And Alison Moyet. I remember her being interviewed for a questionnaire in, I think, the Independent back in 2007 and it is obvious from her comments that she liked the 'White Chalk' album. I found the comments on another site:
What do you think of the music scene in 2007? Which of the new crop of singers do you admire?
"When I'm making an album I don't tend to listen to much music. Truth be told, I'm not a great consumer of it anyway. My two latest albums have been Marry Me by St Vincent and PJ Harvey's White Chalk, which is a great record and is on morning and evening here at the moment."
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/inter ... moyet.html'White Chalk' is among her 6 best albums of all time:
'A very different album – a piano album, which isn’t Polly Harvey’s first instrument. However, that really helps make for great music. All too often when musicians are over-accomplished, things become too complicated. This is intense, beautiful and completely compelling.'
http://www.alisonmoyet.co.uk/forum/show ... php?t=6868Also, a few years back - since the 'Stories...' album, I think - I saw Boy George being interviewed on tv and he was asked what he thought of the current music scene and he wasn't too impressed except for singers like PJ Harvey. I can't remember his exact words but he is definitely a big fan.