PJ HARVEY Dry LP TOO PURE 1992 UK orig+inner PURE10 RARE DEBUT Polly Jean Harvey
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PJ HARVEY
with STEPHEN VAUGHAN & ROBERT ELLIS
plus BEN GROENEVELT, MIKE PAINE, CHAS DICKIE, IAN OLLIVER
The most challenging singer/songwriter to emerge in the '90s, her brutally honest lyrics match well to a progression of raw musical styles. During the alternative rock explosion, several female singer/songwriters rose to prominence, but few have proved as distinctive or as widely praised as Polly Jean Harvey. Over the course of her career, Harvey established herself as one of the most individual and influential songwriters of her era, exploring themes of sex, love, and religion with unnerving honesty, dark humor, and a twisted theatricality.
"DRY"
tracklisting
Side A: OH MY LOVER - O STELLA - DRESS* - VICTORY - HAPPY AND BLEEDING*
Side B: SHEELA NA GIG - HAIR - JOE - PLANTS AND RAGS - FOUNTAIN - WATER
Produced by Head, Harvey, Ellis except* by Head, Harvey, Ellis, Vernon
1992 LP TOO PURE RECORDS PURE 10
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING LIMITED EDITION ON VINYL SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
NOTES:With inner sleeve black with white lettering. Track listing and other receivables. The length of the tracks is not mentioned anywhere: not on the cover, not on the inner sleeve, not on the labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: 5 016554 701015
LABEL: TOO PURE - LIPSTICK ARTWORK (Side A) & BLACK LABEL (Side B) - WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) PURE 10
Catalog on label (Side B only): PURE 10
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): MPO PURE 10 A2 ANDY '92
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): MPO PURE 10 B2
On label (Side B only): : too pure P.O. Box 1944 London NW10 5PJ
© P J H 1992
On Inner Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits
On Back Cover: Made in England
Distributed by APT
grading
RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Polly Jean Harvey arrives fully formed as a songwriter on PJ Harvey's debut album, Dry. Borrowing its primitive attack from post-punk guitar rock and its form from the blues, Dry is a forceful collection of brutally emotional songs, highlighted by Harvey's deft lyricism and startling voice, as well as her trio's muscular sound. Her voice makes each song sound like it was an exposed nerve, but her lyrics aren't quite that simple. Shaded with metaphors and the occasional biblical allusion, Dry is essentially an assault on feminine conventions and expectations, and while there are layers of dark humor, they aren't particularly evident, since Harvey's singing is shockingly raw. Her vocals are perfectly complemented by the trio's ferocious pounding, which makes even the slow ballads sound like exercises in controlled fury. And that's the key to Dry: the songs, which are often surprisingly catchy -- "Dress" and "Sheela-Na-Gig" both have strong hooks -- are as muscular and forceful as the band's delivery, making the album a vibrant and fully realized debut....(AllMusic)
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