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Music CD - PJ Harvey: Uh Huh Her
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Music CD: Uh Huh Her
Artist: PJ Harvey
List Price: $13.98
Our Price: $4.89
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Manufacturer: Island
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Tracks:
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1. The Life And Death Of Mr. Badmouth
2. Shame
3. Who The Fuck?
4. Pocket Knife
5. The Letter
6. The Slow Drug
7. No Child Of Mine
8. Cat On The Wall
9. You Come Though
10. It's You
11. The End
12. The Desperate Kingdom Of Love
13. Bonus Track 1
14. The Darker Days Of Me & Him
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0602498667132
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Island
Manufacturer: Island
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 2004
Publisher: Island
Release Date: 2004-06-08
Studio: Island
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: A rough spot in an otherwise spotless career
Comment: With the joyful, relevatory "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea", Polly Jean Harvey did something that many people thought impossible: she made an album that actually trumped everything that came before it and made it practically impossible to create a follow-up that could match its power. That's unfortunetly the case with "Uh Huh Her", the muddled, lo-fi successor to "Stories". The thing is, as greatly praised and appreciated as "Stories" was, many hardcore fans of Harvey complained that the album was too slick and produced. So Harvey probably thought that the best thing to do would be to make her next album as murky as possible. The result is an album that, instead of conjuring up images of the glistening skyscrapers and crowded streets of Manhattan as "Stories" did, conjures up images of mud puddles and cruddy guitar amps. Despite all these drawbacks, the album is redeemed by some pretty good songs, like the yearning, marimba-led "You Come Through", the Eastern-styled "The Pocket Knife", and the creepy, spacey "The Slow Drug". If you're looking for a good place to start for getting into PJ Harvey, look for some of her other material, but don't start here.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good album.
Comment: I can have this album playing all the time,it's just a moody album,i love that in it,the tone is moody,the lyrics are so expressive,this album is human,i am not going to describe each song,each one has a different flow. I almost felt she didn't put alot of effort in this album,like it came naturally;it just comes so easy,like a first reaction or impression,she has a deeply beautiful voice,her music generally is great,she is an artist in every way,i know she made better albums,but this could have been easily commericialized,the song titles,the lyrics,the music is just so smooth.I just feel this album and it feels me,give it a try.You don't waste your money buying a PJ Harvey album.
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Summary: A Typical Offering Which Does Not Disappoint
Comment: The opening riffs of 'The Life and Death of Mr. Badmouth' demonstrate PJ's prowess as a songwriter and performer. Wave upon wave on sound build to a cresendo leading to a wall of silence at the end. 'Shame' is one of my favorite tracks. I will not review this album track by track. Suffice it to say that this is a fantastic CD.
Longtime fans will not be disappointed. If you are new to PJ's work, this would be a good second purchase. Start with 'To Bring You My Love' or 'Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea.' Either of these is a good place to begin.
Buy this CD.
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Summary: POLLY IS AN EAR-TEASE!
Comment: Okay, usually the sound of PJ's intense, obsessive moaning sets me to drooling. I need to confess that much to you. This, however, is the most frustrating addition to her canon. It promises so much and delivers so very little.
From the pouty frown on the cover to the opening salvo of "Mr. Badmouth", I thought this was going to be another stunner like STORIES FROM THE CITY. Not even close. There are a handful of moments here that smolder like the best of her work but never spark and catch fire. This sounds like it was written & recorded in one day. Not her best day. Everything sounds unfinished. I don't mean raw like DRY or abrasive like RID OF ME. I mean a distinct lack of power. There are a lot of song fragments. "No Child Of Mine" could have been one of the finest PJ HARVEY songs, but at the precise moment where she seems ready to veer it into greatness she chokes it. Stops it dead. It may be an attempt at a middle-finger taunt, but it's not dramatic. Just irritating. The most fleshed out number is "Pocketknife". It's as good as anything she's ever done...and sounds completely out of place here. "The Desperate Kingdom of Love" plays like an out-take from IS THIS DESIRE? It's got a delicate beauty but is recorded at levels that over-emphasize QUIET! I don't need to be beat over the head with silence. I get it. It's not an original idea. F@$# post-modernism. She's fully capable of working "The Darker Days Of Me & Him" into a frothy intoxicating brew. She just didn't do it. Aside from that there are songs on here that are utterly unlistenable.
With UH HUH HER she's giving you scraps. Sure her scraps would be seen as brilliance in lesser artists but she's NOT a lesser artist.
Of course you must own this if you're a fan. You wouldn't want to be without "Pocketknife", "Mr. Badmouth" or even the 68 seconds of "No Child of Mine", but if you are just now coming around to Polly's gifts? You can skip this one.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not as good as most PJ
Comment: This album seems a bit scattered, with about half filler and half good material. I think this was done around the same time as Marianne Faithfull's BEFORE THE POISION, which was mostly written by PJ Harvey. She seems to have saved some of her best songs for that album rather than this one.
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Editorial Reviews:
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How can someone so unpredictable behave so predictably? Every time PJ Harvey releases something sophisticated and clean like 2000's Mercury Music Prize tipped Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, it just about guarantees a contradictory follow-up album is around the bend. Her ambitious 1992 debut, Dry, inspired the bitter death rattle of Rid of Me. Her third offering, 1995's elegant To Bring You My Love, gave way to the stormy Is This Desire?. Harvey's sixth solo album, Uh Huh Her, doesn't disappoint. It's a nasty riposte to the success of its predecessor, built on grubby blues-punk riffs and the brooding, primal howl that Harvey uses when she wants to impersonate a she-wolf. Some of it seems disappointingly remedial ("The Letter," "Cat on the Wall"), but the best material ("The Desperate Kingdom of Love," "Who the Fuck?") just reconfirms that no matter how raw the British songwriter serves it up, the beauty of her work is undeniable. --Aidin Vaziri
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