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Again another pointless thread that was directly inspried by the one at unforumzed but:

1. Is This Desire?
2. To Bring You My Love
3. Rid Of Me
4. Dance Hall At Louse Point
< Let England Shake (I'm thinking this will be the future 5th ranking based on what I've heard so far)
5. White Chalk
6. Dry
7. A Woman A Man Walked By
8. 4-Track Demos
9. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
10. Uh Huh Her

Love everything though. No such thing as a bad/weak album.

1. To Bring You My Love;
2. Is This Desire? \ White Chalk;
3. Rid of Me;
4. Dance Hall at Louse Point;
5. Dry;
6. Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea;
7. Uh Huh Her;
8. A Woman A Man Walked By.

I would place Let England Shake at the third place instead of Rid of Me, speaking for what I've heard!

White Chalk
To Bring You My Love / Is This Desire?
Uh Huh Her
Dry
Rid of Me
A Woman A Man Walked By
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea
Dance Hall at Louse Point
4-Track Demos

Didn't include Let England Shake, though it sounds like it's going to make a run for Top 3. And it goes without saying, but the bottom ranked albums would still rank at the top of my Best Albums of All Time List, so it isn't, at all, a knock against them. Also, the order can change depending on my mood.

Disclaimer: I love them all.

1. Is This Desire?
2. White Chalk
3. To Bring You My Love
4. Uh Huh Her
5. Dry
6. A Woman A Man Walked By
7. 4-Track Demos
8. Stories
9. Rid Of Me
10. Dance Hall

I won't include the PJ/JP collaborations.

1-Dry (though I prefer the Demonstration version)
2-White chalk
3-4-track demos
4-Is this desire?
5-Rid of me
6-To bring you my love
7-Uh Huh her
8-Stories...

1-Rid Of Me (Raw)
2-Is This Desire? (Powerful)
3-To Bring You My Love (Creative)
4-A Woman A Man Walked By (Miserable)
5-White Chalk (Suicide-inducing)
6-Uh Huh Her (Deranged)
7-Dance Hall (Unexpected)
8-Stories (Pretty)
9-Dry (Clever)
10-4-Track Demos (Sexy)

1.To bring you my love
2.White chalk
3.Is this desire?
4.Rid of me
5.4-track demos
6.Dry
7.Uh huh her
8.Stories from the city stories from the sea
9.A woman a man walked by
10.Dance hall at louse point

Don´t know where to place Let England shake. I think I need to hear the full length of the songs first.

Is This Desire?
To Bring You My Love
4-Track Demos
White Chalk
Rid of Me
Uh Huh Her
Demonstration
Dance Hall at Louse Point
Let England Shake
A Woman a Man Walked By
Dry
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

1. To Bring You My Love
2. Stories
3. Rid Of Me
4. Dance Hall
5. White Chalk
6. Uh Huh Her
7. Dry
8. A Woman A Man Walked By
9. 4-Track Demos
10. Is This Desire?

I think that Let England Shake in in the top 4....

Rid of me
To bring you my love
Is this desire?
4-track demos
White chalk
Uh huh her
Dry
Dance hall at louse point
A woman a man walked by
Stories from the city, stories from the sea

TBML
Rid of Me
Dry
Stories
Is This Desire
A Man A Woman
Uh Huh Her
Dance Hall
4 Track Demos
White Chalk

To Bring You My Love was my introduction to Polly and the first time I saw her on tour. It will always be #1!

1. White Chalk
2. Dry (+ Demonstration)
3. Is This Desire?
4. Rid Of Me
5. Stories From The City Stories From The Sea
6. Uh Huh Her
7. To Bring You My Love
8. A Woman A Man Walked By
9. Dance Hall At Louse Point
10. 4-track demos
11. Peel Sessions 1991 - 2004

TBYML
ITD
Stories
AWAMWB
Dance Hall
UHH
White Chalk
Dry
4 track demos
ROM

Is This Desire?
Dry
White Chalk
To Bring You My Love
ETA: Let England Shake
Rid of Me
A Woman a Man Walked By
Dance Hall at Louse Point
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
Uh Huh Her


Very interesting to notice the variety of opinions. I think it comes to show how consistent her work has been throughout the years. You don't get completely opposite lists with too many artists.

"Stories..." should be higher up all your lists ;-)