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Universal acclaim- based on 215 Ratings
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Positive: 200 out of 215
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Mixed: 8 out of 215
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Negative: 7 out of 215
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Feb 15, 2011A solid album, though I don't understand all of the hype. NME seems to have an arbitrary ratings machine doing all of its work for them. PJ Harvey's "Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea" remains her best.
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Feb 17, 2011
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May 4, 2011Truly, and absolutely magnificent! I'll be honest...Prior to "Let England Shake," I never listened to PJ Harvey. (thank you NPR for 'first listen') I feel sorta phony and maybe I wouldn't have liked "Let England Shake," as much, if I gave any attention to her previous albums, but this is one of the year's best.
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May 13, 2011This is the best album I have heard in 2011, and I don't know that I will hear one to top this the rest of the year. Thematically Harvey does a fantastic job in her lyrics, and the music that supports it is just as haunting. This is an album that improves with each listen. I also like how she brought English folk back in a modern way. A very good record!
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Mar 21, 2011
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Feb 20, 2011
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Nov 17, 2012PJ Harvey
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Feb 17, 2011
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Mar 1, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Mar 9, 2011There's no sense of pride in Harvey's words and music; just a chilling reminder that judgement by spilling blood is never the answer. Her raw honesty for the beloved homeland is passionate beyond bounds and for that reason extremely effective in delivering her greatest recording. http://hackskeptic.com
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Oct 15, 2011PJ Harvey's "Let England Shake" is one of best albums of 2011, and may just be the best of her entire career. She ignites the punk formula with something genuine and raw, which is something rare concerning that particular genre and mood in the 21st century. Few rock artists can compete with what she's doing here. Terrific.
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Mar 2, 2011im sorry im a fan of THAT record, not of miss Harvey, which by the way i hated most of her afore creations. So just like i said, i am truly sorry, im a fan of THAT record and have to leave a 10 mark behind me... :)
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Feb 17, 2011
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Feb 15, 2011A truly exceptional and visionary work that combines unique storytelling with a distinctly English folk sound. Harvey here is really shining, bringing new light to ground that has been tread so often, and yet it feels like she owns this. Harvey has made the greatest contemporary war album sinceâ
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Feb 15, 2011What can I say. I'm biased about my favourites, just like the rest of us. You wont know if you don't listen. Fantastic use of the past and present, looking for a better future. Check it out.
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Feb 16, 2011I was a bit dissapointed with White Chalk but this is brrrrrrrrrrilliant, best album since stories from the city. The words that maketh murder and england(sounds bit like radiohead at points) standout.
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Feb 16, 2011
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Feb 16, 2011
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Feb 18, 2011Great album, has many wonderful moments. Definitely not her best work, if critics score it a 10 then I will score Stories from the City 14/10. Let England Shake is still a very good album though.
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Feb 19, 2011It's not just solid. It's great. It's incredible. I have never heard anything like let england shake. I love pj harvey, i know she's great, but I've never expected this from her. Thank you, polly jean.
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Feb 19, 2011This may sound like an overstatement, but this album is one of those that restore your faith in human creativitiy. What an amazingly solid, beautiful, happy, and sad album. Reminds us that we're all in the human condition. Sounds like nothing I've ever heard. This album simply FEELS important.
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Mar 3, 2011
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Feb 22, 2011She proves it again and again that you can be creative and relevant without the need of starting all over again, from scratch and without necessarily breaking all musical conventions, but by just doing what you do the best and adding on top of it a little by little as you go along. No nonsense, indeed, with PJ Harvey. Radiohead, take a note!
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Mar 1, 2011Wow: Just about every song on this album is great...and I didn't think I ever liked PJ before: Now I love her and I'm going to scramble for tickets and grab all of her old albums! Not sure how to better put it than that.
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Mar 3, 2011Maybe not a perfect 10, but so damn close. I was introduced to PJ mainly though her collaborations with Nick Cave. But now that I have all of her albums (except the Parrish ones), this may well be my favorite or nearly so. Probably the most consitent album since Dry.
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Mar 8, 2011Maybe a bit overrated.. but it originality deserves recognition. Outstanding track in my mind is "The Words That Maketh Murder". Not the most accessible album in the world and a little repetitious in spots. But, the rich sonic pallet makes up for a lot.
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Mar 9, 2011
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Mar 15, 2011
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Mar 24, 2011This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Apr 4, 2011A great Folk album nowadays... it's actually pretty hard to find, but when you look on PJ Harvey, it's just guaranteed. This album's soul and passion simply rocks, musical and lyrical perfection
Awards & Rankings
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May 6, 2011Creating a suite of well-turned if unnecessarily understated antiwar songs, she's a gifted, strong-willed minor artist bent on shaking England in particular.
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The WireApr 28, 2011It feels crudely stitched together. [Mar 2011, p.49]
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MojoApr 6, 2011Of all her many guises [...] this may be her most powerful. [Feb. 2011, p. 94]