New York, NY (Top40 Charts) January 28, 2022, sees the reissue of the vinyl of LET ENGLAND SHAKE, the eighth studio album by PJ Harvey, alongside a collection of unreleased demos which will be available on CD, vinyl and digital through UMe/Island.
Written over a two- and half-year period and recorded in five weeks at a church in Dorset over April and May 2010,
Harvey drew on the likes of Harold Pinter, Francisco de Goya, the first world war poets, Ari Folman and the
Doors as influences for the album, as well as researching the history of conflict and searching for modern-day testimonies from civilians and soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It entered the U.K. charts at number 8 on release. It was also certified Gold and went on to win the Mercury
Music Prize, Album of the Year in the Ivor Novello Awards, and the Uncut
Music Award for Album of the Year. It was also named Album of the Year in 16 publications.
LET ENGLAND SHAKE is repressed on vinyl. Out January 28, 2022, on UMe/Island.
LET ENGLAND SHAKE - DEMOS is available on digital, CD, and vinyl on January 28, 2022, on UMe/Island.
A WOMAN A MAN WALKED BY is repressed on vinyl. Available now on UMe/Island.
WHITE CHALK is repressed on vinyl. Available on UMe/Island.
WHITE CHALK - DEMOS is available on digital, CD and vinyl on UMe/Island.
THE PEEL SESSIONS 1991-2004 is repressed on vinyl. Available on UMe/Island.
UH HUH HER is repressed on vinyl and available on UMe/Island.
UH HUH HER - DEMOS is now available on digital, CD and vinyl on UMe/Island.
STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA is repressed on vinyl and available now on UMe/Island.
STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA - DEMOS is available now on digital, CD and vinyl on UMe/Island.
IS THIS DESIRE? is repressed on vinyl and now available on UMe/Island.
IS THIS DESIRE? - DEMOS is available now on digital, CD and vinyl on UMe/Island.
DANCE HALL AT LOUSE POINT is repressed on vinyl and available now on UMe/Island.
TO BRING YOU MY LOVE is repressed on vinyl and available now on UMe/Island.
TO BRING YOU MY LOVE - DEMOS is available now on digital, CD and vinyl on UMe/Island.
RID OF ME is repressed on vinyl for the first time since its original release and is available now on UMe/Island.
4-TRACK DEMOS is also reissued on stand-alone vinyl on UMe/Island.
DRY - DEMOS is available now on digital, CD and vinyl on UMe/Island.
DRY (studio album) is available now on Too Pure/Beggars Archive.
Praise for LET ENGLAND SHAKE:
"A richly inventive album that's unlike anything else in Harvey's back catalogue…her creative peak" - 5 stars, Guardian
"A profound and serious work from a singer-songwriter at the height of her powers, a meditation on mankind's apparently endless appetite for self-destruction" - The Telegraph
"Remarkable" - 5 stars, Q
"The always-unpredictable singer-songwriter returns with a haunting and beautiful meditation on war that ranks with her finest records." - Pitchfork.
LET ENGLAND SHAKE: Reissue on vinyl of the eighth PJ
Harvey studio album Let England Shake. The album was produced by PJ Harvey, Flood and John Parish and originally released in February 2011. Let England Shake features the singles "The Words That Maketh Murder" and 'The Glorious Land' and was the second album in the catalogue to win the UK's Mercury
Music Prize. Reissue is faithful to the original recording and package, cutting by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering under the guidance of original co-producer John Parish.
LP Info
1LP, 180g black vinyl
Full color outer sleeve, with printed inner sleeve
LP Track list
Side 1:
Let England Shake
The Last Living Rose
The Glorious Land
The Words That Maketh Murder
All And Everyone
On Battleship Hill
Side 2:
England
In The Dark Places
Bitter Branches
Hanging In The Wire
Written On The Forehead
The Colour Of The Earth
LET ENGLAND SHAKE - DEMOS
Collection of unreleased demos of tracks written in Dorset in 2008 for the eighth PJ
Harvey studio album Let England Shake, including demos of "The Words That Maketh Murder," "The Glorious Land" and "The Last Living Rose." Features new artwork - the cover is a drawing by Polly, and the package also includes previously unseen photos by Seamus Murphy. Mastering by Jason Mitchell at Loud Mastering, under the guidance of long-time PJ
Harvey producer John Parish.
LP Info
1LP, 180g black vinyl
Full color outer sleeve, with printed inner sleeve
Artwork includes previously unseen drawing and photos
LP Track list
Side 1:
Let England Shake - Demo
The Last Living Rose - Demo
The Glorious Land - Demo
The Words That Maketh Murder - Demo
All And Everyone - Demo
On Battleship Hill - Demo
Side 2:
England - Demo
In The Dark Places - Demo
Bitter Branches - Demo
Hanging In The Wire - Demo
Written On The Forehead - Demo
The Colour Of The Earth - Demo
CD Info:
Gatefold outer sleeve
Printed inner sleeve
CD Track list
Let England Shake - Demo
The Last Living Rose - Demo
The Glorious Land - Demo
The Words That Maketh Murder - Demo
All And Everyone - Demo
On Battleship Hill - Demo
England - Demo
In The Dark Places - Demo
Bitter Branches - Demo
Hanging In The Wire - Demo
Written On The Forehead - Demo
The Colour Of The Earth - Demo
Digital Info
12-track digital release in standard definition, MFiT and HD formats
Digital Track List
Let England Shake - Demo
The Last Living Rose - Demo
The Glorious Land - Demo
The Words That Maketh Murder - Demo
All And Everyone - Demo
On Battleship Hill - Demo
England - Demo
In The Dark Places - Demo
Bitter Branches - Demo
Hanging In The Wire - Demo
Written On The Forehead - Demo
The Colour Of The Earth - Demo
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