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Rid of Me
Rock · 1993 · 14 tracks

Rid of Me

PJ Harvey

Tension and release. Steve Albini's bone-dry production captures a trio weaponizing silence and explosive noise to explore the limits of desire.

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It’s the record that sounds like a physical confrontation in a very small, very loud room.

A volatile mix of predatory confidence and shivering vulnerability delivered with explosive force.

Rid of Me · vs · PJ Harvey
Raw+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
Rid of Me
4:28
02
Missed
4:25
03
Legs
3:40
04
Rub ’Til It Bleeds
5:03
05
Hook
3:56
06
Man‐Size Sextet
2:16
07
Highway ’61 Revisited
2:57
08
50ft Queenie
2:24
09
Yuri‐G
3:28
10
Man‐Size
3:16
11
Dry
3:23
12
Me‐Jane
2:42
13
Snake
1:35
14
Ecstasy
4:27
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring transition in the title track where the barely-audible guitar suddenly explodes into a wall of distorted noise
The frantic, breathless delivery of '50ft Queenie' that feels like it might derail at any second
The eerie, scraping string arrangement on 'Man-Size Sextet' that reimagines the previous track as a claustrophobic chamber piece
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