Dry
by PJ Harvey
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PJ Harvey bestography
Dry is ranked 5th best out of 22 albums by PJ Harvey on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by PJ Harvey is Let England Shake which is ranked number 271 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,950.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Dry track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Dry 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 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 72/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 61/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1992 | 24/50 | 3 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Indie albums of the year 1992 by Radio X | 7/25 | - |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 93 Music Albums of 1992 | 68/93 | 1 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 86 Music Albums of 1992 | 69/86 | 1 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Greatest all time of all time (401 - 500) by Acclaimed Music | 82/100 | - |
| 2026 |  eclab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 40/100 | 12 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 299 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,342 | |||
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Dry ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 23:10 | LittleM1971 | 6,016 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 02:09 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 06/21/2026 19:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,711 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.8/100, a mean average of 78.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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Dry forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5453): By BachView latest topic →
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Dry comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/23/2020 11:20 | #261261 | TOP COMMENT
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Lifelong PJH fan here and ‘Dry’ is where it’s at for me , the debut ground floor entry for an amazing catalogue and here’s why
I simply love the guitars on this release from the driving “O Stella” to the classic “Sheela-na-gig “ and driving “Dress” the licks are on point and get me every time then throw in a bunch of weird sexualised lyrics and you’ve got an intoxicating mix
Polly may have released better albums that sold more copies and won more awards but for me nothing she’s done beats ‘Dry’ for shear brilliance and genuine X Factor lasting the test of time
Footnote:
I only realised recently that lyrically “Dress” has an uncanny resemblance to Pixies “Cactus “ off ‘Surfer Rosa’ , try and tell me I’m wrong because I know I’m not
This album has a confrontational quality which makes it pretty unique up to this time, despite its obvious influences (Patti Smith mainly). The vocals are dramatic and powerful, matched by the music which is also very powerful, and that's all three musicians, bass, drums, and guitar. I like the intense nature of their sound, however the quiet/loud dynamic gets a bit overdone. And the album runs out of steam in the final couple of tracks. But still a very good and impactful album overall. (Edited)
Sheila-Na-Gig, Dress and O Stella make this her best. And that's saying something.
This is phenomenal. I may even like this one better than Let England Shake.
Cracking debut. Chaotic and all the better for that. Raw and soul.
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