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01-10-2019, 02:36 PM

#2
PJ Harvey - Angelene
Album: Is This Desire?
Year: 1998

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmbB5Cdjzaw

Hey, look at that. Organs in the background. I sense that a pattern might be forming from early on in this list.

I don't actually think that this album is very good. One of PJ's weaker sets of songs, really, and her most overproduced album without a doubt.
EDIT: Produced by Flood. I'm not a big fan of his approach to the craft, so...

But the opening track rises far above what is a rather disappointing album overall. It's simply a very beautiful and sensitive song. I really like the loud, soft, warm bass that envelops the rest of the instrumentation and the vocals in a blanket of melancholy. This track is really about the subtleties of the arrangements. The more I listen to it, the more it seems full of life, subtle colors and expressive details. It's a very restrained track, but it would be a mistake to assume that there's very little going on here.

One of PJ's worst albums, but one of her best songs.

01-10-2019, 02:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
MicShazam Guest Posts: n/a	#2 PJ Harvey - Angelene Album: Is This Desire? Year: 1998 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmbB5Cdjzaw Hey, look at that. Organs in the background. I sense that a pattern might be forming from early on in this list. I don't actually think that this album is very good. One of PJ's weaker sets of songs, really, and her most overproduced album without a doubt. EDIT: Produced by Flood. I'm not a big fan of his approach to the craft, so... But the opening track rises far above what is a rather disappointing album overall. It's simply a very beautiful and sensitive song. I really like the loud, soft, warm bass that envelops the rest of the instrumentation and the vocals in a blanket of melancholy. This track is really about the subtleties of the arrangements. The more I listen to it, the more it seems full of life, subtle colors and expressive details. It's a very restrained track, but it would be a mistake to assume that there's very little going on here. One of PJ's worst albums, but one of her best songs. Last edited by MicShazam; 01-12-2019 at 04:28 PM.