Track Listings (12) - Disc #1| All Artists: PJ Harvey Title: Peel Sessions 1991-2004 Members Wishing: 7 Total Copies: 0 Label: Fontana Island Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 11/7/2006 Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock Styles: Indie & Lo-Fi, Singer-Songwriters, Vocal Pop Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 602517098848 |
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 | PJ Harvey Peel Sessions 1991-2004 Genres: Alternative Rock, Folk, Pop, Rock
PJ Harvey does her best work naked. For all the tantalizing changes in direction over the past 15 years, it was the British songwriter's barebones disc, Rid of Me (and its raw companion piece, 4-Track Demos), that made the... more » |
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Amazon.com PJ Harvey does her best work naked. For all the tantalizing changes in direction over the past 15 years, it was the British songwriter's barebones disc, Rid of Me (and its raw companion piece, 4-Track Demos), that made the greatest impression. These recordings from the late John Peel's celebrated BBC Radio show see her returning time and again to her basic blues roots, offering delightfully bruised takes on both early classics like "Sheela-Na-Gig," from her first performance on the show, through "You Come Through," a track that was recorded at a tribute shortly after Peel's passing. Along the way, there are plenty of rarities, stylistic diversions, and traces of dark humor to make Harvey fans wish the package could have been twice as long. --Aidin Vaziri Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsIn All Her Glory Peter Baklava | Charles City, Iowa | 01/01/2007 (5 out of 5 stars) "The waif with the mouth that roars, P.J. Harvey is both the thinking person's feminist, and a smash-mouth rock and roller. In my book, that makes her one of the most exhilarating performers on the planet. This cd nicely recaps P.J.'s career, with tracks from her debut, "Dry"and most of her projects since then, with the exception of "To Bring You My Love" and "Is This Desire?". All songs were drawn from performances produced by John Peel for the BBC, which gives them a slightly different luster, and a rock solid punch. P.J.'s songs can be described as little expressionist dramas writ large in black and white, and wonderful balancing acts of dynamics and minimalist sound. She sometimes combines huge shards of grunge rock with absurdist lyrics. Check out "Naked Cousin" , an off-the-wall ditty that paints a picture of a Bacchanalian madman running through the fields in abandon. Sounds weird? Well, it ROCKS like crazy. Her Rainer Ptacek cover, "Losing Ground" is another delight, matching switchblade edginess with Captain Beefheart dissonance. The best track from "Dance Hall at Louse Point"--"That Was My Veil" , is here, along with the prettiest song from "Stories From the City..."("Beautiful Feeling") . The album closes with "You Come Through" done beautifully and sincerely as a tribute to the late John Peel. This cd is sure to please longtime P.J. fans, and it's a good sampler for the uninitiated. Five stars." Quite good Lovblad | Geneva, Switzerland | 11/13/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "If you like PJ Harvey, this is quite an essential collection of sessions she did with the late John Peel between 1991 and 2004.The Cd is very simlpy packaged with a hand-written note by PJ Harvey on the inside that is quite nice as a tribute to the man Peel.Musically it is also quite exceptional. The spound quality is of course very good with that slightly rough quality that all these radio session records have. There is also that typical live-in the studio feel that has a little bit of everything to it and PJ Harvey' s style is quite suited to it." Where are my two faves? Bree Strange | 09/28/2008 (3 out of 5 stars) "Although all of these tracks are terrific, my two favorite PJ Harvey/John Peel tracks were NOT included! Where are "Claudine (My Inflatable One)" and "Primed and Ticking?" Those are two of her best songs ever, and I was extremely disappointed to find them missing. Definitely detracts from what could have been a perfect (and more complete) collection. Now I'm waiting for the sequel!"
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