Let England Shake
by PJ Harvey
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Let England Shake is ranked as the best album by PJ Harvey.
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Let England Shake track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/16/2026 11:50 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 16:07 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 13:08 | TheWongs | 807 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/16/2026 14:22 |  Ilolahti | 123 | 81/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 16:07 | Mafedere | 647 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.1/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Not a big fan of PJ Harvey I have to admit.
This one has a mellower flow regardless of subject matter, compared to a lot of her other albums. I couldn't help but think of many songs sounding like an Alt. Kate Bush.
Strangel 02/25/2024 07:45 | #302202
I love PJ’s catalogue of fascinating musical detours. This is an excellent concept album but nowhere near her best in my opinion. Was a bit surprised to see how high it sits in the overall chart.
An interesting and unique concept that PJ Harvey delves into on here which makes for one of her more fascinating experiences. She does a great job of maintaining the styles and themes which makes this feel very cohesive to listen to. It starts off with the title track which instantly grabs your attention and makes you realise that this isn't a typical PJ Harvey record. This energy then carries from song to song right up until the conclusion. Her words are mature and you can evidently see how much she has grown in her song writing capabilities. Her music seems to have followed in the same footsteps and become more clean and grand feeling rather than the more raw approach she used to go for. Instrumentally, it is diverse and engaging as well with there being plenty of performances to get stuck into. Overall, this is one of PJ Harvey's most cohesive and complete records that gives the listener a proper experience.
My undoubted favourite album of 2011 is raw, organic and unrelenting. PJ Harvey proves that she is one of the most important voices of her generation by releasing a statement release nobody knew they needed at that moment in time.
imacgill 09/05/2022 02:57 | #289259
Great album but I think Stories From The City is better. I like the concept and lyrics regarding Britain's history in the war.Harvey would follow this up with another concept album The Hope Demolition Project..might be the start of a trend
I like the concept and especially the focus on a historical England. The affected folk singer voice is…not fun.
Great stuff!
Jboy56 01/30/2022 14:53 | #280309
FIRST LISTEN: Personal and quite original, I expected an off-putting experience. but I was wrong. Requires more spins.
sszwalbenest 12/06/2021 17:19 | #277166
Lyrically interesting, but musically a bit basic for my taste. Also very out of place to be making an anti-war album about WWI in 2011. This doesn't seem to be saying very much new.
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