Dry was shockingly frank in its subject and sound, as PJ Harvey delivered post-feminist manifestos with a punkish force. PJ Harvey's second album, Rid of Me, finds the trio, and Harvey in particular, pushing themselves to extremes. This is partially due to producer Steve Albini, who gives the album a bloodless, abrasive edge with his exacting production; each dynamic is pushed to the limit, leaving absolutely no subtleties in the music. Harvey's songs, in decided contrast to Albini's approach, are filled with gray areas and uncertainties, and are considerably more personal than those on Dry. Furthermore, they are lyrically and melodically superior to the songs on the debut, but their merits are obscured by Albini's black-and-white production, which is polarizing. It may be the aural embodiment of the tortured lyrics, and therefore a supremely effective piece of performance art, but it also makes Rid of Me a difficult record to meet halfway. But anyone willing to accept its sonic extremities will find Rid of Me to be a record of unusual power and purpose, one with few peers in its unsettling emotional honesty.
i haven't listened to this rec in years.i forgot how much it totally rules.i wanna be in 1993 again.i was young and hopeful and tough and brave.i don't know what i am these days, but PJ is stirring up some old feelings that i forgot i had.
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Yikes! This song will scare the beejeezus out of you, if the picture doesn't. Harvey is prolific. But I lost interest after a while, I suppose because of my own expectations. This album is so powerful and creepy. But with each album, her tone changes so much and I was looking for the same old thing. My bad. Life goes on. Although you wouldn't think so by the time this song's over. You'...
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Just a wee dedication to our favorite Queen.Go ahead, Helen, take a bow.
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All I want to listen to is PJ Harvey's Rid of Me album.
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i haven't listened to this rec in years.i forgot how much it totally rules.i wanna be in 1993 again.i was young and hopeful and tough and brave.i don't know what i am these days, but PJ is stirring up some old feelings that i forgot i had.
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Alright, I dont know about everyone else, but Im dragging after this weekend. I found this great clip of PJ Harvey singing on the Tonight Show, starts off slow but she rocks it out by the end...nice little interview with Jay after. Anyone else have some good rocking tunes to get energized to get through this pile on my desk?~?~?~And one more, for all you PJ Harvey lovers, out there......
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i think this is one of the moreimportant albums of the 1990's.allmusic review:PJ Harvey's second album, Rid of Me, finds the trio, and Harvey in particular, pushing themselves to extremes. This is partially due to producer Steve Albini, who gives the album a bloodless, abrasive edge with his exacting production; each dynamic is pushed to the limit, leaving absolutely no subtleties in the music....
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| 1 Rid of Me |
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| 2 Missed |
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| 3 Legs |
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| 4 Rub 'Til It Bleeds |
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| 5 Hook |
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| 6 Man-Size Sextet |
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| 7 Highway '61 Revisited |
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| 8 50ft Queenie |
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| 9 Yuri-G |
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| 10 Man-Size |
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| 11 Dry |
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| 12 Me-Jane |
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| 13 Snake |
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| 14 Ecstasy |
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