Album Info

Let England Shake

By PJ Harvey

Alternative - 2011

For her 11th album, PJ Harvey steps away from the strident agit-folk that made her name in the ‘90s, writing... more

Tracklist

1

Let England Shake

3:09 min
2

The Last Living Rose

2:21 min
3

The Glorious Land

3:34 min
4

The Words That Maketh Murder

3:45 min
5

All & Everyone

5:39 min
6

On Battleship Hill

4:07 min
7

England

3:11 min
8

In the Dark Places

2:59 min
9

Bitter Branches

2:29 min
10

Hanging In the Wire

2:42 min
11

Written On the Forehead

3:39 min
12

The Colour of the Earth

2:33 min

About Let England Shake

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. As is her custom, guitars take center stage, all eerie and drenched in chilling reverb (“In the Dark Places”), while Harvey’s vocals are uncharacteristically understated and soft, reaching tremulously to the top of her register on “Hanging in the Wire.”