P.J.Harvey,LP,Dry,UK92 1stP,Too Pure PURE10 EX "Dress"Oh My Lover"Sheela-Na-Gig"
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SORRY to my buyers from USA – I will be unable to send!
Instead of paying £13.02 for a record to USA today, I have just been charged £17.73!
Apparently prices on parcels to USA have dramatically increased making it unviable as a posting destination at present.
P.J. Harvey
Title and label: Dry, Too Pure PURE 10, UK 1st Press 1992
Condition of vinyl: EX
Matrix Side A: MPO PURE 10 A2 ANDY '92
Matrix Side B: MPO PURE 10 B2
Condition of sleeve: VG+ due to a small bump to the bottom right corner: also to the front top right a price sticker has been removed which has taken a little of the shiny surface away. This also comes with a die-cut black info sleeve,
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.
Side 1:
Oh My Lover
O Stella
Dress
Victory Happy And Bleeding
Side 2:
Sheela-Na-Gig
Hair Joe
Plants And Rags
Fountain
Water
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