54. PJ Harvey - White Chalk (2007)
In her heyday, Polly Harvey was my dream woman. In many ways she still is. She is an artist in every sense of the word and on 'White Chalk' she adopts a haunted, withdrawn, Sylvia Plaith-esque approach. The Phoenix review dubbed this "chamber music" and I think that's a fair genreization for this outing as the music is magnetic and lingering, intense and chilling. It fits together seamlessly and while 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea' takes the popular vote as her best work of recent years, I view 'White Chalk' as a total departure from anything she'd previously done which is more of a symbolic triumph than Mercury Music accolades and the rock-and-roll-chick limelight she'd previously revelled in.
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