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Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea - PJ Harvey
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Metascore
88 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 36 Ratings

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  • Summary: PJ Harvey's fifth, and possibly best, album sees her venturing away from the electronic experimentation of 1998's 'Is This Desire?' and returning to the purer rock sound prevalent on her early releases. Radiohead's Thom Yorke guests on the duet "This Mess We're In." Winner of the 2001 Mercury Music Prize.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. Village Voice (Consumer Guide)
    100
    If Nirvana and Robert Johnson are rock's essence for you, so's To Bring You My Love. But if you believe the Beatles and George Clinton had more to say in the end, this could be the first PJ album you adore as well as admire.
  2. Ink Blot Magazine
    100
    Chiming, richly textured and potently rhythmic, this is starkly, explicitly rock n' roll, and the back-to-basics approach beautifully frames Polly's tales of fear, love, sex, sadness, ugliness, and beauty.
  3. Pitchfork
    55
    On her fifth solo release, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, she may be maturing, or more vulnerable, or more vulnerable to her maturity. But regardless, the sheen gets slicker and her music gets duller as the time passes.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. AlbertoM
    10
    Another demolishing excuse to love PJ Harvey...
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. JamesB.
    10
    Amazing! There's something new at every listen... can't say that about many CD's or artists. One for the ages!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ofan
    10
    just like a script for a movie, great story in it
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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