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Dry was shockingly frank in its subject and sound, as PJ Harvey delivered post-feminist manifestos with a punkish force. PJ Harvey's second album, Rid of Me, finds the trio, and Harvey in particular, pushing themselves to extremes. This is partially due to producer Steve Albini, who gives the album a bloodless, abrasive edge with his exacting production; each dynamic is pushed to the limit, leaving absolutely no subtleties in the music. Harvey's songs, in decided contrast to Albini's approach, are filled with gray areas and uncertainties, and are considerably more personal than those on Dry. Furthermore, they are lyrically and melodically superior to the songs on the debut, but their merits are obscured by Albini's black-and-white production, which is polarizing. It may be the aural embodiment of the tortured lyrics, and therefore a supremely effective piece of performance art, but it also makes Rid of Me a difficult record to meet halfway. But anyone willing to accept its sonic extremities will find Rid of Me to be a record of unusual power and purpose, one with few peers in its unsettling emotional honesty.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - Head, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - ROBERT ELLIS, Arranger, String Arranger, Drums, Percussion, Recording Engineer, Background Vocalist, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, Recording Engineer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Brendan Ashe, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
STEVE Albini, Producer - ROBERT ELLIS, Drums, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - John Loder, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - PJ Harvey, Cello, Guitar, Organ, Violin, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Vaughan, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1993 Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Album review
Dry was shockingly frank in its subject and sound, as PJ Harvey delivered post-feminist manifestos with a punkish force. PJ Harvey's second album, Rid of Me, finds the trio, and Harvey in particular, pushing themselves to extremes. This is partially due to producer Steve Albini, who gives the album a bloodless, abrasive edge with his exacting production; each dynamic is pushed to the limit, leaving absolutely no subtleties in the music. Harvey's songs, in decided contrast to Albini's approach, are filled with gray areas and uncertainties, and are considerably more personal than those on Dry. Furthermore, they are lyrically and melodically superior to the songs on the debut, but their merits are obscured by Albini's black-and-white production, which is polarizing. It may be the aural embodiment of the tortured lyrics, and therefore a supremely effective piece of performance art, but it also makes Rid of Me a difficult record to meet halfway. But anyone willing to accept its sonic extremities will find Rid of Me to be a record of unusual power and purpose, one with few peers in its unsettling emotional honesty.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:02
- Main artists: PJ Harvey
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1993 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited ℗ 1993 Island Records, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited
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