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Post by Simone on Feb 22, 2011 17:33:56 GMT
Yeah, allmusic isn't the gospel but their rating system is usually accurate (more or less). I would have given Is This Desire a bit more though, that album is fantastic, and To Bring You My Love is obviously a five star miracle album. PJ's output has been jawdropping from day one and I'm glad that the people at allmusic are honest enough to give her high scores.
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Post by ana on Feb 23, 2011 13:56:43 GMT
The Last Living Rose is clearly the song of the year
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Post by backstreets on Feb 23, 2011 15:49:59 GMT
Written on the forehead is still my favourite off the album.
But I can only agree with the general consesus that it is one of her best and the number one so far of 2011.
Her consistency is remarkable and I don't think I've ever come across anyone hating her music. Once they hear it, which is a different matter. Can't believe how unknown she is in general, over here at least.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2011 18:11:02 GMT
BLUD
BLUD
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YOGA FIRE!
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Post by barny on Feb 25, 2011 8:31:00 GMT
I was about to post the same  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2011 18:48:15 GMT
check this sully ma boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. Brilliant tbh, I actually didn't know it was sampled. I've a huge folder of Polly b-sides that I'll turtle on Sunday for anyone that fancies indulging in more Harvey heaven. This is one of my favourites: |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2011 7:36:23 GMT
Yeah that B-sides folder sounds tasty. I only have 'The B-sides' record that she put out in 95.
Always been a fan of her but mostly always returned to Stories From The City & neglected most of her early work so I'm going to work my way through her back catalogue backwards.
Ax-man, I don't know if you are aware or not but she's also done two albums with John Parish who appears on Let England Shake which are worth looking into also.
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Post by srk on Feb 27, 2011 14:20:56 GMT
That reminds me, is John Parish the guy who sings on 'the colour of the earth', who sounds *exactly* like Mark Knopfler?
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Post by krburg on Feb 27, 2011 14:52:00 GMT
That reminds me, is John Parish the guy who sings on 'the colour of the earth', who sounds *exactly* like Mark Knopfler? I think that's Mick Harvey, i'm sure I read that somewhere |
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Post by Simone on Feb 27, 2011 15:13:26 GMT
I remember reading somewhere that PJ was one of the few "modern" artists that the Captain liked. And I'm glad someone mentioned White Chalk: that was a tough album to get into, but once you "unlock" it, it's one of the greatest records of our generation. I'm hearing a lot of traces of White Chalk on the new album, the airy melodies, the high pitch ghostly voice etc
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2011 15:16:45 GMT
Yeah apparently when she finishes an album she'd always send it to Captain first. Though apparently he didn't like stories from the city  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2011 11:02:07 GMT
B-sides upped  |
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Post by krburg on Mar 1, 2011 13:12:46 GMT
Saw Polly and the band last night at the Troxy, was brilliant.
They played pretty much the whole of Let England Shake, then littered the set with a few oldies here and there, wighed heavily with songs from Is This Desire, To Bring You My Love and White Chalk, played nothing from the first two and only Big Exit from Stories, but it worked brilliant, she played the auto harp for a lot of the set and the John Parish and Mick Harvey switched around on various instruments, they adapted a lot of the older songs to kind of fit in with the sound of the new album in a way so it was interesting.
A friend of a friend is the in house sound man at the Troxy so we got in for free, he said that they installed a 'smell machine' at the front of the stage that was supposed to eminate an 'earthy' smell, I didn't notice it, and also quite bizarely apparent Polly has a stalker so there was a tonne of security there and he was saying all the staff and everyone had to be checked out and they were constantly checking all rooms and places in the venue throughout the two days, as they were expecting the stalker to be at the gigs. haha
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Post by jollyboy on Mar 1, 2011 18:50:44 GMT
Cheers for those sully, a few in there i haven't got  Btw, you heard the demo of Reeling? I far prefer it to the more polished Albini version I'll lob it in the world, anyway |
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Post by fungia on Mar 1, 2011 19:59:56 GMT
it's a fantastic album
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Post by barny on Mar 22, 2011 9:07:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2011 11:13:19 GMT
It really is, probably my album of the year so far tbh. It's been a good year for music already and we're only at the end of March. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2011 11:36:21 GMT
Too right Tucker, tons of good records been out already. Hope it carries on this way it'll blow last year away.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2011 11:37:06 GMT
Reckon we'll get any new SFA this year?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2011 11:40:38 GMT
No, they are not doing anything this year.
Nick Cave, Raveonettes, Ryan Adams, Weller, Rifles, Arctic Monkeys, Graham Coxon & hopefully shit horse to come, what a year.
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