Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter Active: 90's, 2000's Born: October 9, 1969 in Yeovil, England
The Birthday Party, Patti Smith, Helium, Kristin Hersh, Garbage, Cat Power, Goya Dress, Julieta Venegas, Michael J. Sheehy, The Kills, Rachel Taylor Brown, Mick Harvey, American Music Club, The Breeders, Nirvana, Scrawl, Throwing Muses, Lisa Germano, Tori Amos
Atlantis Black, Annette Ducharme, Alina Simone, Dirty Martini, Bat for Lashes, Beangrowers, The Kills, Denali, Elefantes, Randi Russo, Bandit Queen, Amy Millan, Salt, Angelica, KT Tunstall, Des Ark, Tracy Bonham, Lion Fever, Carina Round
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During the early-'90s alternative rock explosion, several female singer/songwriters rose to prominence, but few were as distinctive or as widely praised as Polly Jean Harvey. Over the course of three albums, Harvey established herself as one of the most individual and influential songwriters of the '90s, exploring themes of sex, love, and religion with unnerving honesty, dark humor, and a twisted theatricality. At the outset of her career, she led the trio PJ Harvey, who delivered her stark songs with bruisingly powerful, punkish abandon, as typified by her 1992 debut, Dry. Following the noisy, uncompromising follow-up, Rid of Me, the trio fell apart, and PJ Harvey became the sole property of Polly Harvey.
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Release: September 21, 2007
Label: Island, Control Group / TCG
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Release: September 17, 2007
Label: Universal/Island
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