it was dull, and browny-red, Remedies Let England Shake evokes the troubled spirit of 2010, but it also casts its mind back to times and places from our long collective memory. At once nothing like PJ Harvey’s many other albums, but created with a kind of wit and willingness to explore humanity’s darkest hours, Let England Shake is an album that only she could have made. Passed through the damned mountains, About “Let England Shake” The opening track to the highly acclaimed album. What is remarkable about Let England Shake is bound up with its music, its abiding atmosphere and in particular, its words. Not by iron ploughs – for everything. He turned to me, the big guns firing. and in the sounds A. I cannot go on as I am. PJ Harvey's new album finds her at something of a creative peak. "Let England Shake". Strumming. Genre: Rock, Pop. As is her … in a sad circus 255 Aufrufe. with white hands. and splash about, swim back & forth Its fruit is deformed children. The song sets the tone for the rest of the album, a sad, melancholic set of songs about England, her homeland. Death was everywhere, I live and die PJ Harvey - Let England Shake » PJ Harvey And John Parish Interviewed » PJ Harvey & John Parish - A Woman A Man Walked By » PJ Harvey's Let England Shake: Track-By-Track Review » PJ Harvey Wins Second Mercury Prize » MORE FROM BEN HEWITT. ... Uncut magazine noted that much like her previous album Let England Shake, many of the lyrics were politically charged, but this time it was more globally focused. Hold up the clear glass and look through; through England. Flood was confirmed to be the … over no-man’s-land, soldiers standing in formation, soldiers fell like lumps of meat, As much of a piece as this record is, its songs also work in their own contexts, and despite using a limited number of players and instruments, Harvey and co. locate a wide range of approaches to their central subject; alongside the singles, those include the rousing folk-rock of "Bitter Branches", the delicate "Hanging in the Wire", and the acoustic "England". PJ Harvey. Facebook; Twitter; YouTube; Spotify; Instagram; Newsletter; Official merchandise to mark the vinyl reissues – pre-order. Harvey’s voice is the focal point of Let England Shake, although its timbre sharply contrasts with the shredded wailing that made her harsher ‘90s records so celebrated. I fear it cannot be explained. flies swarming everyone, Let England Shake was written over a ​2 ⁄2-year period, and recorded in five weeks at a church in Dorset during April and May 2010. The title-track sets out the record's stall as entrenched in a deliberate, poetic mode that takes the … 1. PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake was recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset, on a clifftop overlooking the sea. D Gm Am I fear our blood won't rise again Em rise again Em England's dancing days are done. Gordon Brown was on the same program and viewers were taken aback to see Harvey singing, "The West's asleep/Let England Shake" in front of Britain's then Prime Minister. Personal life. a hateful feeling still lingers, even now, 80 years later. "The dark, slightly hysterical lilt of the melody made me think of a fairground … the words that maketh murder. The Great War remains a rich and resonant subject for art because it briefly caused the world to step back, aghast and afraid to look at what it had done. & on the graveyards, and dead sea-captains.” Guitar Ukulele Piano new. On the whole, she carries distant echoes of her peers and successors-- Joanna Newsom, Björk, Kate Bush-- while remaining clearly and identifiably herself. James Walker’s in the mist rising News; Music; Song Lyrics; Photos; Poetry; Film; Other Works; Biog; Playlists; Store; Social Media Profiles. Soldiers, standing in a line, Death’s anchorage. All She Ever Looked For: Kate Bush’s Never For Ever, 40 Years On » Porridge Radio - Every Bad » Crack Actor: PJ Harvey’s To … 12 tracks (40:08). The Orange Monkey. PJ Harvey - New Album, Out Now. a Corporal, who’s nerves were shot ADVERTISEMENT. is all, to which I cling. Rarely, indeed, does pop music manage … Let England shake, fog rolling down behind the mountains, and laugh out loud. They'll all get a chance, so to speak: Harvey commissioned war photographer Seamus Murphy to craft videos for each of the record's dozen tracks. Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock. By way of an introduction, there is the title song: “The West’s asleep. and some of us did not. and suitcase on the sidewalk. On Let England Shake, Harvey is not often upfront or forceful; her lyrics, though, are as disturbing as ever. A bank of red earth, dripping down coming from an unearthly place, as strings of cutters, 2011 Preview Editors' Notes For her 11th album, PJ Harvey steps away from the strident agit-folk that made her name in the ‘90s, writing instead a subtle and hauntingly beautiful record that is simultaneously a meditation on the brutality and futility of the First World War and a nostalgic paean to her home country. walked the fields and put up crosses, The words that maketh murder. hastily sold for nothing. Listen free to PJ Harvey – Let England Shake (Let England Shake, The Last Living Rose and more). England 3.11 8. in the dark places 2.59 9. bitter brunches 2.2910. hanging in the wire 2.4211. written on the forehead 3.4012. the colour of the earth 2.33 Live Music Venue +44 1843 591815. and I never saw him again. Let England Shake PJ Harvey. 1 of 18. coming off the mounds Walker sees the mist rise Let England Shake leaves behind the haunted psycho-geography of Harvey's native Dorset, rendered so exquisitely on her last album, White Chalk, and deploys her … Work on it began around the time of White Chalk's release in 2007, though it is a departure from the piano-driven … Plus: it's got tunes 'Muted, misty and ­ambiguous' … PJ Harvey. Let England Shake Drums, Trombone, Xylophone, Mellotron, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – John Parish Piano, Bass Harmonica – Mick Harvey Vocals, Autoharp, Saxophone – PJ Harvey: A2: The Last Living Rose Drums, Guitar, Trombone, Vocals – John Parish Drums, Organ, Vocals – Mick Harvey Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone – PJ Harvey: A3: The Glorious Land through 10,000 tonnes of sewage, We got up early, washed our faces, Let England Shake. On "The Words That Maketh Murder", Harvey blackly and comically shakes her head at those post-WWI diplomatic hopes. Walker’s in the wire, Even a cursory glance at the album-- its title, song titles, lyrics-- marks this as a very English record. amongst the scattered rubbish 1 of 23. If you didn't listen to the words, the record would scan as beautiful, even docile or tame. Let England Shake is the eighth studio album by PJ Harvey. Hosted by Ramsgate Music Hall and Thedanceuk. But always trying to come from the human point of view, because I don’t feel qualified to sing from a political standpoint… I sing as a human being affected by the politics, and that for me is a more successful way … because I so often feel that with a lot of protest music, I’m being preached to, and I don’t want that.”. and in the sounds Undaunted, over a no-man’s-land. On Battleship Hill I hear the wind, It's a hilariously depressing coda; her song's character has experienced the unimaginable and is looking to an international peacekeeping body for help. and tangerine trees, Invite. Dismayed by the direction of politics in her British homeland and around the world, she set to writing lyrics—fever-dreamish poems that used brutal imagery and borrowed lines from older music—that worked … This is the first single and title track from English alternative rock singer-songwriter PJ Harvey's eighth studio album. beside a trench of burning oil. 3. Later in the dark That it's also a joy to hear is perhaps the most confounding juxtaposition of all, turning a record you'll respect into one you'll also love*.*. Let England shake, Em weighted down with silent dead. It brims with the mystery and magnetism in which she excels. pin. How is our glorious land bestowed? and tried to swim away 3fr. Year: 2011. of Bolton’s Ridge. People throwing dinars and tangerine trees, not within my reach. Add Review. Let me walk through the stinking alleys Let England shake, weighted down with silent dead. calling for his mother then me, longing to see a woman’s face but I couldn’t get to him. Difficulty: novice. 2. England’s dancing days are done. Not with wheat and corn – Instead of owning the spotlight outright, as she did in the 90s, she floats above and beside it; it's a neat trick that forces listeners to crawl closer to her words, allowing them to slowly come into focus. cracked like teeth in a rotten mouth. Death hung in the smoke and clung and eyes were crying never were, Album Let England Shake. Produced by Flood, Mick Harvey, John Parish & 1 more. View interactive tab. I live and die Gm. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - Demos — Das Album von PJ Harvey ab dem 26. PJ Harvey Lyrics. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - review. fog rolling down behind the mountains London, Greater London, United Kingdom. spreading into the white world. The colour of blood I’d say. Born. reaching from instead of the words that gather pace, the damp earth underneath, Culturally, the result was modernism, dadaism, and surrealism continuing to overtake the giddiness of la belle époque; geopolitically, it redrew European borders, creating roughly a dozen new nations; diplomatically, the League of Nations, a precursor to the United Nations, was meant to prevent war, at least on this scale, from ever happening again. Harvey's poetry has never been better, and her strange musical sensibilities have never served her lyrics better. The album they make up is not a work of protest, nor of strait-laced social or political comment. (Three of them have already been released: "Let England Shake", "The Words That Maketh Murder", and "The Last Living Rose".) Harvey forces you to locate the real world behind a pleasantly hazy foreground. our land is ploughed by tanks and feet marching. I fear our blood won't rise again. While recording she was shown to be using saxophones, an autoharp and a bouzouki. Either way, the explicit sentiment is likely to seem a bit distant for … After spinning tales lamenting what a soldier has seen and done, she and her cohorts-- frequent collaborators John Parish and Mick Harvey-- break into the jaunty closing refrain from "Summertime Blues": "What if I take my problems to the United Nations?" 2011 Preview Editors' Notes For her 11th album, PJ Harvey steps away from the strident agit-folk that made her name in the ‘90s, writing instead a subtle and hauntingly beautiful record that is simultaneously a meditation on the brutality and futility of the First World War and a nostalgic paean to her home country. of this world. by the generator, as we advanced into the sun PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ‎ (12xFile, AAC, Album) Island Records: none: UK: 2011: 2753189: PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ‎ (CD, Album, Promo, Dig) Island Records: 2753189: Thailand: 2011: Sell This Version: Recommendations Reviews Add Review. Streamen und Downloaden. remedies, dropped into the sea and lay around us. It rattled the bones of the Light Horsemen the damp earth underneath, How is our glorious country sown? There are no trees to sing from. One of the songs here is simply called England, and makes the point explicit: “I live and die/through England./It leaves/sadness./It leaves a taste,/a bitter one.”. and not one man has, Leaving California (PJ Harvey & John Parish) Legs Let England Shake Liverpool Tide Long Snake Moan Losing Ground Lost Fun Zone (John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey) Love Too Soon (Pascal Comelade avec PJ Harvey) Lying In The Sun Man-Size Man-Size Sextet M-Bike Medicinals Meet Ze Monsta Me-Jane Memphis Missed My Beautiful Leah: Naked Cousin Near The Memorials … Though Harvey clearly situates LET ENGLAND SHAKE in the context of British history and culture, and it will certainly speak to a British listener in a way that others might not totally understand, the theme is obviously universal, and unfortunately timeless as well. Let England Shake is the eighth studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician PJ Harvey, released on 14 February 2011 by Island Records. The scent of Thyme carried on the wind. It leaves sadness. 255 Aufrufe. Do you hear the guns beginning? Such are the bare facts. Along with "The Words That Maketh Murder", the bouncing title track, the radio rock of "The Last Living Rose", and "Written on the Forehead" would all make excellent singles. to 400 acres of useless beachfront. Am. 1. let England shake 3.09 2. the last living rose 2.21 3. the glorious land 3.34 4. the words that maketh murder 3.45 5. all and everyone 5.39 6. on the battleship hill 4.07 7. the sky move, the ocean shimmer, But if you've paid attention to her in the years since, the one thing you can expect is that she won't repeat herself. 4. Hide Map. holding their rifles high. Let me watch night fall on the river, Harvey told Andrew Marr this song is an example of Let England Shake where she "was looking outwards a lot more." to the music of drunken beatings, Let England Shake. Currently. That early work is still among the most raw and real guitar music to emerge from the past few decades, so no surprise, it's a version of PJ Harvey a lot of people still miss. Another day, Bobby, for you to … The West’s asleep. Here, she paints vivid portraits of war, and her sharp focus on the up-close, hand-to-hand devastation of World War I-- depicting "soldiers falling like lumps of meat"-- provides a fitting setting for today's battlegrounds. Let England Shake is an album that only the Polly Harvey of today could have written. “I think a lot of my work has often been about the interior, the emotional, what happens inside oneself. Unsurprisingly, then, Let England Shake is vastly different to its predecessor. Let England shake, weighted down with silent dead. and the grey, damp filthiness of ages, But her lyric-writing in particular has arrived at a new, breathtaking place, in which the human aspects of history are pushed to the foreground. In some ways it’s a love letter to her home country, in others a disturbing reminder of one of Europe’s most tragic eras. death lingering, stunk Let England Shake is a thoughtfully conceived, deftly executed cycle of rock songs. date palms, orange and by the shores of lovely lakes The West's asleep. and the insects are courting in the bushes, The lyrics hint at England’s post-imperial delusions, and yet another hapless soldier marching off to the front – themes that recur in The Words That Maketh Murder, All And Everyone, and Hanging In The Wire. If it doesn't resonate as much in America as it does in Europe-- and it doesn't-- that's more our fortune than our shame. Let England Shake chords by PJ Harvey. 2753189; CD). Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea - Demos — Das Album von PJ Harvey ab dem 26. I fear our blood won’t rise again. that nature has won again. Pitchfork is the most trusted voice in music. Cardiff_Giant July 25, 2018 Report; edited 7 months ago. PJ Harvey. in the air fixing its eyes on everyone. This was something else again. More more on this story. Februar 2021. as we, advancing in the sun PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - review. PJ Harvey Let England Shake John Doran , February 11th, 2011 06:42. Plus: it's got tunes 'Muted, misty and ­ambiguous' … PJ Harvey… then surveyed the scene, 1 of 17. Death was in the staring sun, There are no birds singing It was created with a cast of musicians including such long-standing allies as Flood, John Parish, and Mick Harvey. He cannot hear the wind. PJ Harvey. Let England … at the belly-dancers, Let England Shake, an Album by PJ Harvey. Louis was my dearest friend She added: "I think a lot of my work has often been about the interior, the emotional, what happens inside oneself. and in in the dark places. Nothing more than a pile of bones, Such are the bare facts. Let England Shake is a thoughtfully conceived, deftly executed cycle of rock songs. The rest of the world gasped as well: WWI hastened the Russian Revolution, coaxed the U.S. into isolationism and a flirtation with pacifism, and set the tone for a shunned Germany to embrace the Third Reich. Their arms as bitter branches 1 contributor total, last edit on Jul 19, 2019. I have searched for your springs, PJ Harvey - New Album, Out Now. 3. PJ Harvey . Goddam’ Europeans! He sees in front of him Addressing the tragedy of the Iraq conquest through an English prism, these songs gives parallax views of both America and the middle east. 1. The lyrics return, time and again, to the matter of war, the fate of the people who must do the fighting, and events separated by whole ages, from Afghanistan to Gallipoli. Some dove in the river Its pastoralism befits Harvey's West Country background and recording setting (as well as the fields in Europe in which most of WWI was fought, and where most of the dead are now laid to rest). It's no coincidence that ‘The Words That Maketh Murder’ from Polly Harvey’s latest album Let England Shake, opens with the lines: “I’ve seen and done things that I want to forget/ I’ve seen soldiers fall like lumps of meat/ Blown and shot out beyond belief/ Arms and legs were in the trees.” This superior statement of protest is, weirdly, part ‘Surfin’ Bird’, part English folk song, … But it's less about the experience of one nation with war, so much as one people. 3. She previewed the song earlier in 2010 on BBC's Andrew Marr Show. Next Week. D. 2. 1. Member of. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ‎ (CD, Album, RE) Island Records: 2763025: Europe: Unknown: Sell This Version: VR651: PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ‎ (CD, Album, Unofficial) Vagrant Records (3) VR651: Russia: 2011: Sell This Version: Recommendations Reviews Add Review [r2723157] Release. This time I've just been looking out, so it's not only to do with taking a look at England, but taking a look at the world and what's happening in the current … 1. let England shake 3.09 2. the last living rose 2.21 3. the glorious land 3.34 4. the words that maketh murder 3.45 5. all and everyone 5.39 6. on the battleship hill 4.07 7. PJ Harvey's ‘Let England Shake’ (2011) is included in our list of the BEST ALBUMS OF THE 2010s | Read more, listen to the album, watch the official videos + explore the complete list here: Considering the abundance of amazing music that emerged during the 2010s, it was a tall task indeed for the Albumism staff to whittle down our top album picks to these special selections. and tell me indifference won. the nations’ dirt. over the whole summit peak Weitere Videos von PJ Harvey. The White Cliffs of Dover. When you rolled a smoke never-failing love for you, There is no … 2. under the moon and under the sun Let England shake/weighted down with silent dead.” As with so much of the record, the arrangement and melody have echoes of vernacular music going back centuries, but also push somewhere new: certainly, identifying any prevailing influence on this music is almost impossible. The collective trauma of World War I did indeed shake England, specifically, out of the end of its imperialistic Victorian stupor. Let England Shake. PJ Harvey’s new album was recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset, on a cliff-top overlooking the sea. with hearts that threatened to pop their boxes, not one woman has Chords. Harvey released a series of 12 videos directed by Seamus Murphy, each accompanying one song on Let England Shake. It is the eighth PJ Harvey album, following 2007’s acclaimed White Chalk, and the Harvey/Parish collaboration A Woman A Man Walked By. and drinking water, adorevinyl October 22, 2019 Report; referencing Let England Shake, LP, Album, … I thought I heard Louis’ voice It was created with a cast of musicians including such long-standing allies as Flood, John Parish, and Mick Harvey. Released 14 February 2011 on Island (catalog no. “Take me back to England went hellwards, When Polly Jean Harvey burst into the public consciousness in the early 90s, her gravelly voice, outsized personality, and often disturbing lyrics gave the alt-rock world a crucial shot of excitement. From the Zombies to the Pogues, artists have often gravitated to the confused, massive loss of life of the Great War. 1 of 22. flesh quivering in the heat. a life-time’s earnings, coming off the mounds twisting its roots, a swarm of bees, Published: 10 Feb 2011 PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - review. Twenty years on that hill. of Bolton’s Ridge. originally played a larger role on the record. in our beloved city. a smashed up waste-ground. The always-unpredictable singer-songwriter returns with a haunting and beautiful meditation on war that ranks with her finest records. Februar 2021. Louis ran forward from the line Ramsgate Music Hall. On Let England Shake, PJ Harvey created an ambitious statement politically, historically, and musically. Its songs centre on both her home country, and events further afield in which it has embroiled itself. the colour of the earth that day – 02:51. Em Another day, Bobby, for you to come home D Gm Am Come and tell me indifference Em Won won won Gm D D … “I was looking outwards a lot more,” she told the BBC’s Andrew Marr, when she appeared on his programme back in May. Hier bestellen. standing on the gravel The textural and tonal qualities of her voice are made malleable, a scalpel wielded with precision rather than a sword. Download Pdf. 1. Even considering all of the horror on display, this is her most straightforward and easy to embrace album in a decade. "The West's asleep," PJ Harvey … Alex Denney reckons so as he delivers the verdict on Let England Shake. and the birds are silent in the branches, Addressing the tragedy of the Iraq conquest through an English prism, these songs gives parallax views of both America and the middle east. like water or air. Author Unregistered. England's dancing days are done. So our young men I have seen and done things I want to forget – until the day is ending, Cruel nature, cruel, cruel nature. for everything. or hear a piano’s grace, She rejects the notion that her song lyrics are autobiographical, telling The Times in 1998: "the tortured artist myth is rampant. England, PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - review 5 out of 5 stars. Far off, a symphony. 2. Folk music across the ages has … Polly Jean "PJ" Harvey MBE (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. Em. This album is years ahead of its time as the issues that it tackles would not be brought to the forefront for years to come. hid with guns It was created with a cast of musicians including such long-standing allies as Flood, John Parish, and Mick Harvey. Throughout the record, Harvey sings in her higher register, as she often did on the underrated White Chalk, granting her some detachment from her surroundings. Put simply, not many people make records like this. Its fruit is orphaned children. With autoharp, zither, saxophone, and other new instruments added to her palette, Harvey crucially crafts sturdy, earwormy melodies. the moon rise up and turn to silver, But what is remarkable about Let England Shake is bound up with its music, its abiding atmosphere – and in particular, its words. PJ Harvey is one of the few artists who can release different material with a different focus and sound on each album and have it always be good. shelled by a million bullets In some ways it’s a love letter to her home country, in others a disturbing reminder of one of Europe’s most tragic eras. Death’s anchorage. Show Map. badgercore23 February 25, 2011 Report; A truly astonishing album. Swap out the place names with others, though, and the message remains the same. PJ Harvey's new album finds her at something of a creative peak. 2011 Preview Editors’ Notes In the wake of 2007’s spectral White Chalk, Polly Jean Harvey turned her songwriting focus outward. And this time I’ve been just looking out, so it’s not only to do with taking a look at England but taking a look at the world and what happening in current world affairs. but I think of him still. death, now, and now, and now. I have seen and done things I want to forget – The land returns to how it has always been. England, still lying out there in the open. Bitter branches spreading out. On Battleship Hill’s caved in trenches, limbs pointing upwards. It is the eighth PJ Harvey album, following 2007’s acclaimed White Chalk, and the Harvey/Parish collaboration A Woman A Man Walked By. sing, Death to all and everyone. If Harvey’s past work might seem to draw on direct emotional experience, this new album is rather different. In keeping with such imaginative intentions, its music has a rare breadth and emotional power. climbing behind a fierce, gone sun, At once nothing like PJ Harvey’s many other albums, but created with a kind of wit and willingness to explore humanity’s darkest hours, Let England Shake is an album that only she could have made. 02:51. Holding their young wives That those people are English is Harvey soaking her music in her own surroundings and experiences. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ‎ (CD, Album, RE) Island Records: 2763025: Europe: 2017: Sell This Version: 2763025: PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ‎ (CD, Album, RE) Island Records: 2763025: Europe: Unknown: Sell This Version: Recommendations Reviews Show All 11 Reviews . Let England Shake. Release Date 1 January 2011 Let England Shake is the eighth studio album by PJ Harvey. it was in the laughter Like White Chalk, it was recorded in Harvey's home county of Dorset, but the ghostly, gothic aesthetic befitting of a bleak rural wilderness is gone, and in its place is a warmer and fuller sound. in the air Since PJ Harvey is a veteran artist who, in her 20-year career, has yet to either make a bad record or repeat herself, to call her latest, Let England Shake, one of her strongest efforts to date is a bold statement, but it's true--this a brilliant record by an artist impervious to aging. a bitter one, Say, Cruel nature has won again. Another day, Bobby, for you to come home ‎–. and some of us returned, another summer has passed before us, He’s still up on that hill. It is the eighth PJ Harvey album, following 2007’s acclaimed White Chalk, and the Harvey/Parish collaboration A Woman A Man Walked By. England 3.11 8. in the dark places 2.59 9. bitter brunches 2.2910. hanging in the wire 2.4211. written on the forehead 3.4012. the colour of the earth 2.33 Death was everywhere, or told a joke, Take me back to England In the fields and in the forests, Smile, smile Bobby, with your lovely mouth. How is our glorious country ploughed? with white hands wave goodbye. by the fetid river. 15th January 2021 15th January 2021. Get Directions. This is me trying to find … Harvey does this musically too, incorporating traces of English folk, early rock, reverbed dream-pop, and disparate familiar melodies (as well as "Summertime Blues," she appropriates Niney the Observer's apocalyptic "Blood and Fire" on the one directly Iraq-related song here, "Written on the Forehead", plus a close approximation of "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" that originally played a larger role on the record) as a foundation. hanging in the wire. But what is remarkable about Let England Shake is bound up with its music, its abiding atmosphere – and in particular, its words. Most popular. A withered vine, 22,369 views, added to favorites 144 times. from gunners, waiting in the copses in the dirt 3. it approached the beach Stories From The … And what is the glorious fruit of our land? Hold up the clear glass to see. PJ Harvey "Let England Shake": The West's asleep. fighting in the Anzac trench. Pack up your troubles, let’s head out revealed the secrets Hier bestellen. Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM UTC. Rated #8 in the … Edit Release All Versions of this Release Data Correct . Jagged mountains jutting out, It was released on 14 February 2011 in the UK, and on 15 February 2011 in the US. The scent of Thyme carried on the wind, Seamus Murphy had previously worked with PJ Harvey to create 12 Short Films for Let England Shake. It's universal and it's necessary-- and it's powerfully and clearly stated. Nearly two decades after she made her first records, it proves not just that its author refuses to stand still, but that her creative confidence may well be at an all-time high. PJ Harvey's Let England Shake: Track-By-Track Review Alex Denney , January 19th, 2011 11:23. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ‎ (CD, Album, Dig) Island Records: 2753189: New Zealand: 2011: Sell This Version: 60252763025: PJ Harvey: Let England Shake ‎ (CD, Album) Island Records, Universal Music: 60252763025: Brazil: 2011: Sell This Version: Recommendations Reviews Add Review. I have seen and done things I want to forget – 9 October 1969, Bridport, Dorset, United Kingdom. fate written on their foreheads. There are no fields or trees. It is safe to say that you will not have heard anything like it before. Let England Shake was recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset, on a cliff-top overlooking the sea. Into the white world it grows, PJ Harvey followed her ghostly collection of ballads, White Chalk, with Let England Shake, … Automatic Dlamini, Desert Sessions, John Parish & PJ Harvey. 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