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Post subject: Re: 50 ft Queenie: The long overdue PJ Harvey thread
Posted: Tue July 11, 2023 4:56 pm
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epilogue wrote:
Her first five records are legit masterpieces and unfuckwithable. I'm personally particularly fond of albums 3-5 (To Bring You My Love, Is This Desire?, and Stories From the City, Stories from the Sea). Each of them is different and each of them is exactly what I want on any given day. Dry and Rid of Me are also amazing, of course. And I think most fans prefer them. I don't care which of those first five one prefers. All are brilliant.
Her first five records are legit masterpieces and unfuckwithable. I'm personally particularly fond of albums 3-5 (To Bring You My Love, Is This Desire?, and Stories From the City, Stories from the Sea). Each of them is different and each of them is exactly what I want on any given day. Dry and Rid of Me are also amazing, of course. And I think most fans prefer them. I don't care which of those first five one prefers. All are brilliant.
whoa whoa whoa... No love for Let England Shake?
Let's not get it twisted. I fucking ADORE Let England Shake! I was just talking about the first five. Especially in context of where to start or getting to know her work. psychobain said he'd already heard LES.
Post subject: Re: 50 ft Queenie: The long overdue PJ Harvey thread
Posted: Tue July 11, 2023 5:15 pm
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Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
epilogue wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Her first five records are legit masterpieces and unfuckwithable. I'm personally particularly fond of albums 3-5 (To Bring You My Love, Is This Desire?, and Stories From the City, Stories from the Sea). Each of them is different and each of them is exactly what I want on any given day. Dry and Rid of Me are also amazing, of course. And I think most fans prefer them. I don't care which of those first five one prefers. All are brilliant.
whoa whoa whoa... No love for Let England Shake?
Let's not get it twisted. I fucking ADORE Let England Shake! I was just talking about the first five. Especially in context of where to start or getting to know her work. psychobain said he'd already heard LES.
Post subject: Re: 50 ft Queenie: The long overdue PJ Harvey thread
Posted: Tue July 11, 2023 5:17 pm
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Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
I tend to recommend Uh Huh Her as the best starting point because it kind of touches on every album that came prior. I also really love the "stripped down rock song / ambient/folk mood piece" format that she maintains through the record.
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I'll be totally honest here... I'm not any kind of PJH expert. One should not really take my word for anything I say about her work. I have not, for example, heard all of her records. Uh Huh Her is not one I know.
Post subject: Re: 50 ft Queenie: The long overdue PJ Harvey thread
Posted: Tue July 11, 2023 7:19 pm
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White Chalk was the one where she lost me. I loved everything from Dry till Uh Huh Her but that album was the first one I didn't like. It took me years to get interested about Let England Shake but I finally gave it a spin and I really like it. Gave another chance to White Chalk not too long ago but still not a fan of that one.
If somebody asked me I'd probably recommend to start from Stories or To Bring You My Love/Rid of Me. Uh Huh Her is a good one too, but the lo-fi production might turn off some listeners. I haven't listened the new one yet but I really liked the two singles.
Post subject: Re: 50 ft Queenie: The long overdue PJ Harvey thread
Posted: Tue July 11, 2023 7:26 pm
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Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
contamination wrote:
White Chalk was the one where she lost me. I loved everything from Dry till Uh Huh Her but that album was the first one I didn't like. It took me years to get interested about Let England Shake but I finally gave it a spin and I really like it. Gave another chance to White Chalk not too long ago but still not a fan of that one.
If somebody asked me I'd probably recommend to start from Stories or To Bring You My Love/Rid of Me. Uh Huh Her is a good one too, but the lo-fi production might turn off some listeners. I haven't listened the new one yet but I really liked the two singles.
One interesting thing about PJ is that she has continued to use a 4-track recorder to track he vocals even on the more conventionally produced albums. You can really hear the contrast on Stories.
Post subject: Re: 50 ft Queenie: The long overdue PJ Harvey thread
Posted: Tue July 11, 2023 7:32 pm
likes rhythmic things that butt up against each other
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 8:02 pm Posts: 967
tragabigzanda wrote:
contamination wrote:
White Chalk was the one where she lost me. I loved everything from Dry till Uh Huh Her but that album was the first one I didn't like. It took me years to get interested about Let England Shake but I finally gave it a spin and I really like it. Gave another chance to White Chalk not too long ago but still not a fan of that one.
If somebody asked me I'd probably recommend to start from Stories or To Bring You My Love/Rid of Me. Uh Huh Her is a good one too, but the lo-fi production might turn off some listeners. I haven't listened the new one yet but I really liked the two singles.
One interesting thing about PJ is that she has continued to use a 4-track recorder to track he vocals even on the more conventionally produced albums. You can really hear the contrast on Stories.
Post subject: Re: 50 ft Queenie: The long overdue PJ Harvey thread
Posted: Tue July 11, 2023 7:42 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
contamination wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
contamination wrote:
White Chalk was the one where she lost me. I loved everything from Dry till Uh Huh Her but that album was the first one I didn't like. It took me years to get interested about Let England Shake but I finally gave it a spin and I really like it. Gave another chance to White Chalk not too long ago but still not a fan of that one.
If somebody asked me I'd probably recommend to start from Stories or To Bring You My Love/Rid of Me. Uh Huh Her is a good one too, but the lo-fi production might turn off some listeners. I haven't listened the new one yet but I really liked the two singles.
One interesting thing about PJ is that she has continued to use a 4-track recorder to track he vocals even on the more conventionally produced albums. You can really hear the contrast on Stories.
Interesting, I didn't know that.
I think that Let England Shake might be an exception.
Post subject: Re: 50 ft Queenie: The long overdue PJ Harvey thread
Posted: Tue July 11, 2023 9:16 pm
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Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47166 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
"I Inside the Old Year Dying" emerging as a new album highlight for me. I can hear the Neil Young influence that review mentioned. Feels like Harvey's own ditch trilogy torch song.
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