Pj Harvey - Let England Shake

~~Odyshape~~ · 02-24-2011, 10:42 PM

I love it! Ugh I wish my iPod wasn't broken

nice progression from her early stuff kinda makes you see how much she has musically changed.

Zer0 · 02-26-2011, 10:56 AM

A very good album, doesn't quite touch on excellent though. I loved it on the first listen and i've grown to love it even more after repeated listens. I like the way you can hear the natural reverb of the church on her vocals sometimes and the fact that this album hasn't succumbed to the loudness wars or over-production, it has a very nice warm production to it. My favourite songs at the moment are 'The Glorious Land' (apart from that ****ing bugle) which has a nice gothic feel to it and 'Written On The Forehead' which is a very memorable song.

sidewinder · 02-28-2011, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

My favourite songs at the moment are 'The Glorious Land' (apart from that ****ing bugle)

Oh man that is so awful, worst part of the whole album. So out of place.

Zer0 · 02-28-2011, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sidewinder

Oh man that is so awful, worst part of the whole album. So out of place.

It sounds really out of place, it's completely off time with the music and it's just generally annoying. But everything else about that song makes up for it.

DreamingOfAlbion · 03-06-2011, 07:28 PM

I've only heard four songs from it so far (the ones uploaded to her YouTube channel) so I can't give an opinion on the entire album yet but I really liked what I heard. Like someone above said, it's not excellent, not the best she's done, but still really great. I think it has the potential to be my second favorite album of her's, behind "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea."

Gavin B. · 03-16-2011, 06:51 AM

I'm disappointed in this album and I've liked all the ten other albums she's released since 1992. Most of the songs sound like outtakes and demos. I will say that a couple of PJ Harvey's earlier albums took awhile to grow on me and that may be the case with Let England Shake.

UnionThug · 03-26-2011, 05:49 PM

I bought this the other day, listened to it once in the car. It's good, but not entirely memorable. Songs like "The Words That Maketh Murder" with a male back-up vocals (John Parish?) were the best.

stillunusual · 04-05-2011, 09:55 AM

I like the Niney The Observer sample on "Written On The Forehead"....

DreamingOfAlbion · 04-05-2011, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

My favourite songs at the moment are 'The Glorious Land' (apart from that ****ing bugle).

Quote:

Originally Posted by sidewinder

Oh man that is so awful, worst part of the whole album. So out of place.

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

It sounds really out of place, it's completely off time with the music and it's just generally annoying. But everything else about that song makes up for it.

I was listening to the album for the first time the other day and this song started and I was like, "Oh wow, that's the bugle they were talking about!" That is really horrible.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 04-11-2011, 07:28 AM

I love it, rated it good. She's really given a more smoky sound now, with a folk-like nature to her lyrics.

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02-24-2011, 10:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
~~Odyshape~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 526	Pj Harvey - Let England Shake I love it! Ugh I wish my iPod wasn't broken nice progression from her early stuff kinda makes you see how much she has musically changed.

02-26-2011, 10:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	A very good album, doesn't quite touch on excellent though. I loved it on the first listen and i've grown to love it even more after repeated listens. I like the way you can hear the natural reverb of the church on her vocals sometimes and the fact that this album hasn't succumbed to the loudness wars or over-production, it has a very nice warm production to it. My favourite songs at the moment are 'The Glorious Land' (apart from that **ing bugle) which has a nice gothic feel to it and 'Written On The Forehead' which is a very memorable song. __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound**

03-16-2011, 06:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	I'm disappointed in this album and I've liked all the ten other albums she's released since 1992. Most of the songs sound like outtakes and demos. I will say that a couple of PJ Harvey's earlier albums took awhile to grow on me and that may be the case with Let England Shake. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt

04-05-2011, 09:55 AM	#8 (permalink)
stillunusual Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 85	I like the Niney The Observer sample on "Written On The Forehead".... __________________ my last.fm profile ~ 48 hours of my favourite tracks ~ my flickr ~ my tumblr

03-06-2011, 07:28 PM	#5 (permalink)
DreamingOfAlbion Music Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 59	I've only heard four songs from it so far (the ones uploaded to her YouTube channel) so I can't give an opinion on the entire album yet but I really liked what I heard. Like someone above said, it's not excellent, not the best she's done, but still really great. I think it has the potential to be my second favorite album of her's, behind "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea."

03-26-2011, 05:49 PM	#7 (permalink)
UnionThug Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: california Posts: 22	I bought this the other day, listened to it once in the car. It's good, but not entirely memorable. Songs like "The Words That Maketh Murder" with a male back-up vocals (John Parish?) were the best.

04-11-2011, 07:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	I love it, rated it good. She's really given a more smoky sound now, with a folk-like nature to her lyrics. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots