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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:The UK Music Conference
Notice:Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:RDGENG::CROOK
Created:Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1381
Total number of notes:39269

1003.0. "PJ Harvey" by KRAKAR::WARWICK (Trevor Warwick) Mon Apr 06 1992 18:51

    
    Nothing about PJ Harvey in here yet ? I bought the album, "Dry" at the
    weekend, which is excellent. It contains a couple of tracks that have
    been out as singles, plus some more that were in the Peel session.
    Perhaps suprisingly for someone touted as a feminist, the rear cover
    displays a surprising amount of PJ's personal assets.
    
    The CD says "Demonstration Album" on it - I don't know what that's
    supposed to mean, but I actually feel it is rather well recorded. It's
    nice to hear a vocalist without *any* reverb at all for a change, and
    the band certainly make a hell of a noise when required to do so.
    
    Trevor
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1003.1UBOHUB::FIDDLER_MBagel FrenzyMon Apr 06 1992 20:194
    What I've heard has been excellent, the album is on my list of wants
    at the moment.
    
    Mikef
1003.2How much overlap is there?RAB::KARDONI'm not your summer vacationTue Aug 04 1992 19:3710
    > I bought the album, "Dry" at the weekend, which is excellent.
    > It contains a couple of tracks that have been out as singles,
    > plus some more that were in the Peel session.
    
    Please tell me more about the Peel Session tracks.  I am under the
    impression that she recorded 4 songs for a Peel Session.  Are all
    four on her album?  Are the the same recordings which are on the Peel
    Sessions or are they they same songs, but re-recorded for the album?
    
    -Scott
1003.3100%, but...KRAKAR::WARWICKTrevor WarwickTue Aug 04 1992 21:0710
    
    All four songs are on the album, but the session versions are a bit
    less polished, as you might expect. Unless you're some sort of
    completist, it's not worth buying the sessions disc for the PJH tracks. 
    
    However, that sessions album does have four good Stereolab tracks that
    are not on their album (but might have been singles), and three tracks
    by Th'Faith Healers which are at least OK.
    
    Trevor
1003.4Are they like PJ?RAB::KARDONI'm not your summer vacationTue Aug 04 1992 21:213
    What are Stereolab like?  I've never heard of them.
    
    -Scott
1003.5not reallyMARVIN::WARWICKTrevor WarwickTue Aug 04 1992 22:076
    
    Lee Cotton posted a review of their album ("Peng") in the album review
    note. In fact one of my favourite tracks of theirs, Super-Electric, is
    on the Peel album, and not on "Peng". 
    
    Trevor
1003.6RUTILE::LETCHERRepublicTue Jun 01 1993 18:198
    No review of "Rid Of Me" yet?
    
    Spent at least the first couple of run throughs in the futile search
    for tunes, but once I'd given that up as a bad job I've really got into
    it. I think I probably like it even more than Dry, though that could be
    becuase of playing Dry to death last summer.
    
    Piers
1003.7WELCLU::GREENBSet it light and set it freeThu Jun 03 1993 22:029
    It's a very good lp, but it does take a few listens to accustom
    yourself to the sound. Very unsettling and nerve-fracturing, very odd
    melodies (and screeches), loud guitar-playing, monster Steve
    Albini-produced drum sound. this will, I suspect, be one of my albums
    of the year.
    
    Right up my street.
    
    Bob
1003.8Another early reactionJURA::PELAZ::MACFADYENeditingFri Jun 04 1993 14:129
She's very upset about *something*, that's for sure. You only have to look
at the surface of the (vinyl) disc to know you're in for trouble; the sound
levels are all over the place. I do like the recorded sound though, it has
a very live and immediate feel. So far, after only a couple of listens, I
respect this record without actually loving it. It's a bit uncomfortable in
places.


Rod