John Parish and PJ Harvey: A Woman A Man Walked By

Schizotypic · 07-16-2009, 04:27 PM

Polly Jean Harvey
A Woman A Man Walked By

Track-listing:
1 Black Hearted Love
2 Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
3 Leaving California
4 Chair
5 April
6 Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go
7 Soldier
8 Pig Will Not
9 Passionless, Pointless
10 Cracks In The Canvas

Piss Me Off · 07-16-2009, 05:13 PM

I have to admit it was a wee bit of a disappointment for me, the ratio of memorable songs is far less than that i have come to expect from her albums. It's not a crap album, i just think i have higher expectations. That said she hasn't done a single as good as Black Hearted Love in yonks and Passionless, Pointless is another great highlight. A bit of a hiccup but i'd argue it's her first!

Schizotypic · 07-16-2009, 06:06 PM

Yeah I have to agree it's not her best work. Personally, as far as her work with John perish goes, I think Dance Hall At Louse Point was a much more emotionally provoking, and as a whole, much more solid work. In comparison to her work on a whole, I think this album found some middle ground between what she was doing in Dry and what she was in White Chalk. I prefer the extremities, though, so I would take either album over this last one; which feels to me more grounded in the middle, where reality is. A great album in the scheme of music and especially a treat for 2009, I'm glad it is there and of course it's a work played with utmost of talent- as one would expect from Polly Jean.

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07-16-2009, 04:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Schizotypic Souls of Sound Sailors Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Posts: 759	John Parish and PJ Harvey: A Woman A Man Walked By Polly Jean Harvey A Woman A Man Walked By Track-listing: 1 Black Hearted Love 2 Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen 3 Leaving California 4 Chair 5 April 6 Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go 7 Soldier 8 Pig Will Not 9 Passionless, Pointless 10 Cracks In The Canvas

07-16-2009, 05:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Piss Me Off Moodswings n' Roundabouts Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: At the corner of Dude and Catastrophe Posts: 4,512	I have to admit it was a wee bit of a disappointment for me, the ratio of memorable songs is far less than that i have come to expect from her albums. It's not a crap album, i just think i have higher expectations. That said she hasn't done a single as good as Black Hearted Love in yonks and Passionless, Pointless is another great highlight. A bit of a hiccup but i'd argue it's her first! __________________ Last FM Rate Yr Music Muxtape

07-16-2009, 06:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Schizotypic Souls of Sound Sailors Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Mojave Posts: 759	Yeah I have to agree it's not her best work. Personally, as far as her work with John perish goes, I think Dance Hall At Louse Point was a much more emotionally provoking, and as a whole, much more solid work. In comparison to her work on a whole, I think this album found some middle ground between what she was doing in Dry and what she was in White Chalk. I prefer the extremities, though, so I would take either album over this last one; which feels to me more grounded in the middle, where reality is. A great album in the scheme of music and especially a treat for 2009, I'm glad it is there and of course it's a work played with utmost of talent- as one would expect from Polly Jean.