Good Fortune (track)
by PJ Harvey
Year: 2000
From the album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (track #2)
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Good Fortune appears on the following album(s) by PJ Harvey:
- Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea (track #2) (this album) (2000)
- Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - Demos (track #2) (2021)
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| ! | 11/26/2025 21:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 172,110 | 71/100 |
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The tremolo of the verbs in the verses is jarring at first then pulled off so well as the song goes on. Brilliant.
