PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

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Album Details

Title: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Artist: PJ Harvey
Release Date: 10/24/2000
Re-Released On: 4/17/2006
Label: Island, Island Records
Album Type(s): Explicit lyrics sticker, lyrics/libretto
UPCs: 731454814423, 0731454814423, 0731454814522, 731454814416, 731454814522, 731454814621, 731454825320, 766486640924
Genre: Rock
Styles: Alternative Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
Moods: Cathartic, Dramatic, Gutsy, Literate, Passionate, Urgent, Angst-Ridden, Complex, Fiery, Intense, Volatile, Aggressive, Brooding, Distraught, Eerie, Intimate, Provocative, Sexy, Unsettling, Visceral, Brittle, Confrontational, Sensual, Sexual, Tense/Anxious, Yearning, Theatrical
Total Copies: 1
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

Track Listings

Big Exit
Good Fortune
A Place Called Home
One Line
Beautiful Feeling
The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore
This Mess We're In
You Said Something
Kamikaze
This Is Love
Horses in My Dreams
We Float

Additional Releases

Year	Type	Label	Catalog #
2000	CD	Island	8099
2000	CD	Island Records	548144
2000	CD	Island	5482532

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Album Review

During her career, Polly Jean Harvey has had as many incarnations as she has albums. She's gone from the Yeovil art student of her debut Dry, to Rid of Me's punk poetess to To Bring You My Love and Is This Desire?'s postmodern siren; on Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea -- inspired by her stay in New York City and life in the English countryside -- she's changed again. The album cover's stylish, subtly sexy image suggests what its songs confirm: PJ Harvey has grown up. Direct, vulnerable lyrics replace the allegories and metaphors of her previous work, and the album's production polishes the songs instead of obscuring them in noise or studio tricks. On the album's best tracks, such as "Kamikaze" and "This Is Love," a sexy, shouty blues-punk number that features the memorable refrain "I can't believe life is so complex/When I just want to sit here and watch you undress," Harvey sounds sensual and revitalized. The New York influences surface on the glamorous punk rock of "Big Exit" and "Good Fortune," on which Harvey channels both Chrissie Hynde's sexy tough girl and Patti Smith's ferocious yelp. Ballads like the sweetly urgent, piano and marimba-driven "One Line" and the Thom Yorke duet "This Mess We're In" avoid the painful depths of Harvey's darkest songs; "Horses in My Dreams" also reflects Harvey's new emotional balance: "I have pulled myself clear," she sighs, and we believe her. However, "We Float"'s glossy choruses veer close to Lillith Fair territory, and longtime fans can't help but miss the visceral impact of her early work, but Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea doesn't compromise her essential passion. Hopefully, this album's happier, more direct PJ Harvey is a persona she'll keep around for a while. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Credits

Name	Credits
Head	Mixing, Engineer
Howie Weinberg	Mastering
Maria Mochnacz	Design, Photography
Mick Harvey	Harmonium, Organ, Percussion, Vocals (Background), Producer, Keyboards, Drums, Bass
PJ Harvey	Keyboards, Vocals, Engineer, Bass, Guitar, Producer, Maracas
Rob Crane	Design
Rob Ellis	Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Producer, Piano (Electric), Drums, Tambourine, Synthesizer, Harpsichord, Piano
Thom Yorke	Vocals
Victor Van Vugt	Mixing

Member Reviews

Sonoko F. wrote on 1/31/2007...

From CDNow review:
PJ Harvey's fifth album "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea" is the singer/songwriter's finest album and should please fans of her older albums and new fans alike. "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea" is somewhat slicker, less rough-around-the-edges than her other albums. I would recommend this album to start off with, as it is probably her most assessable work...From the opening rocker "Big Exit" to the beautiful "We Float," every song is a winner...Each song is well written and memorable. It's a good mix of fast paced rockers, mid-tempo songs, and slower ones...Everything on this album is sincere and straight from the heart.

The album opens up strong with "Big Exit" an excellent rocker with a good, infectious hook. "Good Fortune" keeps up the momentum. "A Place Called Home" is a beautiful, somewhat morose, slower number whose enchanting background vocals stay with the listener long after the song has ended. The album slows down a bit for the next few songs. The mid-tempo "One Line" leads in perfectly to the dark, atmospheric "Beautiful Feeling." The pace is picked up with "The Whores Hustle, and the Hustlers Whore." "The Mess We're In" features a duet with Thom Yorke. Their overlapping vocals work nicely together. "You Said Something" is another softer number in the vein of "A Place Called Home," only slightly more upbeat. The pace picks up considerably with the excellent rockers "Kamikaze" and "This is Love." The album starts to wind down with the beautiful "Horses in my Dreams" The duel piano and guitar make "Horses in my Dreams" enchanting. The album ends with its' finest track, the majestic "We Float." The verse serves mostly to build up the song and it's mesmerizing chorus totally engulfs the listener.

If you don't own any PJ Harvey albums, this is a good place to start. It's a really good album and should please old and new fans alike. - Daniel Maltzman"