P.J. Harvey

ICE QUEEN: Polly Jean Harvey
BAND: Solo Artist
ORIGIN: Somerset, England
GENRE: Alternative Rock
ACCOMPLICES: Rob Ellis and Steve Vaughn until 1993
DISCOGRAPHY: "Dry" (1992), "Rid of Me" (1993), "To Bring You My Love" (1995), "Dance Hall at Louse Point" (1996), "Is This Desire?" (1998), "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea" (2000), "Uh Huh Her" (2004), "The Peel Sessions 1991-2004" (2006), "White Chalk" (2007)
INFLUENCES: John Lee Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson, Jimi Hendrix, Captain Beefheart, Soft Cell, Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, Pixies, Television, Slint, Patti Smith, Ennio Morricone, Arvo Pärt, Samuel Barber and Henryk Górecki.

IMHO: I have always been a little bit skeptical with P.J. Harvey. During my college years, my classmates kept praising how good she was after her first three albums, and I scratched my head, listened to them over and over, and nothing. Maybe I didn't have the special gene to like her. But then "SFTC, SFTS" album came out in 2000 and I really loved it. And after that, with the following albums, I went back to scratching my head. Long story short. Maybe we're not compatible. I'm open to suggestions.

FAVORITE SONG: "The Dancer", and the whole "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea" album
FAVORITE ALBUM: "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea"

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