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- Posted: 08/08/2013 20:00
- Post subject: Album of the day (#995): Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey
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Today's album of the day
Let England Shake by P.J. Harvey (View album | Buy this album)
Year: 2011.
Country: 
Overall rank: 303
Average rating: 79/100 (from 330 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, or artist, 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. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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- #2
- Posted: 08/08/2013 20:13
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My favourite Polly album, and one that's been on and off my chart over the past year or so. It's angry and impassioned, yet ethereal and gracefully understated. I actually saw her promoting this record, but I found the live show disappointing. It was dull and lifeless, the complete opposite to the album. I love her voice here, it's quite unlike the voice(s) she's used on her other records, and the instrumentation is great too, ostensibly conservative and fitting for the singer-songwriter vibe but still just frayed enough to give these songs the edge that they need. A fantastic record from a fantastic talent.
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pearljammer13
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- #3
- Posted: 08/08/2013 20:45
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An album I very much enjoy, although I do think it's a tad overrated.
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HazeyTwilight
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- Posted: 08/08/2013 21:49
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You know what, I take what I said back. Because, I just finished listening to Let England Shake and it blows everything I heard from this decade out of the water. One of the most magnificent albums I have ever heard.
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- Posted: 08/08/2013 22:29
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Great album, and maybe her best. Best Album of the Decade so far, too.
90/100
Best tracks: "All and Everyone", "The Glorious Land", "In the Dark Places", "On Battleship Hill", "England".
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HoldenM
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- #6
- Posted: 08/08/2013 22:48
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Decent. One of the better PJ Harvey albums.
Track picks:
1. Let England Shake
7. England
10. Hanging In the Wire
12. Colour of the Earth
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- #7
- Posted: 08/09/2013 02:45
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Masterpiece! The album that really got me into her as I didn't really get more into alternative until around 2010 or so and then I heard she had a new album coming, I listened assuming it'd be okay but nothing spectacular like many of her peers at this point (Bjork, etc...) and instead got a masterpiece. I have it on vinyl.
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RockyRaccoon
Is it solipsistic in here or is it just me?
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- #8
- Posted: 08/09/2013 23:00
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I'll be honest, I've listened to this album a few times, and it just bores me. It's not terrible, couple decent songs here and there, but generally, I found it thoroughly uninteresting.
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