Let England Shake
by PJ Harvey
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PJ Harvey bestography
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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Let England Shake rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 9/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  desh79 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 6/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 2011 | 27/77 | 3 |
| 2026 |  thirstyDog | Top 16 Music Albums of 2011 | 6/16 | 3 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 59/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Me Hace Ruido Lo mejor de 2011 Discos en inglés | 1/35 | - |
| 2026 | radio-head | Top 79 Music Albums of the 2010s | 68/79 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jantje | Top 15 Music Albums of the 2010s | 8/15 | 11 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 84 Music Albums of 2011 | 66/84 | 1 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | 2010-2014 | 46/60 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 835 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 6,018 | |||
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Let England Shake ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 14:00 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2026 02:36 |  nextorgd | 1,229 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 11:50 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
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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 80.0/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Let England Shake forum mentions
imacgill 09/20/2026 22:50 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 08/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5417): By Tamthebam BestEverAlbums 08/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movementsLet England Shake comments
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RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 16:34 | #81877 | TOP COMMENT
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I don’t understand why people liked this album so much. I heard a lot of good things about it and I know PJ Harvey is good because she’s made good albums in the past. So naturally I thought this might be a good album. And it’s not. It’s absolutely mediocre. Pure, unadulterated mediocrity. There are a few songs that evoke a reaction of “Eh, that wasn’t too bad" but that’s about it. The rest is just boring and stupid. Half the songs are just about how great England is. It really is not an album worth getting. And it’s a bit of a disappointment coming from someone who has made very good albums in the past.
Norman Bates 04/15/2011 21:53 | #20403 | TOP COMMENT
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Best album I've heard so far this year, and a welcome return to greatness for P.J. Amazing.
How does she do it? Like her contemporary Bjork, PJ Harvey continues to astound and amaze. Let England shake, is a brilliant tribute album to her home country. It's full of fantastic songs, but you wouldn't expect anything less from PJ. Long may she continue to thrill us.
SquishypuffDave TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/28/2011 10:50 | #18797 | TOP COMMENT
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I don't feel very hip for saying this, but I think this is my favourite PJ Harvey album yet. Beautiful.
I’m a big fan of PJ Harvey, but this album is not growing on me. In fact, the more I hear it, the _less_ I like it. I realize she’s going for something stripped down and primal here, but the songs seem underwritten, underproduced and hastily thrown together. “Bitter Branches” and “In the Dark Places” come off best, and “Written On the Forehead” has an interesting chanting overdub, but everything else sits somewhere on the spectrum between irritating and interesting. And interesting for a couple of listens, at best. I pine for the days of Is This Desire? and Stories From The City and the unfettered talent that produced those records.
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