Wow – “Dry” from PJ Harvey was absolutely awesome! Knew of her, but not familiar with her work at all… May have heard a song or two back in the day, but would not have been able to tell you it was her – so I came to this album as a “blank slate” – which is always cool… I thought the album was absolutely spectacular from start-to-finish – as this was really AFG, or “Angry Female Grunge” if you ask me – which I am just fine with! One of the most creative albums I’ve listened to in quite a while, as PJ is genuine, original, and incredibly talented… I know a lot has been made of the female angst in her lyrics, but I’m good with that… If she’s able to pull that angst out of her, and capture it in a constructive way – which perfectly matches the music – well then she’s absolutely done her job as an artist… The quality of the recording is excellent, and the diversity of sound and instrumentation – which contributed to the range of sound throughout the album was exceptionally well-done… You had the raw driving guitar in “Joe”, contrasted by the intricate violin and cello arrangements on “Plants & Rags” – which is a great example of that… The album is edgy, and musical dissonance has been expertly integrated throughout every track on the album… Best tracks IMO are – “Happy & Bleeding” – 5-stars out of 7… “Hair” – 5-stars out of 7… “Joe” – 6-stars out of 7… “Plants & Rags” – 4-stars out of 7… This was a real surprise from my perspective, and doubt I ever would have listened with out the 1,001… In slotting this in with all the other albums, I’d probably give it a 4.25 if I could, but definitely clocks-in as a solid 4 for sure, and I highly recommend this one for sure!