Pj Harvey - Let England Shake
I love it! Ugh I wish my iPod wasn't broken :( nice progression from her early stuff kinda makes you see how much she has musically changed.
|
A very good album, doesn't quite touch on excellent though. I loved it on the first listen and i've grown to love it even more after repeated listens. I like the way you can hear the natural reverb of the church on her vocals sometimes and the fact that this album hasn't succumbed to the loudness wars or over-production, it has a very nice warm production to it. My favourite songs at the moment are 'The Glorious Land' (apart from that ****ing bugle) which has a nice gothic feel to it and 'Written On The Forehead' which is a very memorable song.
|
Quote:
|
Quote:
|
I've only heard four songs from it so far (the ones uploaded to her YouTube channel) so I can't give an opinion on the entire album yet but I really liked what I heard. Like someone above said, it's not excellent, not the best she's done, but still really great. I think it has the potential to be my second favorite album of her's, behind "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea."
|
I'm disappointed in this album and I've liked all the ten other albums she's released since 1992. Most of the songs sound like outtakes and demos. I will say that a couple of PJ Harvey's earlier albums took awhile to grow on me and that may be the case with Let England Shake.
|
I bought this the other day, listened to it once in the car. It's good, but not entirely memorable. Songs like "The Words That Maketh Murder" with a male back-up vocals (John Parish?) were the best.
|
I like the Niney The Observer sample on "Written On The Forehead"....
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
|
I love it, rated it good. She's really given a more smoky sound now, with a folk-like nature to her lyrics.
|
rated it "good" as well
though I wished she used that madwoman whine more like in the titular track |
I almost turned this off after the first two tracks. Good thing I didn't, because the 3rd and 4th track are spectacular. Then after the fifth track I thought about turning it off again. It went on like this for the entire album. As a whole, it's very, very boring in parts. But it does have a few standout tracks that I really love. "The Glorious Land" in particular. As an album though, this is just average.
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 02:40 AM. |
© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.