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White Chalk by PJ Harvey
4,392,413 plays (379,328 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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The Devil | 2:57 | 159,887 | ||
| 2 |
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Dear Darkness | 3:09 | 153,093 | ||
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Grow Grow Grow | 3:21 | 117,596 | ||
| 4 |
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When Under Ether | 2:22 | 152,451 | ||
| 5 |
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White Chalk | 3:06 | 147,538 | ||
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Broken Harp | 1:57 | 129,277 | ||
| 7 |
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Silence | 3:05 | 129,526 | ||
| 8 |
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To Talk To You | 4:00 | 104,757 | ||
| 9 |
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The Piano | 2:36 | 124,836 | ||
| 10 |
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Before Departure | 3:45 | 107,456 | ||
| 11 |
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The Mountain | 3:10 | 103,917 |
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About this album
WHITE CHALK is as surprising a musical change of direction for Polly Jean Harvey as the bluesy, torchy TO BRING YOU MY LOVE was back in 1995 after the corrosive guitar fury of the English singer-songwriter’s first two albums. Indeed, WHITE CHALK may be PJ Harvey’s most unexpected work yet, as well as her most artistically accomplished. Putting down her signature guitar in favor of piano (an instrument she has never played on record before), Harvey has crafted a gloriously strange song cycle that owes much to the art rock likes of Kate Bush or Genesis-era Peter Gabriel.
These 11 songs tell a fractured, loosely connected story that blends allegorical fantasy with some of the most intensely personal vocal performances of Harvey’s career. Highlights include the phantasmagorical “When Under Ether” and the near apocalyptically intense closer “The Mountain,” although WHITE CHALK is one of those albums that is best experienced as a whole.
Personnel: PJ Harvey (acoustic guitar); Martin Brunsden, Briget Pearse, Nick Bicât, Andrew Dickson (vocals); John Parish (acoustic guitar); Nico Brown (concertina); Eric Drew Feldman (keyboards); Jim White (drums).
Rolling Stone (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 — ” have a cold pastoral kind of chill, as Harvey howls about being possessed by demon lovers and ghosts in ‘The Devil’ and ‘The Piano.’”
Spin (pp.95-96) - 3.5 stars out of 5 — “Now, romantic desire’s dark and twisted side is Harvey’s main creative turf…Her vocals are downright pretty, sounding more like those of a traditional English singer than the raging punk Medusa of old.”
Personnel: PJ Harvey (acoustic guitar); Martin Brunsden, Briget Pearse, Nick Bicât, Andrew Dickson (vocals); John Parish (acoustic guitar); Nico Brown (concertina); Eric Drew Feldman (keyboards); Jim White (drums).
Rolling Stone (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 — ” have a cold pastoral kind of chill, as Harvey howls about being possessed by demon lovers and ghosts in ‘The Devil’ and ‘The Piano.’”
Spin (pp.95-96) - 3.5 stars out of 5 — “Now, romantic desire’s dark and twisted side is Harvey’s main creative turf…Her vocals are downright pretty, sounding more like those of a traditional English singer than the raging punk Medusa of old.”
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Shouts
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vacantwinterday wrote:
Perfection. This will always be underrated because most people want to hear upbeat rock music, not piano-driven ballads about fear and loss. It's still her most accomplished album as a singer-songwriter, although LES is very close.
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Pejtrick wrote:
love love
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tallinspace wrote:
my fav PJ album , it's definaly her darkest
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cccarnero wrote:
masterpiece
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PulledToBits wrote:
This IS horrifying, that's why I love it [2] For me, it's not PJ Harvey singing, it's the personification of lady ghost on the cover. For me, the entire album is sung by a ghost. Brilliant.
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Moestitia wrote:
Favorite.
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SpiritOfYetaxa wrote:
This IS horrifying, that's why I love it :D
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phosgene wrote:
sorry pj lovers, but this is truly horrifying
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tonnyaranha wrote:
My favorite, I love the melancholy of this album.
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PartySanCTG wrote:
I don't even remember listening to this, but apparently I loved it.
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JanLustiger wrote:
God, I love this album
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corethisbitch wrote:
Perfection.
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mrojaspi wrote:
precioso álbum... increíblemente melancólico.....
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Greenwave81 wrote:
PJ ...PJ...U r Goddess!
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gazad-jewerdin wrote:
this album is so pro
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bigcityblinkin wrote:
I love this albums so much, it has such a creepy feel, this woman can do no wrong <3
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acia_ wrote:
love
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gazad-jewerdin wrote:
Her best
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patchoulisoup wrote:
An ideal album to start off the autumn season with. <3
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Floweredd wrote:
Masterpiece <3
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