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After fumbling around with producer-from-hell Steve Albini on Rid of Me (1993) and signing with U2 manager Paul McGuinness, Polly Jean Harvey is ready to live up to her lethal early promise at last. With its growling bass tones, "Meet Ze Monsta" sets the stage early on as Harvey explores hM
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After fumbling around with producer-from-hell Steve Albini on Rid of Me (1993) and signing with U2 manager Paul McGuinness, Polly Jean Harvey is ready to live up to her lethal early promise at last. With its growling bass tones, "Meet Ze Monsta" sets the stage early on as Harvey explores her feminine psyche with an intensity and raw power unheard since Patti Smith's heyday. Unlike the terminally inconsistent Smith, however, Harvey plots a brilliant course through slippery laments ("Working for the Man"), corrosive testifying ("Long Snake Moan"), and fuzz-toned menace ("Down by the Water"). Skeptics who think Harvey can't outgrow her art-punk base are advised to cue up the flamenco-inflected, string-caressed "Send His Love to Me." --Jeff Bateman
"Released: February 27, 1995
Genres: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Blues Rock
Favourite Tracks:
- Down By The Water
- Send His Love To Me
- Teclo
- The Dancer"
""Harvey sings the blues like Nick Cave sings gospel: with more distortion, sex and murder than you remember. Love was a towering goth version of grunge. Harvey's whisper is even scarier than her scream in morbid rockers such as "Down by the Water" and "Working for the Man."'"