PJ Harvey?

glasshouse
glasshouse Posts: 1,762
edited March 2008 in Other Music
Any fans?
i don't know her music, but i think it's something i need to remedy.

where to start?
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  • Hebejebe
    Hebejebe Posts: 110
    Personally I think Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea is her best work, others will no doubt recommend something else though :)
  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Hebejebe wrote:
    Personally I think Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea is her best work, others will no doubt recommend something else though :)

    http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/harveypj/storiesfromthecity?q=pj%20harvey

    I know reviews don't necessarily get it right, but it looks promising.
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  • V V
    V V Posts: 5,191
    love everything she does :D:D:D:D
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  • stu gee
    stu gee Posts: 1,174
    PJ Harvey is fantastic, i love all her work but think that Stories from the City Stories from the Sea is my favourite. There are some absolute classics on Dry though. Plants and Rags is probably my favourite Pj Harvey song actually

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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    She's fantastic. To Bring You My Love would be a good start.
  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    I started with Is This Desire? and it's my favorite to this day, but any of her 90's albums would be a fine choice.

    I still haven't bothered to buy the new one. Uh Huh Her wasn't a good indicator of where she's headed . . .
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    i love the album with her on the front and her hair swinging...

    rid of me?? awesome
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  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    restlesssoul wrote:
    i love the album with her on the front and her hair swinging...

    rid of me?? awesome

    Rid of Me is my favorite too....great songs (even though the production sounds horrible IMO) - I would love a remastered release of this album
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  • Django
    Django Posts: 152
    soclose wrote:
    I started with Is This Desire? and it's my favorite to this day, but any of her 90's albums would be a fine choice.

    I still haven't bothered to buy the new one. Uh Huh Her wasn't a good indicator of where she's headed . . .

    What he said.......except i started with to bring you my love
  • hodge
    hodge Posts: 519
    for some reason i used to not dig female vocalists

    but i just recently 'discovered' pj harvey and cat power, and i dig both...quite a lot
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  • soclose
    soclose Posts: 629
    Django wrote:
    What She said.......except i started with to bring you my love

    Sorry, just a pet peeve.;)
  • mauichick
    mauichick Posts: 964
    She's ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
    Live and on record
    Get it all, you won't be disappointed

    To bring you my Love and Stories from the city/sea
    are my personal favs
    Come on Billy is what started it for me

    but as i said its all good

    she ranks very close to PJ for me (along w/ Chris, Layne, Radiohead, Bright Eyes, Zeppelin, Bjork and Cat Power)
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  • mark arm
    mark arm Posts: 962
    "rid of me", recorded by Steve Albini. If i remember correctly is from 1992
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  • hguz73
    hguz73 Posts: 245
    Stories..would be a good start..its more of her sound nowadays..but you should listen to the above recommendations too..both Is This Desire and Rid Of Me are gr8 albums too
  • lephty
    lephty Posts: 770
    so i just got into PJ Harvey.... I had her on my ipod from a friend for what seems to be forever, but never got around to listening to her. so i was in the mood for some music with a feminine voice and went through portishead and sneaker pimps and got to pj harvey.

    i listened to Uh Huh Her and Rid Of Me which was all i had at the time and was like WOAH! when i got home i immediately went and finished up her entire collection and have yet to find an album that i don't like. i have yet to listen to Stories and reading this post gets me excited to put it on for my trip to work. if what i have listened to is not as good as what is on Stories, than i really hope i am in for a treat.

    what song is really blowing me away right now is Joy from Is This Desire. i love the sound of her voice over the NIN type of electronic music.

    can anyone suggest another female vocalist that is anything like PJ Harvey? please don't say Tori Amos cause she makes me want to gag.
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    lephty wrote:
    can anyone suggest another female vocalist that is anything like PJ Harvey? please don't say Tori Amos cause she makes me want to gag.

    Cristina Scabbia
    Lucia Cifarelli
    Patti Smith
    Karen O
    Fionna Apple

    I dunno...no one really sounds like PJ Harvey, but these are female vocalists who DON'T sound like Tori Amos.
  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    The only one I'd avoid is Uh Huh Huh. You're probably best to work your way chronologically through her albums starting with Dry, be sure to track down 4-Track Demos too.
  • Puck78
    Puck78 Posts: 737
    They are very different one from each other, as albums, so it's impossible to say which one is better... I love them all... Sadly I've recently read an interview in which she was saying that she agrees with fox hunting... asshole...
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Rub til it bleeds is an awesome song. Sometimes she is too out there but i like most of it
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    hodge wrote:
    for some reason i used to not dig female vocalists

    but i just recently 'discovered' pj harvey and cat power, and i dig both...quite a lot
    Cat Power is just amazing.



    Anyway, my favourite albums by Polly are Rid of Her and To Bring You My Love.
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