally, a feat no other artist has achieved), “Stories from the City” is firm, tough, lean and urgent. It’s also, in Harvey’s words, “beautiful, sumptuous, lovely”. Ultimately, it’s difficult to disagree. It may not be a perfect album, but it’s unlike anything she’d done previously, and shows off her tremendous range and evolution as a songwriter. It evokes the grittiness of New York City in one song, and the mystery and beauty of the Dorset coast in the next. When it goes hard, “Stories” really goes hard. The riffs are spoken for with crunchy, buzzy open chords, thrashing away insistently underneath Harvey’s dark and theatrical vocals. The drums are simple, punchy, propulsive snares driving each song headlong into battle. “Big Exit”, “Good Fortune”, “The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore”, “Kamikaze” and “This is Love” are all stellar examples of this. Not content with hard-edged rock, Harvey adds real warmth and depth elsewhere. “You Said Something” is wistful, open-hearted and personal, resembling Alanis Morrissette in the best way. Better still are “One Line” and “Beautiful Feeling”. Haunting, hypnotic and stark, the latter really gets under the skin on subsequent listens. It’s hard not to mention Thom Yorke, who’s understated contributions on backing vocals (and then lead in album highlight, “This Mess We’re In”) gel perfectly. Of course, though, this is PJ Harvey’s show, and it’s impossible to get through the album and not end up entranced by her as a singer. She snarls, sneers, howls and cries her way through each song, perfectly balancing passion and technique. There are so many great vocal stylings: the soaring high notes amidst the melodrama of opener “Big Exit”, the yelping siren after the second verse of the brilliant “The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore”, the hushed backing vocals in the chorus of “A Place Called Home”. If anything lets the album down for me, it’s that I’d have liked the “concept” to hold together a little more. The title and background reveal a fascinating premise to paint a vivid picture of New York, and capture the two worlds Harvey was caught between, which the music evokes well, but sometimes it slides into a set of tangentially related songs. It falls away especially at the end with the slow and brooding “Horses in my Dreams” followed by “We Float“, with its jarring switch to an electronic beat and piano riff, and then non-sequitur hidden track “This Wicked Tongue”. It’s an interesting final stretch, but doesn’t really feel like the grand closing statement to tie everything together on. Still, the rest of “Stories…” is a really solid album. The lyrics walk a satisfying line between personal and abstract, specific and elliptical, while the music ricochets between savage and soothing. Well deserving of its place on the list.

Probably the least of her albums on this list but still excellent, 4.5*

Pop music through a glass darkly.

stories from the sky?

Eigentlich eine 4.5

Thom Yorke cameo

I feel like PJ Harvey exists at a higher level than I'm capable of understanding.

Some years ago I tried to listen her early albums, and it was terrible. Now I thought I give it a 2nd chance with this album. It is much better, and Thom Yorke in that two songs is brilliant.

Another great one here! Fresh and serious lyrics guitar indie rock

4.5

I was never there, but I feel like this album captures the feel of a moment of time, that moment being New York immediately prior to 9/11. The glossy and flowing sound of this album is unique and PJ Harvey’s presentation is enticing. One of my favorites

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: This is love, This mess we’re in

Better than "Let England Shake", but at times it just doesen't feel like music, it's that boring. I absolutely love the albumcover though. Ok I take that back. Second half picks up. 4

Liked the album had some grunge, rock, punk vibes

This was great. One extra star just for the song with Thom Yorke.

Really like this new-to-me artist. Bought the album.

Very good album. I will be exploring more of her music going forward.

4/5. Very Patti Smith, kinda U2 too. I dug it

Like the guitar, lyrics, her voice. Brilliant.

I have heard Good Fortune. Never knew that I knew this song, but it instantly brought me to a certain time/place. Reminds me of REM meets Pretenders. A Place Called Home is a lost Cure song if you ask me. Really good stuff.

Quite liked this album. Is it indie-punk? Alternative? A little dark and a little grimy.

NME called it ""a magnificent, life-affirming opus". I prefer "a fun jaunt".

This mess we're in....

It's a really good album. The second PJ Harvey album I've been served by this list and I've really enjoyed both.

I hadn't heard of PJ Harvey before, ended up really liking this album. This Mess We're In (with Thom Yorke) was great, but my favorite song was We Float, last one!

Good late 90s alt rock sounding album

Really enjoyed it. Harvey’s vocals are great, and the songs were good

Gritty. Simple but catchy guitar riffs Gritty voice and attitude. Pass on Thom Yorke appearance.

Un dels millors discos del canvi de mil.leni i la primera gran obra de PJ Harvey, que barreja l'experimentació dels primers discos amb el posi madur i més melòdic del que havia de venir en el futur. Aquí exceleix en tots dos aspectes, marcant canvi de rumb i la cúspide de les seves dues maneres d'entendre la música. 'The Mess We're In' és incomensurable, i altres temes com 'Good Fortune', 'You Said Something' o 'We Float' són del millor que va donar el rock aquells anys

I liked the layers of the rhythm guitar, bass and drums with the jangly lead lines on top. Catchy vocals and very nice to hear some vibes on a couple tracks, enjoyed it.

Buen detalle la aparición sorpresa de don ojo cheche

Muy buen disco!

8/10

very cooolll didn’t quite hit the same as rid of me but still good and love the song with thom

great

Worth to relisten

Fantastic Millenial angst. I think it wasn't quite as good as Dry, but I did quite enjoy it.

I had heard of pj before, but never actually heard her. Was expecting something different. This was great, exciting, rocky, had a good esge to it. Will listen again

Consistently good

I used to have this album. Maybe I still do (somewhere). I think I prefer "To Bring You My Love", but this is pretty good.

This is my 2nd PJ Harvey album since starting and the first one was a very easy 1 so I was pretty bummed when this popped up. That said, where the other album was very experimental, weird, and overall just hard to listent to; this is just more of a straightforward rock album. Really reminds me of Garbage or some of the more grungy female artists from the 90s, would fit right in with that era though I guess 2000 isn't that far behind. This Mess We're In has Thom Yorke out of nowhere. Not only was this album not a 1, I downright enjoyed it.

Very listenable. I do not know all the back stories, but glad this Thom collaboration happened.

PJ, eigenlijk vroeger nooit echt geluisterd, nu vond ik het echt eens lekker en mooi om te horen

Enjoyable album

PJ Harvey is explosive just at the right moments. She strikes a balance between thoughtful contemplative desperation and passionate and energetic anger, and manages to create a memorable and engaging experience with Stories from the City to the Sea. The record flows well and most tracks are cut off just at the right time, with the small exception of the last two. It is a difficult feat for most artists to have a song be engaging for more than a couple of minutes with today’s average attention span, and unfortunately these drag on for too long. As a Radiohead fanatic, Thom Yorke’s presence could never degrade my listening experience. However, his first feature is wasted on ‘Beautiful Feeling’, which sounds like an inferior version of the track that came before it, ‘One Line’. It tries nothing new, and does not have its tight instrumentals or energy. The quality continues on ‘The Whores…”, though I would gladly skip the last 30 seconds to escape from the annoyingly repetitive screaming. When Yorke returns on ‘This Mess We’re In’, it results in something that is hauntingly beautiful, narratively fascinating, and easily the best cut on this album. In the last couple of tracks, ’You Said Something’ and ‘This is Love’ further stand out as great moments. 4/5.

Fairly easy listening from PJ

This is a fine album from a favorite of mine. Favorite songs ...A Place For Us, with some striking rhythm guitar work and a stellar pj vocal performance. The haunting It's the Best Thing. The muscular guitar chords of The Whore's Hustle and the Hustler's Whore. The beautiful duet with Thom Yorke on This Mess We're In and my favorite song the absolutely gorgeous You Said Something with a melody that will haunt you for days. Kamikaze sounds like it could have been straight from the Rid of Me sessions, and the closer We Float is as beautiful a ballad as Polly has ever penned. A solid 4 🌟 album for me.

I have three accounts, and this is the third listen for me. The first two times I gave this album a 3/5 stars rating. I had never heard of her before. Now, I'm kind of a fan. This album is pretty great. Solid 4/5 now.

An album full of highlights - and it's not even her best!

Oldschool Alternative Rock, dessen gute Songs vor allem von einer dichten Produktion mit ordentlich Gravitas profitieren. Nach mehrmaligem Hören kann selbst das nervige Sirenengeheul von „Kamikaze“ nicht den guten Eindruck versauen, den dieses kurzweilige und mit fluffigen Singles gespickte Ding erweckt. 3.5

Thoroughly liked this one. I love turn of the century alt rock, and this is no exception.

Wow! Ladies with unusual voices! Vibey rock.

Properly enjoyed this album. Grungey feeling at times, and always a good level of rock music with strong vocals. Highlight was probably "This Mess We're In" with Thom Yorke or "This Is Love". Will probably listen again, and will have a look to see what else PJ Harvey has done.

great - better that my expectations. Good vocals and lyrics but the guitars are the best

Really enjoyed this. It definitely felt indicative of 90s music but also somehow felt fresh. Got New York City vibes throughout

Two songs in, I already love it. How come I'd never listened to this album before?

Tolle Frau, tolle Sängerin!

I haven't really dabbled in PJ after the first couple of albums. Not as raw or barbed down as the earlier albums. This is a good album, with good songs.

Me gustó el álbum aunque necesito más escuchadas para profundizar en el por qué (?), pero así de rápido me gusto que suena como una Alanis Morissette gone dark(er?).

I thought this was pretty good, just a strong alt rock album. Her voice is great and it didn't fuck around with being super soft then loud then soft again like Rid of Me does. Like this more for sure

Ace. Great voice and rocks when it rocks

Good

8/10 jiji

Actually really liked this one. An album that was honestly a little heavier than I expected and would go back and forth from that to more of that singer songwriter vibe. Good stuff. Favorite Tracks: “Big Exit,” “Beautiful Feeling,” and “The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore

Great one, never heard it in full until now

great

Gran disco. Mi favorita es This Mess We're In aún con la voz de Yorke. 4.5 que bajan a 4 porque la mitad es un poquito monótona pero igual es muy disfrutable.

Some songs a bit forgettable but others are excellent

Chill vibes.

Great - had not really listened to this before, but really enjoyed it.

I heard good things about her and I really enjoyed this album. It had some great songs and was really consistent. Thom Yorke feature was also amazing. 8.8/10

Great stuff - everything I hear from PJ Harvey I love.

Great alt-rock album which fits perfectly with the fall weather. Thom Yorke made some great contributions aswell

Nice, but not really my thing.

One can be forgiven for thinking that PJ Harvey had gone metropolitan in regards to this album's cover and that her ambitions had grown wider and higher as a result. While that much is true, it is also a bit of a disservice given what she's offering to the table. Stories... had not abandoned what made PJ one of the more provocative women in rock; if anything, it allowed her to obtain more lenses for storytelling and those lenses give her reason to expand the musical palate. As with all of her records, Stories... is the kind she needed to make for the time. Favorites: Big Exit, Good Fortune, A Place Called Home, Beautiful Feeling, This Mess We're In, Kamikaze, This is Love, We Float.

Heart vibez. Enjoyable album

Never listened. Expectations: High - Verdict: Very Good - I really enjoyed the previous PJ Harvey album on the list so I'm looking forward to this a lot. Big Exit is immediately brighter than that record which reflects the different vibe of the cover. Good Fortune continues in a similar vein and is another good track. A Place Called Home is good and Beautiful Feeling has Thom Yorke's fingerprints all over it. The grungy sound of the debut is gone but the songwriting here is very strong throughout and there is a brightness to the guitars that make it sound very immediate and modern. The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore is a great example of this. This Is Love is a really good track with a great breakdown. I really enjoyed this one.

Pretty good average album on first listen only we float stood out to me

Mom look, another 90’s act that spews Patti Smith vibes. I like this one. It definitely plays too safe and kinda stale at the start, but it picks up halfway. Thom Yorke shows up and it indeed begins to start slapping.

This is nice this is fun. So somber in some Places and radio head jumpscare. I don’t know if I understand Pj Harvey that well. It’s more a lyrics things I suppose I figure that is it. I really like this as an introductory listen to Pj Harvey I wanna revisit ride on me it seems to be the critically acclaimed one. These vocalists always hit it out of the park once and then coast Pj Harvey and Bjork are all over this list.

3.5

It’s alright. Expected more from a Mercury Prize winner.

Fine!

The kind of album you listen to when you are in college and you think you are listening to cutting edge stuff. It isn't.

Meh

Great voice and some songs that I liked a lot as well as some generic Britpop ones. On the fence between 3 and 4 stars.

The first word I could think of for this album is "Radiohead". Maybe my head remembered some review comparing it to PJ's contemporary. And as I was writing that I just got to "This Mess We're In" and Thom is featured. Makes sense now. In addition to that, the guitar work feels very late 90s/early 2000s alt-rock. Compared to "Dry", the last album I listened from PJ, it feels more introspective and "transient". Not sure how to put it into the words but the album cover evokes that evening/midnight feeling of walking around NYC and seeing people and lights coalesce into one. As always, I'm more of a sucker for the more simple tunes like "This Is Love" and "This Mess We're In". The second half stood out to me as sounding more different than the first half, which to me were just variations of the same rock sound (3-3.5).

6/10

-mega am schreie leider

PJ Harvey is incredibly consistent throughout her career and I like just about all of her stuff but it never sticks around in my head

Three-leaning-four

On peut pas mettre 2.5 c'est chiant.

I feel like I enjoy her early work better, but this got me through the morning commute on the train.

I do see it, liked it, just didn’t feel in the mood for it

I get it, you're hard like that, like an angrier Florence and the Machine. Nah.

First PJ Harvey and there's definitely some cool shit on here but overall I'm a bit meh

it's nice. i like it. i especially like the songs with radiohead guy

She has a big voice but I remain fairly unengaged.

Not my style. Vocals and rhythm were good just didn't click for me though.

A fun album. Almost like Radiohead was a girl.

ok

powerful voice and lyrics. pretty basic instrumentation.

Liked ... Big Exit

This was fine. Not bad, not amazing.

Thom Yorke jump-scare got me good.

skipped a couple, didn't love her voice but some songs were catchy

Very solid 3. Nothing I hated, not much that grabbed me either. Her voice is nice though, and I enjoyed the variety in these songs.

idr

Didn't set my world on fire. PJ going soft, all muted tones and hushed vocals. It's pretty, but pretty like a rainy day that you'd rather skip pretty. Where's the fire? Where's the raw power that usually grabs me by the throat? I'm left wanting more grit, less lullaby. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Good Fortune - This Mess We're In - This Is Love

Most female singers are like beer. PJ Harvey is usually like whiskey. In this outing she's a little more like wine rosé at the beginning and a more robust Bordeaux towards the end. It's more subtle and not better for it in my opinion. The tunes are there the lyrics are there but the rawness is sadly lacking.

I like that the guy from Radiohead is there too

Previously known.

Fun to revisit this classic, good stuff.

Hyvä levy mutta ei mikään mestariteos. Tuntuu, että levyllä on iso nippu sinänsä vahvoja biisejä, mutta ne ovat kuin yhdestä puusta veistettyjä ja ehkä siksi levy ei ihan lähde lentoon. This Mess we’re in, Kamikaze ja This is love erottuvat edukseen. Jotenkin jäi fiilis, että potentiaalia olisi ollut jopa loistavaan albumiin mutta jokin muuttuja on väärin tai puuttuu ja näin ollen arvosana on ”vain” hyvä. 3/5

Starts strong, peters out then the hidden track strikes back hard.

This was perfectly enjoyable. Even hearing Thom Yorke lend his vocals to a couple of the tracks was a nice surprise. But by the time you’ve reached the fourth PJ Harvey album on this list, Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea no longer feels especially distinctive. It’s a solid listen, yet it never rises above simply being another good PJ Harvey album.

This is The most palatable of her four albums on this list. Only one of which should have been here if at all.

Pretty ok!

Mid

3.5

These records aren't really for me, but I always find a way to enjoy them. The album features a variety of time signatures, which was unexpected for the genre. Pop records like these are very lyric oriented with the instrumentation not being too unique, but it manages to stay interesting almost the whole listen. That being said, the lyrics are also great, and they kept me quite engaged. Thom Yorke also appears on two similar tracks, which I obviously like. Unfortunately PJ's vocals are a little inconsistent, and on some songs I straight up think they're bad. However the majority of the album has pretty good deliveries. There's just nothing crazy special about anything here, and it's a high 3 rather than a low 4.

I've tried this record several times, Pj is very cool and just seems like the sort of thing I should like but I has never hit for me. A couple of the songs sounds like maybe they would be a promising demo of a great song but never quite worked them to that point. It just feels flat to me, musically.

Nostalgiaferatu

I liked A Place Called Home and The Whores Hustle. Thom Yorke is whiny and PJ can be kinda whiny too. Overall this was alright, very hipster. Bet it would have been great live. (3)

This was close to a 4 for me it does a lot of things that I feel like I could return to and dive a bit deeper in. But at the same time it wasn't fantastic Standouts The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore The Mess We're In This Is Love 3/5

2,9 Highlights: This Mess We're In, We Float

It was alright not really

A little gloomy for my liking, and the vocals didn't necessarily work for me. That being said, the instrumental stuff was good, especially on big exit. Kamikaze is probably my favourite. I like this is love. We float was a good ending to the album.

So good 90s nostalgia. Mostly harmless.

Sweet album, liked the one with Thom Yorke

She’s pretty good. I don’t think I have listened to female rock artists before.

6/10 I saw PJ Harvey play at Reading festival in 2001, coincidentally in the wake of this album’s release, and wasn’t vastly impressed. That being said, I was, at the time, a 16 year old, very much uninterested in indie-coded music. She’s often referenced in circles of musicians that I have subsequently come to love, so this should be an interesting experience. Tonally, this album falls quite nicely in the slot between grunge and indie, but with an edge of pop music flair to the melodic side of things. There’s a decent amount of bite, some really nice elements of orchestration and sound design, and for the most part, PJ’s vocal delivery is great, with dollops of swagger and attitude, blended into sweet and clean tones too. The songwriting is by and large pretty good too, with songs like The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore and This Is Love showing the strength and weight of her compositional skill. The instrumentation across the album is varied and carefully balanced too, with sparse, almost ambient sections making way for full-bodied, distorted riffs and cool, evolving synth lines. While those elements of the record tick a lot of boxes for me, things did fall down on the fact that quite a lot of the rhythmic choices on the album were very rigid and repetitive across the course of full tracks. The crotchet snare pattern of Big Exit, for example, really jarred with me due to its persistence whenever the drums were involved across the track. It wasn’t just the drums, either. The strumming pattern of Good Fortune being another example of something that felt quite inflexible, plodding and relentless. When more range was delivered within a track, or even when the rhythms became a bit more fluid, I did find myself warming to this quite a bit. It did feel a touch long, and the quality of the work did vary a little over the course of the album, but the general vibe, production and balance of the album was actually very good, and it’s clear that she’s a good songwriter. While I’m unlikely to spend too much time with this record in future, it has at least tempted me to check out some of her other work to see if it offers something a little more my style. Big Exit - The atmosphere and attitude to this is good, but rhythmically, it’s quite rigid. There is a nice breakdown in the middle eight, but I don’t think there’s enough variety in the composition, so things get a bit repetitive. I do like the vibe, but each section sounds fairly similar and all of them sound like build up, rather than payoff. It feels like we’re going somewhere, but we never arrive, like some kind of sisyphian composition. Good Fortune - Similarly to the opener, this is quite repetitive and rhythmically rigid. There are changes to the underlying chord structure through the different sections, but the plodding pulse and inflection remains consistent throughout, so it becomes a touch draining. Again, tonally, this is really good, and the swagger and attitude of it is cool, but I just find it a bit too repetitive. She does add variety through the instrumental choices as the track progresses, but it’s just not got enough range for me. A Place Called Home - There’s another nice atmosphere here, and the wash of instrumentation creates a really nice, thick pad of tone with arpeggiations drifting in and out of focus from the mix. The beat gives this a solid and infectious groove too. While this is still rhythmically quite rigid, there’s enough range in instrumentation and arrangement to give this a bit more depth. It’s perhaps still not as musically developed as I’d like, but it’s definitely better. One Line - A slow burn now that deals well with atmosphere. It broods and smoulders until things start to kick in. The groove is good, but again, the rhythm is quite rigid and static in nature, not feeling particularly free-flowing at any point. It’s another that constantly feels like it’s building to something. I quite like it, but it doesn’t really feel like it ever actually gets anywhere. Beautiful Feeling - There’s more rhythmic variety in this, just from the guitar and vocal and it feels less plodding as a result. It’s quite ethereal and sparse, but pretty because of that. It’s slightly unfocused, but in a purposeful, drifting way. It’s very pretty and well performed. Nice. The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore - This is way better, too. It has more distinctive sections and has rhythmical and dynamic range that the early tracks didn’t offer. There’s a darkness and brooding to this that’s really engaging. It sits well in the hinterland between grunge and indie, with good pace, intensity and a touch of grit that gives it extra weight and power. The effects use and atmosphere is also top notch, and the groove is great. Really solid. This Mess We're In - And here comes Thom Yorke. He must have heard that the album has started to get quite good! This continues on the brooding theme, with a nice dip in and out of vocals and drums in different places. PJ and Thom’s vocals work quite nicely together and the vibe for this is great, but it does fall a touch back towards the somewhat relentlessly repetitive rhythmic flow of earlier tracks. It’s saved a bit by the nice harmonic composition, but it is still a little one paced. You Said Something - This has more nice melodic and harmonic writing, but I still find it to be rhythmically quite plodding. There’s a bit more range in there this time, and with some of the instrumental sections, she does pull things a little out of the standard shape, which is nice. There’s a decent range in intensity across this track, and there’s some of it that I really like, but I just wish there was a bit more of a fluid rhythmic base. Kamikaze - Like this! Now we’re (kind of inexplicably) leaning into a drum and bass style of breakbeat. The intensity and range of this is so much better, and reminds me a touch of Skunk Anansie. It’s heavy, pacy and powerful and the soundscape that she creates is deep and interesting too. It also gets the job done in two and a half minutes with attitude and intensity. More solid stuff. This Is Love - This is the single that I know best. It’s a great vocal melody and this sits nicely somewhere between L7 and The White Stripes. It is a touch rhythmically repetitive, as with quite a bit of the record, but there’s way more range in the instrumentation, arrangement and vocal performance on this to give it more depth. It’s a great song with good drive , interesting harmonic work in the cleaner high frequencies, which blends nicely against the gritty, beefy main riff. It’s hooky as hell too. Another really good track. Horses In My Dreams - Back to a pretty, drifting effort now. When things start moving, it’s again very stilted, rigid repetitive from a rhythmic point of view, and it’s melodically quite unfocused and rambling. There’s some elements of beauty to this, especially the vibe and general construction of the slowly building soundscape, but I do find that relentless pulse to be quite distracting from the nuance of the sound design and musicality of the composition. It’s a shame really, because there’s a lot to like here, but the flat insistent nature of the groove just doesn’t quite vibe with me. We Float - It takes a while to shift out of its holding pattern of the first couple of minutes. The chorus is very spacy and melodic, which lifts things. Again, it’s rhythmically quite repetitive, but at least the groove is more fluid here. It’s another that’s got a cool atmosphere and vibe, and shifts really nicely into the chorus, but it’s ultimately a little too flat. It’s almost ambient indie in a way, but there’s probably not enough subtlety of arrangement or hypnotics focus for it to completely work on an ambient level. Very nice, very pretty, but just a touch bland.

Once again, I’d prefer a ten point scale for this. This isn’t quite a 3 but it’s definitely not a 2. I’m gonna give it a 3. It’s not a bad album, but I wasn’t into it. Kamikaze was decent.

Definitely had some good moments, surprise Thom Yorke feature was fun, ‘We Float’ near the end was a bit of a banger. Decent bit of filler though and I’ve got nae time for ‘Hidden Tracks’ that are just normal songs with 5 minutes of silence first.

Nunca he entendido el culto alrededor de PJ Harvey y este álbum de lo confirma. No está mal pero pues no es algo que le vuelva loco o que quiera escuchar más de ella.

Meh

This was pretty good, but got a little boring after a while.

i’m not use to it

3.5

Haunting and beautiful, but not an album that has me drawn to return.

I loved the fact that she sounds like a 2000s version of Patti Smith, but i wouldn't consider this an 8/10 album. Obviously there are some grat moments here and there, and I wouldn't consider the consinstency a problem of this record, but there's just something missing, it's an inner feeling I've been dealing with for the entire listen, and i hate it when i can't use the right words to describe it. Perhaps i need to try this again another day, but for now i didn't quite click with it.

it's like I'm being told a story but i forgot what it's about

Great

аврил лавин вайбик такой. Кому нравится женский вокал подрочить пойдёт. Художественная ценность минимальная

New to me artist. Well done album. She's quite varied in her songs. I'd like to hear more.

Somewhere between 2 and 3. I'll go 3 because it's a sunny morning.

The music was a bit better than I had expected. But overall, I'm pretty indifferent to this album.

6/10 Tranquilo, sin molestar, no me llamo la atencion nada pero tampoco decepcionó

First listen

not really for me

PJ Harvey? The Denver Broncos running back?

One where I like all the elements but have never been able to really get into the final thing. Crunchy alt rock guitars, dissonant chords and dark timbre, moody and expressive, great dynamics, and vocals that range from grunge angst to Jeff Buckley falsetto wail. No hooks, earworms or really standout riffs to hold onto though.

The kind of melancholy music I typically like but didn't really hit right. May be worst a relisten

nice listen, but a bit of too repetitive for my tastes. middle of the album was a highlight

I felt like this album was supposed to evoke emotion in me but it didn't really. Except for This Mess We're In. Banger. 3.5/5

Not my cup of tea

You can hear the influence as PJ sounds just like Chrissie Hynde, especially in the gritty first few songs. I didn't really enjoy the Thom Yorke songs as they added a softness that she didn't really need. Loved the strong female punk aspect of this as well.

Really weird, some songs are nothing more than childish rhymes and thrown together whilst others are quite good.

Oki

7/10 Fav Tracks: You Said Something, Big Exit Heard before? ---–- ✅ Saved a Song? ----- ❌ Saved Album? --–-- ✅ Will Listen Again? -- ❌ Album Cover -------Almost 90s-esque. Perfect for a 2000 album

I expect, it rather want, a bit of grit and grime from a PJ Harvey album. But to be fair, I'm not too familiar with most of her catalog. And this felt lacking in that. It wasn't bad but didn't excite me enough to warrant a 4 star rating.

Really like a few of the lyrics

Type of CD you find buried under a bunch of stuff in the glove box.

pretty good album. Not enough to lift it to a four. The song with Tom York is pretty good. Not a huge fan of TJ Harvey’s voice or delivery style, but the tunes are generally solid.

The songs are almost there but don’t quite capture what the vibe is. Very 90s sounding

Ik vond het prima. Maar ook wel een beetje saai. Je merkt dat het beter word als Thom Yorke opeens gaat meezingen. De titel van het album vind ik dom. Ik vind het uiteindelijk niet vervelend maar wel een hele nipte voldoende voor mij. Ik las ergens anders dat het album bekend stond om haar sensuele sexy stem. Nou ik word er niet warm van.

Dit album is typisch een drie sterren plaatje: prima, maar niet bijzonder. Halverwege dacht ik even dat hij naar een Radiohead nummer was overgeschakeld, maar nee, Thom Yorke leverde enkele bijdragen. De stem van PJ Harvey is oké, maar niet echt mijn ding. Muzikaal gezien zijn er hier en daar wel mooie gitaarpartijen, maar het album heeft me te weinig verrast, misschien is het het millenniumgeluid wat je sterk terughoort in het nummer A place Called home, ik ben er niet erg fan van. Misschien word ik enthousiaster van haar andere albums, aangezien ik al had gezien dat PJ Harvey nog drie keer in de lijst voorkomt. Voor mij is het wel wat te gortig, maar misschien is haar eerdere werk wel leuker.

Number: 163 Date: 06/15/2026 Artist: PJ Harvey Album: Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea Year: 2000 Style: Singer Songwriter Alt Rock Familiarity: Moderate (3) Rating: 3 Before: ======= I do like PJ Harvey a little but can't think of any of her albums I would put on this list and it look s like she has 4 here. One of them's got to go but this is the first one I've had so far, so can't say which. During: ======= 2 Big Exit 3 Good Fortune 3 A Place Called Home 3 One Line 3 Beautiful Feeling 5 The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore 2 This Mess We're In 3 You Said Something 5 Kamikaze 3 This Is Love 3 Horses In My Dreams 3 We Float ----------------------------------------------------- 3.1 WEIGHTED AVERAGE (accounts for song lengths) After : ======= There were only 2 songs I liked a lot, The Whores and Kamikaze, the rest I could take or leave. I suspect I would like the album more if I listened to it a couple more times but I doubt I'll be doing that any time soon. 3 my personal rating 4 suitability for this list 3 impact ----------------------------------------------- 3.3 composite rating

not my vibe

listened twice even but just didn’t hit

2000. Contains themes of love that are tied into Harvey's affection for New York City.

Good - not necessarily my type

On paper, I should like PJ Harvey. But I don’t.

I'm fond of this album and of PJ Harvey's music, but I wouldn't consider it a must-listen album. Hearing Thom Yorke on this was a nice surprise. Their voices mesh in a lovely way. fav song: one line

THOM YORKE DETECTED, great feature My quest to understand PJ Harvey continues, this one is so different from the last one that popped, so much less abrasive

Högt och lågt. Får väl bli ett mittenbetyg

Ballt men lite långtråkigt. Stark trea!

An album being generated by this lady is just like a dentist appointment, I knew the day was coming but I tried to forget about it. I have heard a fair bit of this artist’s work as my bro is a big fan but it just doesn’t do anything for me. As I started listening this view was validated but then I heard “The Whores Bundle” which was wonderful and the “Mess We are In” with Thom Yorke was absolutely lovely, the spoken word bits sounding very much like the Tindersticks. Closing track “We Float” was nice too. Now I am actually interested to hear more.

Good fortune indeed

Vier albums moest dit boek aan haar wijden. Bij de eerste track gaat het al mis. Vervorming, geblèr en aanstellerij. Daarna trekt het bij. Niet alle nummers zijn slecht, af en toe heeft het iets van de Pretenders, en die meneer van Radiohead mag ook een mopje meezingen. En wordt het zowaar zoetgevooisde altopop. Dus vooruit maar weer.

Als ik het album aanzet denk ik kort een aflevering van Friends te krijgen. Tot mevrouw licht punk-schreeuwt om een vuurwapen. Het woordje 'licht' is wel een belangrijk woordje in de vorige zin. We kennen mevrouw van de zogenaamd kunstzinnige uitspattingen. Die vallen op dit album heel erg mee. Maar deze uithalen, als in A place called home hebben warempel een muzikale waarde. Wiki meldt over dit album dan ook dat dit wel een commercieel succes was. Overigens was er volgens wiki zelfs een eerder album van PJ, dat ook gewaardeerd werd door de luisteraar. Ik neem aan dat we dát album niet voorgeschoteld krijgen. Nóg een luisterbare plaat van deze mevrouw lijkt mij veel van het goede...

I though this was pretty good

It's good so far, although not quite to my taste. It's pretty iconic to release an album on 1st Jan 2000 though, gotta say I'm jealous I wasn't around to see the beginning of a new millennia and all the art that came out of it. Back to the album, This Mess We're In is probably my favourite so far. I kinda feel like it's making me more depressed just listening to it (the whole album) though.

Favorite Track: Big Exit

Харви Дэвидсон, заводится с пол оборота

I've never really bought into the cult of PJ so I had low expectations coming into this one. I was pleasantly surprised how much I didn't hate it.

Not as dark as her earlier albums with plenty of lush reverb. Reminiscent of Smith, Sioux and Hynde which it a pretty good league. Worth a listen or two

‘Big exit’ turned out to be a weak opening track as the album got so much better (for a bit) after that initial track which felt flat and forced. After that the album had 5 or 6 great melodic rousing tracks including the two with Thom Yorke on. Unfortunately there were 4/5 tracks that went back to a basic boring, nothing special state of mind, a shame as the makings of a great album were there. I really enjoyed the tracks ‘you said something’ ‘this mess were in’ ‘one line’ and ‘this is love’ however my favourite track was - ‘good fortune’ Worst track - ‘kamikaze’ in the end. Overall felt so mediocre by the end but it did have those great tracks mixed in so a slightly above average 6/10.

Pj Harvey Lazy track by track review (ones not there I didn't really notice 🤔) The opening clarion call of chiming guitars announce a brighter more upbeat Polly. Not one I have ever been used to but I really enjoy this. Good Fortune - "threw my bad fortune of the top of a tall building". Fuck me, where has this optimism come from? 😄 Sounds a lot like a Chrissy Hynd song. Maybe Polly showing her influences but this is an absolute banger. One line - one dimensional The Whores Hustle - bit directionless to these ears. This Mess we're In and You Said Something - kind of ran together in my head but both occupied some kind of space of longing. Enjoyed! But what was the "something import"? Kamikaze - sounds like a demo that got on the album by accident This is love - nah it is but when it comes to explaining the uncontrollable desperation of lust and desire then this is spot on. The come down of Horses in my Dreams a welcome change of pace and tone. Even then it feels like Polly is right there in your face. Demo like feel of We Float opens up into a soaring Kate Bush like chorus of "one day we'll float, take life as it comes". A perfect optimistic closer. This Wicked Tongue continues to prove my theory that hidden tracks are hidden for a reason. Best Track - This is Love Worst Track - Kamikaze 7/10

Favorite track: Kamikaze

At various times, PJ Harvey’s voice reminded me of Exene Cervenka (of X), Laura Nyro, and Bjork. The duet with Thom Yorke is cool. And while I enjoyed the album fairly well, it hasn’t really stuck with me. A decent entry, but one I’m unlikely to think about in the future.

Don’t love the voice

Big Exit 3.3 Good Fortune 3.4 A Place Called Home 3 One Line 3.2 Beautiful Feeling 3 The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore 3.4 This Mess We're In 3.6 You Said Something 3.4 Kamikaze 3.4 This Is Love 3.5 Horses in My Dreams 3.2 We Float 3.4 Score: 3.316666667

Probably be told I'm not Gen-X enough cause I was never a big PJ fan. I get told the same thing when I say I don't really like the Pixies.

900th PJ Harvey album on this list, all of them are 2.5

This is a good album. I would rate it 3 1/2 stars. The lyrics are the strong point of the album. The good songs are A Place called home, One time and Kamikaze. If you are a PJ Harvey you might want to pick this album up.

I'm not sure i liked it as much as I did as a teen; it plays differently now. A bit clunky and disjointed in places.

I kept avoiding it all morning. When I did listen, I liked it. I was pleasantly suprised

Fine, I don't think I really get PJ Harvey

meh

A three is a bit low… but I find it a bit uneven.

I think this is a moment in time kind of album. I know people worship PJ Harvey, but it kind of just sounds meh to me; like the same two chords, back and forth for most of the album. I enjoyed the Thom Yorke features!

PJ Harvey is another case of "Want to like it more than I do" for me. I like her but the music ultimately is a bit boring to me. It's not bad, but it's also nothing that I would select conciously, I guess.

The second try has me still hating the vocals, but the lyrics and messaging are intriguing.

Didn't love the vocals, but some good lyrics.

I was pleasantly surprised. Sort of sounded like female Radiohead for a decent amount(makes sense with the song This Mess We’re In being written for Thom Yorke). Not sure why I like this less than smashing pumpkins (Mellon Collie and The Infinite Sadness), because it feels just as varied and high quality in terms of instrumentation and productions, this being a little more produced. I guess I’m just getting a bit sick of this alternative style from this time… Pretty good, and will listen to more of PJ.

+1 for the Thom song

It was good

I fucking love PJ Harvey. It's nice that the randomizer spun up this particular album, which is the one I probably know the least. But maybe I know it least because I like it the least? Mmm, I think that's true. For me it doesn't have the blow-your-socks-off musical violence of the first albums or the stronger subtle songs and arrangements of later ones like Let England Shake and Hope 6. Does that make this album bad? Fuck no, I love PJ Harvey.

15/05/26 nessa primeira música me parece muito que no geral ela pega bastante da Bjork, e me lembra muito a Mitski que vem um pouco depois não que seja bom, mas as duas outras artistas anteriores tem um pouco mais a oferecer no sentido do vocal o dessa mulher é estranho demais, n colou com o instrumental na segunda colou mais, acho que era questão de acostumar, embora eu tenha achado o instrumental mais legal essa repetição de vogal foi de fuder, ficou bem legal mas aí a próxima música começa e a sensação foi de que a música não mudou, repetitivo sempre nos primeiros segundos é assim esse órgão adiciona uma textura bacana, a voz dela é tão all over the place (elogio) que se sobressai muito e desbalanceia com o instrumental esse pianinho ficou zika, os agudos delas são legais, pena que nesse projeto ela não aproveitou isso não lembro do primeiro beijo não, não tive isso esse álbum muda o clima do jeito mais caótico bom possível one line a melhor do álbum fds, bem Radiohead essas vozes de fundo Thom Yorke 1 tá me agradando mais do que eu esperava, o álbum a faixa tbm é zika, esse baixo minimalista na próxima colaboração ele canta, foda diferencia um pouco do que o Radiohead faz, fica mais creep vibes essa é a melhor música desse álbum mesmo one line fica em segundo o resto é meio o que eu já falei sinceramente esse som experimental total eclético (tipo rock psicodélico meio “”clássico”” eu gosto, aqui a gama dos instrumentos é maior e o ritmo é inconstante. é uma qualidade admirável, mas não é pra mim) não é meu estilo, mas reconheço que a PJ traz coisas muito interessantes, incluindo sua sonoridade experimental meio rock, com um sucesso merecido pela inovação que traz. minha nota honesta seria 3.5/5 / 7/10, e essa seria uma nota perfeita. dá vontade de arredondar no unidunite

My first proper album from PJ Harvey, and I’m still not completely sure what to make of her style. 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘢 has a clean, direct sound and a really strong atmosphere running through it. A few tracks stand out immediately, and the whole album feels very confident and self-assured. At the same time, a lot of it starts to blur together for me after a while. I can appreciate the mood and songwriting, but I don’t fully connect with it emotionally. Still a good album, just not one that completely wins me over.