The Garden, a PJ Harvey Discussion Site

I really like the story behind Dry's cover. It's funny picturing Maria and PJ walking into a store asking if they could photocopy her mouth, and then getting denied.
Rid Of Me's cover is quite powerful too. I love the random plant in Maria's bathroom.
TBYML is my personal favorite - I find it quite dreamy.

Do you have a favorite and why?

All of them are beautifully done, but personally I'm on the fence between "White Chalk" and "Is This Desire?" - haven't decided yet.

I tried to remember which attracted me most before I knew what they contained.
I voted for Polly's lips on the copy machine. Rid of Me is a close second.
The back of 4-Track Demos should have been the front!

protocols wrote:The back of 4-Track Demos should have been the front!

Yes.

I think I'll give Stories the slight edge over Is This Desire? even though Is This Desire? is my favorite album of hers.

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I'll say it's a tie between stories and rid of me. I like all of them though.

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PJ HARVEY
Tate Projection

THIS IS ONE OF THE IMAGES PROJECTED ONTO THE WALLS OF THE TURBINE HALL IN THE TATE MODERN WHEN PJHARVEY 3 PIECE PLAYED THERE (SEPT 1ST 2003).IT WAS TAKEN IN POLLY'S FRONT ROOM IN DORSET IN SUMMER 2000.WHEN WE WERE DOING PHOTOS FOR THE 'STORIES...'ALBUM ,ITS A SLIGHT LONG EXPOSURE USING AMBIENT LIGHT. FOR A WHILE THIS WAS OUR PROPOSED COVER FOR THE 'STORIES...'ALBUM BUT POLLYS MANAGEMENT WERENT OVERJOYED & WE GOT PERSUADED TO DO ANOTHER SHOOT THIS TIME IN NEW YORK,A MUCH BIGGER AFFAIR -WE ENDED UP CHOOSING A PHOTO FROM THE NEW YORK SESSION AS THE COVER FOR THAT ALBUM,BUT BOTH OF US QUITE QUICKLY REGRETTED IT - WHEN I LOOK AT THE 'STORIES...'COVER NOW ITS A BIT AS ONE FRIEND PUT IT "A BIT POSH SPICE OUT SHOPPING SOMEWHERE".

mickeyskippycat wrote:POSH SPICE OUT SHOPPING SOMEWHERE

I do agree with their Posh spice comparison but it fits the album theme and sound better than what they pitched as the cover.

Blackie wrote:Rid of Me, hands down. Most of them are great but that one is iconic. I remember seeing it as a child/teenager long before I heard a note of her music and being scared away !

it scared me too
I vote for 4-Track Demos, I love her face and brave pose and the colors
not listed but i adore A Woman A Man Walked By cover and inside cover

Is this desire...

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Is there a story behind the Uh Huh Her cover? Who is the guy?

Shadowboxer wrote:Is there a story behind the Uh Huh Her cover? Who is the guy?

Eric Drew Feldman - they said it on "Please Leave Quietly" DVD.

Kuk91 wrote:Eric Drew Feldman

Thank you! I have bad memory.