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PJ Harvey
Biography
Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, harmonica, and most recently, the autoharp. Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini, whose vocalist and saxophone player, John Parish, would become her long-term collaborator. In 1991, she formed an eponymous trio and subsequently began her professional career. The trio released two studio albums, Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993) before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further six studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including John Parish, former bandmate Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, and Eric Drew Feldman and has also worked extensively with record producer Flood. Among the accolades she has received are the 2001 and 2011 Mercury Prize for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) and Let England Shake (2011) respectively—the only artist to have been awarded the prize twice—eight BRIT Award nominations, six Grammy Award nominations and two further Mercury Prize nominations. Rolling Stone awarded her 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995's Artist of the Year, and listed Rid of Me and To Bring You My Love (1995) on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution To Music at the NME Awards.
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Discography
- Build Me a Woman, 1993
- 4-Track Demos, 1993
- Rare (disc 1)
- The Letter, 2004
- Good Fortune, 2000
- Dance Hall at Louse Point, 1996
- Let England Shake, 2011
- Blue Girl
- 1995-05-18: Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Black Hearted Love, 2009
- Rarities
- Is This Desire? (bonus disc), 1998
- Rid of Me, 1993
- Dress, 1991
- The Peel Sessions: 1991-2004, 2006
- 1998-08-11: Desire Road: Water Festival, Stockholm, Sweden, 1998
- My Life, 1996
- Down by the Water, 1995
- A Perfect Day Elise (disc 1), 1998
- To Bring You My Love, 1995
- Send His Love to Me, 1995
- This Is Love / You Said Something, 2001
- 2001-01-28: Big Day Out: Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Dry, 1992
- Stories From Winter
- A Woman a Man Walked By, 2009
- A Place Called Home, 2001
- The Devil, 2008
- 50ft Queenie, 1993
- Shame, 2004
- C'mon Billy, 1995
- The Secret Solo Show
- Man-Size, 1993
- Jungle Queen
- Sheela-Na-Gig, 1992
- Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, 2000
- When Under Ether, 2007
- To Date, 2000
- 1999: John Peel BBC
- Dry / Demonstration, 1992
- The Glorious Land, 2011
- Good Fortune (disc 2), 2000
- 2004-10-01: BBC 4, London, UK
- The Wind, 1999
- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, 2000
- White Chalk, 2007
- Paris le Zenith (feat. Marianne Faithfull)
- B-Sides
- Uh Huh Her, 2004
- Europe 1993, 1993
- Forestglade Queenie
- C'Mon Billy, 1995
- Is This Desire?, 1998
- Black Monsoon
- 2001-06-30: The Green Stage, Roskilde Festival, Denmark
- Love Me, Polly
- B-sides (disc 1)
- 2000-10-26: Coal Exchange, Cardiff, UK
- You Come Through, 2004
- Pretty in Pink
- Glastonbury 2004
- To Bring You My Love (bonus disc: The B Sides), 1995
- La Route du Rock
- That Was My Veil, 1996
- The Words That Maketh Murder, 2011
- iTunes Originals: PJ Harvey, 2004
- B-Sides (disc 2)
- 2001-02-26: L'Olympia, Paris, France (disc 1)
- Forestglade 2001
- A Perfect Day Elise (disc 2), 1998
- Strychnine Ballroom (live at Louse Point)
- 1998-09-14: Black Session #129: Paris, France
- iTunes Session, 2011
- Good Fortune (disc 1), 2000
- B-Sides & Collaborations
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| Song | Good Fortune |
| Artist | PJ Harvey |
| Album | Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea |
| Label | Island |
| Year | 2000 |
| Song | Shame |
| Artist | PJ Harvey |
| Album | Uh Huh Her |
| Label | Island/UMA |
| Year | 2004 |
| Song | You Come Through |
| Artist | PJ Harvey |
| Album | Uh Huh Her |
| Label | Island/UMA |
| Year | 2004 |
| Song | The Slow Drug |
| Artist | PJ Harvey |
| Album | Uh Huh Her |
| Label | Island/UMA |
| Year | 2004 |
| Song | When Under Ether |
| Artist | PJ Harvey |
| Album | White Chalk |
| Label | Universal Island |
| Year | 2007 |
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