{"title":"PJ Harvey","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout PJ Harvey\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolly Jean Harvey was born in Bridport, Dorset, England on October 9, 1969 and raised on her family's farm. She launched her recording career in 1991 as a member of the original PJ Harvey trio with Rob Ellis (drums) and Stephen Vaughan (bass). The trio recorded Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993, produced by Steve Albini) before Harvey dissolved the trio and continued as a solo artist with rotating collaborators. Her 1995 album To Bring You My Love brought her international commercial breakthrough. Her creative reinventions across her multi-decade career - particularly the Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000, with Thom Yorke contributions), the White Chalk (2007, piano-based intimacy pivot), and the Let England Shake (2011, political concept addressing British wars and imperialism) - have established her as one of the most important contemporary singer-songwriters. She is the only artist to win the British Mercury Prize twice (Stories from the City 2001 and Let England Shake 2011). She was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2013. She has parallel work as a writer (Orlam, 2022 - a novel in verse) and visual artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003ePJ Harvey's sound combines alternative rock, art rock, indie rock, post-punk, alt-country, chamber pop, blues rock, and singer-songwriter with her distinctive vocal delivery (range from intimate whisper to extreme banshee scream), varied compositional approaches across her multi-decade career, and lyrical content addressing relationships, gender, identity, mortality, war, and broader contemporary themes drawing on literary and political reference points.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDry (1992, Too Pure)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRid of Me (1993, Island) - Steve Albini production\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4-Track Demos (1993, Island)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Bring You My Love (1995, Island)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs This Desire? (1998, Island)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000, Island) - Mercury Prize 2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUh Huh Her (2004, Island)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Chalk (2007, Island)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet England Shake (2011, Island\/Vagrant) - Mercury Prize 2011\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Hope Six Demolition Project (2016, Island\/Vagrant)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Inside the Old Year Dying (2023, Partisan)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo Pure, Island Records, Vagrant, and Partisan pressings of the PJ Harvey catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings, with collector demand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to PJ Harvey typically start with Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) or Let England Shake (2011). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classic-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003eClassic Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pj-harvey-to-bring-you-my-love-cd","title":"To Bring You My Love CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo Bring You My Love is the third studio album by English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey. It was released by Island Records in February 1995. Recorded after the break-up of the PJ Harvey trio it stands as her first proper solo album. 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It highlights PJ's incredible ability to create a unique, yet always impacting experience with each new album.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540913402039,"sku":"210000060159","price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/3967477-2708723.jpg?v=1781154700"},{"product_id":"pj-harvey-stories-from-the-city-stories-from-the-sea-vinyl","title":"Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea LP","description":"\u003cp\u003ePJ Harvey's fifth studio album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. Produced by PJ Harvey, Rob Ellis and Mick Harvey. 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