34. PJ HARVEY - LET ENGLAND SHAKEWhen a career has spanned so many turns in direction and included so much quality song-writing, it's safe to assume that you can trust Polly Jane Harvey to produce the goods.
This assumption proves to be the case, though yet again it's in unexpected fashion. This LP has a first world war tint to it, felt through British eyes and this thread continues right through; there's no let-up!
Despite its thematic consistency, musically it feels like it's stitched up all over the place, and this disjointed feel is like a re-patched pair of jeans; different fabrics sewn together to create killer threads. We have absurd lyrics "I'm gonna take my problems to the United Nations!" and styles that shift from her rock & roll imprint to folk to blues to even dub. Love-a-dub-dub. Thematic, erratic, ecstatic - only Polly!
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