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100
Her lyrics convey desire and love, while her barbed-wire voice betrays uncertainty about giving over that much of herself.
95
Immediate, feral and downright sexy, it remains one of Harvey’s finest hours in a catalogue that isn’t short of highlights.
90
Where Dry and Rid of Me seemed brutally honest, To Bring You My Love feels theatrical, with each song representing a grand gesture.
10y
The elite four of female artists in my opinion:
Björk, PH Harvey, Joanna Newsom, and Kate Bush
This album is like the definition of "raw". The guitars and basses all sound like theyre playing from an amp thats under 30 meters of dirt, and i believe that was the sound Polly Jean was going for considering all of the other acoustic instrumentals are effectively cleaner than the average in the indusrty, thus creating a contrast of sound within this album which adds a whole other layer to the tension. Add to the rawness and tension PJ's grimey-bluesy yet still very pretty vocal ... read more
Esse é o primeiro álbum que ouço da PJ Harvey, nele ela trata temas como perda e anseio por uma pessoa amada que a deixou, sua sonoridade é muito boa, ela mescla um rock alternativo com blues rock deixando o trabalho bem interessante, tem uma boa produção e o que mais me chamou a atenção foi a voz dela, o timbre dela é bem diferenciado, eu fiquei bem dividido em relação a isso, teve músicas que eu curti muito o ... read more
Looking back at this record after listening to the "I Inside the Old Year Dying" makes PJ Harveys development as a songwriter very apparent. Don't get me wrong, this album is better, but mostly because of the passionate performances and bangers like "Send His Love To Me" and "The Dancer."
one of the few cases I've heard where someone sings and strains their voice in a way like this and it sounds good. Songwriting in general is just brilliant and I love how every song has a brilliant progression (although it doesn't work very well as an album because of this)
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Track List
| 1 | To Bring You My Love 5:31 | 93 |
| 2 | Meet Ze Monsta 3:29 | 89 |
| 3 | Working for the Man 4:45 | 89 |
| 4 | C'mon Billy 2:47 | 91 |
| 5 | Teclo 4:56 | 88 |
| 6 | Long Snake Moan 5:15 | 94 |
| 7 | Down by the Water 3:14 | 95 |
| 8 | I Think I'm a Mother 4:00 | 79 |
| 9 | Send His Love to Me 4:20 | 89 |
| 10 | The Dancer 4:05 | 93 |
Total Length: 42 minutes
Year End Lists
| #3 | / | Spin |
