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Uh Huh Her
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 28 critic reviews
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Album Info
Label: Island
Release Date: 08 June 2004
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Alternative, Rock
Summary
On her seventh album, a sparser affair than her 2000 effort 'Stories From The City ,' PJ Harvey produced, mixed, and played all of the instruments herself (aside from drums, handled by Robert Ellis), with some additional production from Head.
Also By This Artist: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 White Chalk
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
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Entertainment Weekly
''Uh Huh Her'' reasserts that Harvey, now the grande dame of this genre, remains unrivaled.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times
It's a near-perfect piece of art, a level of accomplishment Harvey achieves with amazing consistency.
Read Full Review >Playlouder
Polly Harvey’s contradictory sure, but the complexities of her character and where she is right now are expressed with an honesty and intensity few artists can ever even begin to think about mustering.
Read Full Review >Neumu.net
Once you get acclimatized to the torturous messages and the dynamic, diverse musical accompaniment shifts from song to song, it becomes obvious that Uh Huh Her is one of Harvey's most rewarding albums.
Read Full Review >Tiny Mix Tapes
This album sounds in many ways like an amalgamation of her previous work.
Read Full Review >Spin
The rubbed-rawness of Uh Huh Her might seem like backpedaling. But the best tracks use the pleasure principles of Stories to update her old approach. [Jun 2004, p.101]
E! Online
Rather than coming across as an unfriendly piece of self-indulgence--which may or may not have been the intention--her latest CD is quietly captivating.
Read Full Review >ShakingThrough.net
But if Uh Huh Her doesn't rise to the level of Harvey's best work, it does possess a grim, unvarnished beauty; a beauty that, while it might repel a few of the fans she gained with Stories, capably rewards devotees of her earlier, unburnished and uncompromising works.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
PJ Harvey can still pack a resonant, emotional wallop, even when the recording is devoid of frills.
Read Full Review >Dot Music
It's truly intriguing in the way PJ albums haven't been since the commanding "To Bring You My Love" back in 1995.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
Perhaps the most nuanced album in PJ Harvey's body of work, Uh Huh Her balances her bold and vulnerable moments, but remains vital.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
Often reaches back to the unfettered rawness and earthy seduction of earlier albums like Dry. [Aug 2004, p.116]
Stylus Magazine
I hate to say it, but she might have finally overextended her ambition, resulting in an uneven, discomfiting album.
Read Full Review >Q Magazine
When Harvey stretches herself things really become interesting. [Jun 2004, p.100]
Pitchfork
If you take it as a whole, Uh Huh Her is deeply engrossing: Harvey has never explored the minimal-verging-on-primitive side of her music so thoroughly, or captured so exactly the sound of a mood swing.
Read Full Review >The New York Times
It is a short disc (41 minutes), and not an entirely satisfying one: instead of stories and characters, we get a series of gestures, a few false starts, pockets full of poses. This is an album of shards, then. But they're sharp. [7 June 2004]
Read Full Review >Uncut
It's hard to deny the emotional weight and beauty of Polly's personal, if comparatively uncommercial, sixth album. [Jul 2004, p.108]
Under The Radar
The single-mindedness with which she approaches these songs is ultimately responsible for much of the album's distinctive flavor. [#7]
Mojo
At times, it's almost too tasteful a refinement of her work.... Yet there are some fabulous moments from both sides of Harvey's brain. [Jun 2004, p.100]
Austin Chronicle
Uh Huh Her is a lesson in contentment, anger, disappointment, independence – seductive psychosis.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club)
Her varied approach yields varied results: Sometimes the disc sounds like a mature summing up of previous work; at other times, it sounds like a closet-cleaning.
Read Full Review >Blender
For an album almost four years in the making, it's frustratingly half-finished, like a series of preliminary sketches. [#27, p.142]
No Ripcord
Both pared down and unengaging at the same time, this appears to be a dead end.
Read Full Review >The Guardian
While nowhere near as unlistenable as Is This Desire?, Uh Huh Her is one of Harvey's bleaker efforts.
Read Full Review >New York Magazine
Uh Huh Herb is a disappointment, the tepid, not-quite-there record that many artists seem to make after hitting a career peak.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 8.8 (out of 10) based on 28 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Sether b gave it a7:
A couple of songs kick ass, but it's not my fave. I like the way it was produced - it kind of reminds me of U2's Discoteque. Most people wouldn't consider that a compliment, I know. But hell, you can't argue taste. PJ is, and always will be, at the top of my "10 Women, Who If I Have The Chance, I Have Prior Permission From My Girlfriend To Have Any Manner Of Sexual Intercourse With And Not Get In Any Trouble At All" list. This album has plenty of good moments to reccommend it. My biggest complaint is how long it took to make. She needs to hurry the hell up with the next one, dammit!
vande y gave it a10:
this is amazing, so pure, so untouched, so honest. it is hard to describe.it is like even pj only sings and or play only one instrument, it can be enough. she again showes that, the number of instruments are not important but whether music is clever, emotional, honest. in desperate kingdom of love she just reach perfection in vocal style. she is so confident and relaxed as a musician and funny also ! it is different from everything you hear, pure original.
Matt T gave it a10:
This album, on the depressed edge, is poignant, conveys a feeling of hunger and want and, sometimes pain. It's really beautiful and completely connects with me. I burned my own version and left out "Shame," "Who the..." "No Child of Mine" and "Cat on the Wall" It's still long enough and grabs me completely
wang l gave it a10:
great mate!
Michael B gave it a 9:
Like much of her work, it takes repeated listenings and an effort to absorb the lyrics, to become attached to Peeg's art. A sparser production for sure, but still a strong amalgam of pure and raw rock.
s macgregor gave it a 5:
A mediocre album from peej. She has tried to go back to the style of the first two albums but its just not convincing this time. Nothing like as good as her best (Dry, rid ofme, to bring you my love, stories...) but probably better than the similarly half-baked "Is this Desire?"
Ze tinga gave it a 10:
A lovely record, every song is completely different from the others and it has the spectacular "It's you" :) God Bless PJ
