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PJ HarveyAudio CD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)

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Product Details

  • Audio CD (June 10, 1997)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Island
  • ASIN: B000001F0H
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,665 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Dry is the cornerstone of the 1990s "women in rock" movement. To paraphrase what Lou Reed said about the Velvet Underground: Not many people bought the album, but those who did formed a band. The attraction is unmistakable: bluesy riffs played with punk-rock energy suddenly crash to a hush, while Harvey's desperate wails become fatigued moans. What is she so hung up about? Well, in the spirit of the Stones, love and hope and dirty dreams and sex and sex and sex. Through the raucous "Oh My Lover" and "Joe," Harvey airs her laundry quite loudly but never loses her wit, as "Sheela-Na-Gig," which features the mantra "I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair / I'm gonna take my hips to a man who cares," attest. --Bill Crandall

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Great lyrics, great song. B  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
DRY was PJ HARVEY's debut and in my humble opinion, one of the best debut albums from any artist, ever. catherine debarra  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
PJ Harvey's debut album is raw, quiet, and gutsy. ADRIENNE MILLER  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceeds the 5 star rating! December 29, 2006
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I bought this cassette when it came out in 1992. I had long ago worn out the cassette. I just recently purchased the CD's to all her music, man I have missed it.

PJ Harvey is a powerful singer, song writer and musician. This CD is not for someone expecting happy, sappy love songs or a tame beat.

She exudes a raw, feminine, tough, and sometime comical outlook in her songs. She holds nothing back.

Each song is an experience.

Oh My Lover: she sings to her lover "You can love her and you can love me at the same time, much to discover." Not only is this song sexual, it's also pretty emotional to me. She asks him to "take at your leisure, take whatever you can find." Then she almost pleads with him to say her name and offers to take on his troubles. To me this song always represented a woman willing to go to the extreme to please her man, to keep him.

Dress: this is a really fast, upbeat song. But the lyrics are kind of sad. She's lonely and gets all dressed up and tries to get male attention. It reminds me of all the uncomfortable stuff we do trying to attract the opposite sex. At the end of the song, she's still alone.

Happy and Bleeding: I always took this song to be a celebration of a woman's amazing body and its capabilities. Whether or not that is the correct interpretation, I have no idea. "...fruit flower myself inside out, I'm happy and bleeding for you."

Sheela-Na-Gig: if you have never seen a Sheela-Na-Gig, you need to look one up in order to fully appreciate this song. This is one of the songs I feel she takes a more 'comical' approach. She is showing off her child bearing hips and other assorted 'assets' while her 'partner' is accusing her of exhibitionism. All the while she professes to find a new man. At one point he asks her to clean her "dirty pillows" because he doesn't want to be unclean.

Fountain: I always thought this song was beautiful. She starts it off by standing under a fountain and washing away a man. Then another man comes and saves her, only to leave her like the other one did. The beat starts off slow and then builds.

That's just a few of the songs on this CD and each one is remarkable in its own right. I will never tire of this CD, its music or its lyrics. PJ Harvey is in a class by herself.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars stunning album June 17, 2002
By Nick
Format:Audio CD
and only the debut. PJ Harvey has to be one of the roughest, toughest rock/punk artists out there right now, and this album shows. Although her raw punk is more masterfully displayed on her next album, "rid of me", this CD takes awhile to grow on you and to sink in, but when it does it hits hard. This album lives up to all expectations i had for it. I own all of PJ's CD's, and this album comes in 2nd, behind the eclectic roller coaster of emotions, "to bring you my love". My favorites off this album are O Stella, Happy and Bleeding, Sheela-Na-Gig, and Water. But all of the songs are great and this album is filler-free. I dont know which songs were songs played on the radio or just album tracks, but that should tell you something, that all the songs are of that quality. the album creates a raw, indie, upbeat, dark, punk atmosphere you dont hear that much. So in conclusion, if you think Alanis Morrisette is on the edge, you ahvent heard anything yet.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Kickin' the motorcart into high gear March 24, 1999
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Put your lipstick on and light a candle, this album is ready to take you for the ride of your life. Few bands or artists were able to kick off the "grunge" or "alternative" scene, but P J did just that. There's not a thing not to like about "Dry". The album starts out with the song "Oh My Lover" which pretty much tells you where her head is at, at the moment. If you can be a fan of PJ without having heard this cd first then you are a true fan. This album is like no other, with it's fast guitar slamming and despairing crackling of her voice (not to mention the cello) she trips this album like she's on the highway out. The album first takes you on with it's "bisexuality" theme with songs like "O Stella" and "Victory", and then gives you an eerie delightment with songs such as "Plants and Rags" and "Happy and Bleeding". But no album of her's would be complete without a nightmare to keep you thinking and "Fountain" does just that. This debut album of her's goes to show you she is not rythmically fallible and will get you going. In just 12 songs PJ signs her name in what will never be forgotten "a musical milestone".
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4.0 out of 5 stars You leave me dry.....
PJ's early albums. Classic. She's brutal with her lyrics and raw energy. Must have if you're a PJ fan. Read more
Published on September 28, 2010 by Dream Of Diamonds
5.0 out of 5 stars More Than A Masterpiece. Huge.
DRY transcends all genres. It is the perfect marriage of wit and raw passion. It's poly-rhythmic, brutal, literate, raw, brilliant, honest, artful, mythic, original, relentless,... Read more
Published on February 15, 2010 by Matthew C. Curtis
5.0 out of 5 stars she rocks!
It's a very nice album. One of best from PJ.
It really rocks you.
Published on September 8, 2009 by Roger A. Pinto
4.0 out of 5 stars PJ Harvey - Dry
Overall, this is my favorite PJ Harvey album. It's not her best (that would be either the rather dark "To Bring You My Love" or the generally innocuous "Stories From The... Read more
Published on November 25, 2008 by tautietis
2.0 out of 5 stars Not Very Good...
I really wanted to like this album. I really did, I'd heard about how great this album was supposed to be, I had bought Rid of Me and Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea... Read more
Published on November 8, 2007 by J. Albright
5.0 out of 5 stars PJ Harvey's "Dry"
This is an amazing record. PJ is my favorite female vocalist. Every word and every note that comes out of her mouth is so sincere. Read more
Published on August 13, 2007 by Carrie Hodge
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best debut albums, ever!
DRY was PJ HARVEY's debut and in my humble opinion, one of the best debut albums from any artist, ever. Words cannot explain what an amazing album this really is. Read more
Published on May 18, 2006 by catherine debarra
5.0 out of 5 stars "Gonna take my hips to a man who cares..."
PJ Harvey's debut album is raw, quiet, and gutsy. I guess you would call this an indie album, very subtle and low-key in production quality. Read more
Published on May 3, 2006 by ADRIENNE MILLER
5.0 out of 5 stars A True Musical Genius Emerges With This Irresistable Album
"Dry" is P.J. Harvey's debut album, released in 1992 it was a critical success while it did modest on the commercial side of things. Read more
Published on January 29, 2006 by Hiloani Kialeta
4.0 out of 5 stars A very good album
Hey, to the shmuck who said "this is what happens when your sister listens to too much Nirvana" -- check the date, man. Read more
Published on December 14, 2005 by Matthew M. Miller
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