Best Ever Albums

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

SquishypuffDave — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:24:40 GMT

Author: SquishypuffDave

Posted: 12/18/2011 12:24

I like this. I like it a lot. 😄

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

Norman Bates — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:17:35 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 12/18/2011 12:17

I wasn't going to say anything in particular, but as I feel I'm the only one around here to think it's her best with Dry, I'll defend this record, which is the best I've heard this year (but I haven't heard that many, as I'm no music fan at all and don't know why I'm on a music site in the first place).

I think PJ Harvey has got to a point where she can release more or less what she will, she'll sell. After a decade or so of fumbling about what she was going to do after Is This Desire?, she finally comes up with what could be very weel be the sum of her previous experiments. The delicacy of White Chalk (which in my opinion was a misfire, I never got into it - but it was a good misfire, inasmuch as it made her question what she was doing) with the anger, somewhat toned down and tamed, of her early works. Not one weak song, delicious production work. After one decade of not caring too much, I find myself really looking forward to the next step in her adventures.

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

GM84 — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 06:12:26 GMT

Author: GM84

Posted: 12/18/2011 11:12

Together with White Chalk her weakest album.

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

Captain_Dude — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:46:45 GMT

Author: Captain_Dude

Posted: 12/18/2011 07:46

It was okay. It's listenable. However, it's a far cry of what she used to do.

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

cartoken — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:43:33 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 12/18/2011 04:43

purple wrote:

good, but nowhere near her '90s work

i agree about Dry and Is This Desire? being better 😄

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:18:49 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 12/18/2011 00:18

good, but nowhere near her '90s work

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

cartoken — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:25:00 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 12/17/2011 22:25

This album should be higher than The King Of Limbs and Helplessness Blues on BEA

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

nrs182 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:17:38 GMT

Author: nrs182

Posted: 12/17/2011 22:17

I still haven't heard this. I heard "On battleship hill" though and it was instant love.

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

Hayden — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:15:29 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 12/17/2011 22:15

itsit wrote:

Necharsian wrote:

Meh. I may give it a listen. But the only reason I would is for the BEA awards. Nothing from what I have heard from her has enthralled me.

But I think we are missing a bigger picture here...

WHY ARE ALL THESE 2011 ALBUMS SO HIGH ON THE OVERALL CHART!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

They're not that high, 2010 has 3 albums higher than the top one for 2011, which is only at 205.

2 of them deserve it though. High Violet is MAYBE top 500 material. But the other 2 I have no problem being in the top 150. 😁

No album in 2011 should be near the top 200 of all time. Kaputt is the only album I might put in the top 300.... 😕

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

alelsupreme — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:08:45 GMT

Author: alelsupreme

Posted: 12/17/2011 22:08

Necharsian wrote:

They're not that high, 2010 has 3 albums higher than the top one for 2011, which is only at 205.

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

19loveless91 — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:38:57 GMT

Author: 19loveless91

Posted: 12/17/2011 21:38

Listened to it two times, didn't think it was that great TBH. Alright, but not much more than that.

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

Necharsian — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:28:33 GMT

Author: Necharsian

Posted: 12/17/2011 21:28

Meh. I may give it a listen. But the only reason I would is for the BEA awards. Nothing from what I have heard from her has enthralled me.

But I think we are missing a bigger picture here...

WHY ARE ALL THESE 2011 ALBUMS SO HIGH ON THE OVERALL CHART!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

Bach — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:15:52 GMT

Author: Bach

Posted: 12/17/2011 21:15

My favourite album of 2011.
PJ's second best after "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea".

Best tracks: "All and Everyone", "The Glorious Land", "In the Dark Places", "On Battleship Hill".

Link

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

Jackwc — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:15:41 GMT

Author: Jackwc

Posted: 12/17/2011 21:15

I ought to listen to Let England Shake by now... especially with the BEA '11 awards coming up.

Re: Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

cartoken — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:06:28 GMT

Author: cartoken

Posted: 12/17/2011 21:06

i need to listen to this again, it been a while, especially now that it's considered as the best album of the year (according to metacritic)

Album of the day (#399): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey

BestEverAlbums — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:00:33 GMT

Author: BestEverAlbums

Posted: 12/17/2011 20:00

Today's album of the day

Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey (View album)

Year: 2011.
Overall rank: 291.
Average rating: 78/100 (from 132 votes).

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Tracks:
1. Let England Shake
2. The Last Living Rose
3. The Glorious Land
4. The Words That Maketh Murder
5. All and Everyone
6. On Battleship Hill
7. England
8. In the Dark Places
9. Bitter Branches
10. Hanging In the Wire
11. Written On the Forehead
12. Colour of the Earth

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety.