Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
by PJ Harvey
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PJ Harvey bestography
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea is ranked 2nd 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 268 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,996.
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  arthurbittencourt | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 33 Music Albums of 2000 | 12/33 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 30 Music Albums of 2000 | 1/30 | 5 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Most listened to Albums by BEA members 2025 | 67/100 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 96 Music Albums of 2000 | 8/96 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 48/100 | 51 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | E! Online Best Albums 2000 | 13/25 | - |
| 2026 | bryatk | Top 48 Music Albums of the 2000s | 14/48 | 15 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 22 Music Albums of 2000 | 7/22 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 742 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,721 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 15:24 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2026 08:17 | robertoveltri | 915 | 79/100 |
| ! | 08/25/2026 17:16 | gilmourdavid | 7 | 59/100 |
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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 81.2/100, a mean average of 80.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/25/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5415): By JR BestEverAlbums 08/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5398): By mrmcrookStories From The City, Stories From The Sea comments
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A blistering return to form after the slight disappointment of, is this desire?. Stories of the city, is a beautifully produced record, PJ Harvey's New York album is dripping with references to the big Apple, and is without doubt one of her best LP's. Great songs in, kamikaze, beautiful feeling, and the excellent Thom Yorke duet, the mess we're in. Stories from the city, is one of the first great albums of the millennium, and in PJ's top three in my opinion. Stunning.
An awesome record, one of the best of the 2000's. This is love turned me on to her (like so many people I think in my generation.) The whole album is awesome, but does lose some steam halfway through then picks back up. Because of that, I consider this her second best compared to To Bring You My Love. But this is probably a better entry point for people looking to explore her music for the first time.
On revisiting this it has shot up in my ratings. I feel this is the album she made that showed she is one of the greatest female vocalists. Great songwriter too. Her voice conveys such emotion whether it be rock or simplistic ballads. This album also has the best duet ever with Thom Yorke. Top notch album. How can you not love her.
Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/15/2017 22:55 | #203189 | TOP COMMENT
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Great album, I’m a PJH fan and prefer this over “ Bring You My Love “. If you’re looking to discover PJH this album is a great entry point. The heaviest moments work best IMO.
Only started listening to this Feb 19. Really like it - touches of Patti Smith, and I hear a bit of Bjork on "Horses In My Dreams".
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