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Yeovil, United Kingdom (1991 – present)
Polly Jean Harvey, born October 9, 1969 in Yeovil, United Kingdom and raised in nearby Corscombe (Dorset), is an English singer-songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist under the name PJ Harvey, but she began her career as part of a trio (with drummer Rob Ellis and bassist Steve Vaughan) also named PJ Harvey in 1991.
Early material released by the trio on Dry, 4 Track Demos and Rid of Me was praised by critics for its raw lo-fi, many times acoustic guitar sound and melancholic, witty lyrics. After the trio broke up, Harvey released To Bring You My Love, a blues-heavy album that expanded the range of her sound through the incorporation of strings, organs, and electronic sound effects. Her stage show became more theatrical, with Harvey performing in ballgowns, pink catsuits, wigs and garish, vampish make-up. Never one to rest, she followed this album with the softer, more experimental Is This Desire? and then Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, which combined her more guitar-driven work with cleaner, lusher arrangements. In 2004 she released Uh Huh Her which marked a return to her earlier, rawer sound. Her most recent album, White Chalk was released in 2007. White chalk gives the listener a new sound: Gone are the guitar in has the piano come with such tender force that the depressive sound is even stronger. White chalk was according to a BBC report the result of a writing block.
Early material released by the trio on Dry, 4 Track Demos and Rid of Me was praised by critics for its raw lo-fi, many times acoustic guitar sound and melancholic, witty lyrics. After the trio broke up, Harvey released To Bring You My Love, a blues-heavy album that expanded the range of her sound through the incorporation of strings, organs, and electronic sound effects. Her stage show became more theatrical, with Harvey performing in ballgowns, pink catsuits, wigs and garish, vampish make-up. Never one to rest, she followed this album with the softer, more experimental Is This Desire? and then Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, which combined her more guitar-driven work with cleaner, lusher arrangements. In 2004 she released Uh Huh Her which marked a return to her earlier, rawer sound. Her most recent album, White Chalk was released in 2007. White chalk gives the listener a new sound: Gone are the guitar in has the piano come with such tender force that the depressive sound is even stronger. White chalk was according to a BBC report the result of a writing block.
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A Woman A Man Walked By
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This Is Love
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Down By The Water
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Big Exit
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One Line
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This Mess We're In
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The Devil
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White Chalk
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When Under Ether
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Beautiful Feeling
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Dear Darkness
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You Said Something
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Silence
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Shoutbox
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artgeek707 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/I+Listen+to+My+Female+Musicians+for+Their+Talent
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sweet_kenny wrote:
I'd fuck her. [2]
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NOHOPEFORHEROES wrote:
I'd fuck her.
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Urbanov wrote:
big exit is awesome!
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HokusPokus23 wrote:
Yeah every album is pretty much loved equally, it's just Stories was the most commercially successful and White Chalk is her most recent so they're naturally gonna be getting a few more plays
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Special_Kate_ wrote:
<3
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stuarth wrote:
Interesting graph - looks like all the songs are loved equally :-) Does everyone only listen to this one album though?
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Rosier79 wrote:
<3
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P_Machado wrote:
hot.:D I love this woman
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Shalotte25 wrote:
Sheela-na-Gig - love it <3
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Olga909 wrote:
Oh My Lover, wow.
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EvgeniySurreal wrote:
i'm moving closer beneath your windows **
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yolie81 wrote:
Awesome. That is all.
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DonnieSTFU wrote:
proof you don't have to be hot to be insanely attractive.
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cosmic1357 wrote:
She's sexy and so talented.
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MotownTrash wrote:
She's got more balls, than I do.
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pj_harvey wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/PJ+Harvey/+images/34579985
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junkisland wrote:
I just recently rediscovered PJ after so many years of not listening. I forgot how much I love this~
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Prince_de_Rien wrote:
today it was a PJ day 4 me.. Oh GOD how much i love this Woman!
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lady_sati wrote:
@ Deardeadfriend I agree both about Catherine and Is this desire? :)
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