The Garden, a PJ Harvey Discussion Site

Hi everyone,

I've had no luck searching in the internet, so I thought it would be best to ask here.

I remember seeing PJ Harvey lists of her favorite albums in 1999 and 2001, I do because she picked two of my favorites in both cases and it surprised me, one being The Creatures' "Anima Animus" (1999) and the other Kristin Hersh's "Sunny Border Blue" (2001), for which I remember her quote saying something like she found it brilliant that Kristin played all the instruments. I dont know if those were lists that popped on the oficial website or some magazine, but I can't find them and I'm wonderig if someone else is familiar with that memory and maybe even saved the info.

Thanks for your help!

PJ Harvey's Top Ten Albums of 1999

1. Bonnie “Prince” Billy, I See A Darkness
2. Yat-Kha, Dalai Beldiri
3. Tricky with DJ Muggs & Grease, Juxtapose
4. The Rachel’s, Selenography
5. Various Artists, The Book of Life OST
6. The Creatures, Anima Animus
7. Guided By Voices, Do The Collapse
8. The Black Heart Procession, Eponymous
9. Billy Bragg & Wilco, Mermaid Avenue
10. The Kamkars, Kani Sepi

http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/pj-harvey/f ... lbums-1999
Can't find the list for 01!

I know she said that Arvo Pärt and Henry Gorecki had an huge Impact on her.........

:-)

thanks guys, now the 2001 list is the only enigma!

not from 2001 but this is her list she gave to pjharvey.net for 2000 that I found in Blandford's Biography
1 Calexico - Hot Rail
2 Giant Sand Chore of Enchantment
3 Coldplay - Parachutes
4 Steven R. Smith - The Death of Last Years Man
5 Christmas - Christmas (Rob Ellis)
6 Radiohead - Kid A
7 U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
8 Tiffany Anders - Running From No Place To Nowhere

I wish she still did these end of year lists!

thanks Romario11, I have Blandford's book at my mother's with a lot of my stuff and haven't had the chance to flick through it in a long time! I love these lists

I remember reading an interview where she talks about how much she likes U2, but I didn't know she was into Coldplay at one point.

zeez wrote:I know she said that Arvo Pärt and Henry Gorecki had an huge Impact on her.........

:-)

Truth

desperateK wrote:Hi everyone,

... and the other Kristin Hersh's "Sunny Border Blue" (2001), for which I remember her quote saying something like she found it brilliant that Kristin played all the instruments.

I remember that. She also said that she hadn't been too keen on any of Hersh's previous work (or words to that effect), but this one she really liked a lot, thought it was great, etc..

dax wrote:I remember reading an interview where she talks about how much she likes U2, but I didn't know she was into Coldplay at one point.

At least, a particular fondness for the drummer. Not as a musician so much but as a "hunk", which I kind of gathered from the subtle context of an interview. I think it's in either part one or two of this video interview, when she's asked which U2 video she wanted to see and she says something like, "the one with Larry Mullen Jr.", with a bit of a wry smile.

Does anyone have the 1998 list?? I remember she mentioned Sonic Youth's "A Thousand Leaves" somewhere... would love to see what the full selections looked like.

Speaking of Polly's favourites, there's a monthly playlist curated by her on her Spotify profile.

Ooh, I'll have to check that out! I love finding out what my favorite artists listen to.

TheNightingale wrote:Speaking of Polly's favourites, there's a monthly playlist curated by her on her Spotify profile.

thanks! i didn't know about this..

are these really her choices? first time ive ever seen the beatles mentioned.. always wondered what she thought of them!

oh and has anyone managed to save the picture?

A Day In The Life - The Beatles
Feeling Good - Nina Simone
After Dinner - Unloved
L.A Poison - Micachu & The Shapes
I Wonder As I Wander - John Jacob Niles
I Bleed - Pixies
Song 6 'For Just One Night' - Michael Nyman
Song In The Blood - Joan Baez
Easier Said - Sunflower Bean
Pictures Of Me - Elliott Smith
I Quattro Passeggeri - Ennio Morricone