POLLy Jean Harvey - The PJ Harvey results thread

Rid of Me was first place for me. Who else?

Can't argue with that top five (other than missing On Battleship Hill ffs) even if it is all from the first two

me xp

Who else?
Mr Spiralli, but it got quite a few second places as well.

that leno clip is so great.i can only imagine the reaction what that was broadcast. millions of people across america have no fucking idea what is happening right now

My ballot:
1 Oh My Lover
2 Good Fortune
3 Dress
4 Fountain
5 Big Exit
6 Plants and Rags
7 Happy and Bleeding
8 A Place Called Home
9 Rid of Me
10 Working For The Man
11 O Stella
12 A Perfect Day Elise
13 Yuri-G
14 The Words That Maketh Murder
15 Is This Desire?
16 Victory
17 Missed
18 Teclo
19 Ecstasy
20 The Sky Lit Up
21 C'mon Billy
22 Meet Ze Mostra

(Monsta, not Mostra - that's some weird typo from spotify)

great job NBS, thank you for doing that. great job voters too tbf

Mine

TRACKS

Dress - 40
Yuri-G - 36
You Said Something - 33
Sheela-Na-Gig - 30
The Piano - 28
The Slow Drug - 26
Rid of Me - 25
Reeling - 24
C'mon Billy - 23
O Stella - 22
When Under Ether - 21
Shame - 20
To Bring You My Love - 19
Man-Size - 18
Dry - 17
The Words That Maketh Murder - 16
The Chair - 15
Black Hearted Love - 14
This Is Love - 13
That Was My Veil - 12
The Letter - 11
Is That All There Is? - 10

ALBUMS

Dry - 10
Rid of Me - 8
4 Track Demos - 6
White Chalk - 4
Uh Huh Her - 2

1. Yuri G
2. 50ft Queenie
3. On Battleship Hill
4. It's You
5. Rid of Me

6. The Glorious Land
7. The Mountain
8. Dress
9. The Dancer
10. Big Exit

11. Reeling
12. Let England Shake
13. The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore
14. Oh My Lover
15. The Devil

16. Silence
17. The Slow Drug
18. Legs
19. The Piano
20. The Soldier
21. Angelene
22. Missed

TRACKS

50 ft queenie
the dancer
rub til it bleeds
down by the water
on battleship hill
rid of me
written on the forehead
goodnight
you said something
long snake moan
snake
hook
the whores hustle and the hustlers whore
the mountain
the colour of the earth
ecstasy
a perfect day elise
missed
is this desire
the words that maketh murder
meet ze monsta
hanging in the wire

ALBUMS

Rid of Me
Let England Shake
To Bring You My Love
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
White Chalk

unless i am v much mistaken i can claim mr. consensus, 21/22

1. Rid Of Me
2. Dress
3. Angelene
4. Oh My Lover
5. Sheela Na Gig
6. In The Dark Places
7. 50ft Queenie
8. The Letter
9. The Garden
10. Man-Size
11. On Battleship Hill
12. The Devil
13. Let England Shake
14. Missed
15. Rub 'Til It Bleeds
16. The Piano
17. Fountain
18. Legs
19. The Words That Maketh Murder
20. Bows And Arrows
21. Plants & Rags
22. One Line

This was great NBS, many thanks. She has been so rewarding to discover and rediscover.

Thanks all. I'll post the full countdown tomorrow.

I never really listened to "On Battleship Hill" in isolation before today, and I wish I had. WHAT A SONG

i think it won the album poll?

Yeah, I've listened to LES a number of times straight through, but never really picked it apart.

tracks
1. dress
2. 50 ft queenie
3. catherine
4. bitter branches
5. joe
6. man-size
7. one time too many
8. wang dang doodle
9. down by the water
10. good fortune
11. sheela-na-gig
12. c'mon billy
13. a perfect day elise
14. we float
15. reeling
16. to bring you my love
17. taut
18. angelene
19. snake
20. the words that maketh murder
21. missed
22. big exit

albums
1. dry
2. to bring you my love
3. rid of me
4. 4-track demos
5. stories from the city, stories from the sea

1. Rid of Me
2. Dress
3. Oh My Lover
4. Come On Billy
5. 50ft Queenie
6. Highway 61 Revisited
7. The Words that Maketh Murder
8. Me-Jane
9. Snake
10. Reeling
11. In the Dark Places
12. Harder
13. A Perfect Day Elise
14. The Piano
15. The Last Living Rose
16. Man Size
17. All And Everyone
18. On Battleship Hill
19. England
20. Long Snake Moan
21. Missed
22. The Dancer

ALBUMS

1 Rid of Me
2 Let England Shake
3 To Bring You My Love
4 Is This Desire?
5 Dry

Dress is a worthy winner. It's not her best song - her best song is probably on Let England Shake - but it remains the first track I'd play someone who'd never heard her before. It's kind of her I Want To Hold Your Hand.

1. rid of me
.
2. let england shake
3. dry
(these almost inseparable tbh)
.
.
4. is this desire?
.
.
5. white chalk

Songs

1. Dress
2. Missed
3. Dry
4. Horses In My Dreams
5. C'mon Billy
6. Rub 'Til It Bleeds
7. Big Exit
8. Good Fortune
9. This Mess We're In
10. The Words That Maketh Murder
11. Rid Of Me
12. Victory
13. 50ft Queenie
14. The Whores Hustle And The Hustlers Whore
15. We Float
16. This Is Love
17. Let England Shake
18. Sheela-Na-Gig
19. Meet Ze Monsta
20. The Glorious Land
21. The Wind
22. The Sky Lit Up

Albums

1. Rid Of Me
2. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
3. Dry
4. Let England Shake
5. 4-Track Demos

xps yeah dress was a mixtape go-to for me

So glad BTW for this thread and the Spin oral history piece today because it made me obliquely remember this from 1993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBtM0g-yZRU

01 Long Snake Moan
02 Rub 'Til It Bleeds
03 Man-Size
04 Rid of Me
05 Ecstasy
06 50ft Queenie
07 Sheela-Na-Gig
08 Yuri-G
09 The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore
10 Plants and Rags
11 This Wicked Tongue
12 O Stella
13 Missed
14 Water
15 The Wind
16 A Perfect Day Elise
17 To Bring You My Love
18 The River
19 We Float
20 Somebody's Down, Somebody's Name
21 The Garden
22 The Colour of the Earth

Mine!

1. This Is Love
2. Rid of Me
3. 50 Ft Queenie
4. To Bring You My Love
5. Is This Desire
6. Teclo
6. Sheela-Na-Gig
7. Kamikaze
8. Reeling
9. Highway 61 Revisited
10. Down by the Water
11. Long Snake Moan
12. Joe
13. The River
14. The Darker Days of Me & Him
15. Yuri-G
16. Big Exit
17. Meet Ze Monsta
18. Beautiful Feeling
19. As Close as This
20. Joy
21. This Glorious Land
22. The Knife
23. Dress
24. Dry
25. Happy and Bleeding

Yuri-G
Dress
Rid of Me
White Chalk
Teclo
Rub ‘til It Bleeds
Reeling
The Glorious Land
A Perfect Day Elise
Plants and Rags
Man-Size
The Wind
The Mess We’re In
Easy
Sheela-Na-Gig
Down by the Water
The Words that Maketh Murder
50 Ft. Queenie
Water
C’mon Billy
Maniac
When Under Ether

dress not even in my top half of fav songs from dry

It's the drums, cad. THE DRUMS!

yeah it's not bad but lover, sheela, plants, fountain, victory, stella are all better

nothing is better

ALBUMS

1. Is This Desire?
2. To Bring You My Love
3. Rid of Me
4. White Chalk
5. Let England Shake

TRACKS

1. Long Snake Moan
2. Angelene
3. Missed
4. A Perfect Day, Elise
5. Taut
6. Dress
7. The River
8. Grow Grow Grow
9. The Glorious Land
10. Legs
11. The Piano
12. C'mon Billy
13. Rope Bridge Crossing
14. My Beautiful Leah
15. Sheela-Na-Gig
16. The Dancer
17. The Sky Lit Up
18. Happy And Bleeding
19. Hanging In The Wire
20. Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen
21. Rub 'Til It Bleeds
22. One Line

Many thanks to Mr. NBS for running the poll. There will always be a place for it in the Desperate Kingdom of Love of my heart.

My ballot:

1. The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore
2. Missed
3. Good Fortune
4. Dry
5. Is This Desire?
6. Victory
7. You Said Something
8. Down By The Water
9. No Child Of Mine
10. Dress
11. The Sky Lit Up
12. The Last Living Rose
13. Sheela Na Gig
14. A Perfect Day Elise
15. Hook
16. 50ft Queenie
17. White Chalk
18. One Line
19. When Under Ether
20. Meet Ze Monsta
21. Stella
22. Hair

TRACKS
This is Love
The Words That Maketh Murder
Sheela-Na-Gig
You Said Something
The Life and Death of Mr. Badmouth
Down By The Water
A Perfect Day Elise
Big Exit
The Wind
C'mon Billy
The Whores Hustle and The Hustlers Whore
In The Dark Places
The Letter
A Place Called Home
On Battleship Hill
The Darker Days of Me and Him
Good Fortune
Send His Love To Me
The Devil
Angelene
Bitter Branches
Is This Desire?

ALBUMS
Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Is This Desire?
Let England Shake
To Bring You My Love
Uh Huh Her

Hmm, interesting poll. I disagree with a lot of what seems to be the consensus. Always fun to do these though. Thanks for doing the work NB+S!!

Here's my ballot:
Albums:
1) Is This Desire?
2) Let England Shake
3) White Chalk
4) Rid of Me
5) Dry

Songs:
1) Sweeter Than Anything
2) In the Dark Places
3) Black Hearted Love
4) Water
5) A Place Called Home
6) Is This Desire?
7) Civil War Correspondent
8) Missed
9) The Piano
10) Rid of Me
11) Sheela-Na-Gig
12) The River
13) Driving
14) Shame
15) Dress
16) That Was My Veil
17) The Glorious Land
18) Angelene
19) We Float
20) Plants and Rags
21) Dry
22) The Letter

Tracks:

40. Yuri-G
36. Dress
33. The Words That Maketh Murder
30. Black-Hearted Love
28. You Said Something*
26. 50 ft. Queenie
25. To Bring You My Love
24. Sheela Na Gig
23. The Letter
22. Long Snake Moan**
21. Hook
20. This Glorious Land
19. Rid of Me
18. Man-Size
17. All and Everyone
16. A Place Called Home
15. Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool
14. Angelene
13. It's You
12. Meet Ze Monsta
11. Catherine
10. Written On The Forehead***

Elpees:

10. Rid of Me
8. Let England Shake
6. Is This Desire?*
4. Stories From The City...*
2. To Bring You My Love

*Probably over-rated these
**Should have swapped out with 28.
***Would have ranked this higher, but it felt like such a good playlist closer (all those "Let it burn"s) that it stayed there.

I'll catch up eventually when not posting from phone but seriously what is there to explain abt 50 Ft Queenie?! She's 50 inches long! She's a gigantic worm! Am I understanding correctly that O My Lover was shafted?

no ways, #10!

less that's shafted, in which case y

Didn't vote, because I've never really overcome my disappointment with Bring You My Love, though I kept trying until Un Hunh. This thread has got me listening, and I shouldn't have oughta quit. Turns out I like White Chalk and Let England as much as the first two. Didn't get drawn in as they were being promoted, but I'm getting them now.

Sorry I missed this whole convo -- but iirc that was my #1. 10th pl is respectable.

yeah, good results overall. could hardly go wrong tho...

ballot:

TRAX

1. Is This Desire?
2. The Sky Lit Up
3. All And Everyone
4. Let England Shake
5. The River
6. Taut
7. Easy
8. The Darker Days Of Me & Him
9. A Perfect Day Elise
10. C'mon Billy
11. When Under Ether
12. The Glorious Land
13. Angelene
14. The Dancer
15. Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool
16. Long Snake Moan
17. The Wind
18. Dress
19. As Close As This
20. Hardly Wait
21. The Garden
22. This Wicked Tongue

ALBUMS

1. Is This Desire?
2. Let England Shake
3. To Bring You My Love
4. Dance Hall At Louse Point
5. White Chalk

"Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool" is the track I most regret not voting for.

mine would be "the slow drug"

as i've said, i really like the first two albums, but PJH as a truly interesting artist began when she went solo for me

Tracks:

1. C'mon Billy
2. 50ft Queenie
3. A Place Called Home
4. Angelene
5. Missed
6. One Line
7. Catherine
8. Good Fortune
9. White Chalk
10. I Think I'm a Mother
11. That Was My Veil
12. Dress
13. Working for the Man
14. The Piano
15. The Wind
16. Rope Bridge Crossing
17. Shame
18. To Bring You My Love
19. The Garden
20. Big Exit
21. Memphis
22. Rid of Me

Albums:

1. To Bring You My Love
2. Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
3. White Chalk
4. Is This Desire?
5. Dance Hall at Louse Point

Very much a 'how I felt on the day' ballot, my top 5 tracks could really be in any order. Also I think Stories has ended up being my favourite album again now, sorry guys!

Lex is very much my PJH soulmate.

1. The Words That Maketh Murder
2. Rid of Me
3. Written on the Forehead
4. Down by the Water
5. Angelene
6. The Sky Lit Up
7. Dress
8. All and Everyone
9. A Perfect Day Elise
10. The Desperate Kingdom of Love
11. You Said Something
12. Long Snake Moan
13. The River
14. Let England Shake
15. The Devil
16. When Under Ether
17. The Wind
18. Pocket Knife
19. Hanging in the Wire
20. White Chalk
21. The Dancer
22. Meet Ze Monsta

But I did it in a hurry without revisiting all the songs so The Dancer is way too low.

Albums:

1. Let England Shake
2. Is This Desire?
3. To Bring You My Love
4. White Chalk
5. Rid of Me

The ranking was a little bit of a chore, but somehow I picked the consensus fave.

Tracks
1 Dress
2 Victory
3 Working for the Man
4 Oh My Lover
5 The Dancer
6 Angelene
7 The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore
8 Send His Love to Me
9 The Glorious Land
10 To Bring You My Love
11 Dear Darkness
12 The Garden
13 Dry
14 Fountain
15 Joe
16 The Darker Days of Me and Him
17 The Mountain
18 Kamikaze
19 Hip Shake
20 The Letter
21 O Stella
22 In the Dark Places

Albums
1 Dry
2 To Bring You My Love
3 Let England Shake
4 White Chalk
5 Is This Desire?

I had been quietly tipping 50ft Queenie to make #1 am am overjoyed it made the top 3. First PJ Harvey record I'd ever heard (think I saw the video on MTV at the time) and at the time it felt like the most raucous thing I'd ever heard.