PJ Harvey discography

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This is a discography for English guitarist and singer-songwriter PJ Harvey.

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[edit] Studio Albums

Album Release Date Charts US Sales Singles
Dry June 30, 1992 UK #11 172,000 Dress, Sheela-Na-Gig
Rid of Me May 4, 1993 UK #3, US #158 204,000 50ft Queenie, Man-Size
To Bring You My Love February 27, 1995 (UK)
February 28, 1995 (US)
UK #12, US #40, AUS #38 369,000 Down by the Water, C'mon Billy, Send His Love to Me, Long Snake Moan
Dance Hall at Louse Point 23 September, 1996 (UK)
24 September, 1996 (US)
UK #46, US #178 - That Was My Veil
Is This Desire? September 28, 1998 (UK)
September 29, 1998 (US)
UK #17, US #54, AUS #30 163,000 A Perfect Day Elise, The Wind
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea October 23, 2000 UK #23, US #42, AUS #20 282,000 Good Fortune, Beautiful Feeling, A Place Called Home, This Is Love
Uh Huh Her May 31, 2004( UK)
June 8, 2004 (US)
UK #12, US #29, AUS #14 131,000 Who the Fuck, The Letter, Shame, You Come Through
White Chalk September 24, 2007(UK)
October 2, 2007 (US)
UK #11, US #65, AUS #24 24,000 as of 11/2007 When Under Ether, The Piano, The Devil

[edit] Compilations

Album Release Date Charts US Sales
4-Track Demos October 19, 1993 UK #19, US Heatseekers #10 120,000
iTunes Originals – PJ Harvey October 25, 2004 - -
The Peel Sessions 1991–2004 October 23, 2006 - -

[edit] Singles

  • Sheela-Na-Gig (1992) US Modern Rock Tracks #9[1] UK #69
  • 50ft Queenie (1993) UK #27
  • Man-Size (1993) UK #42
  • Down by the Water (1995) US Modern Rock Tracks #2[2] UK #18, Ireland #28, Australia #84 (includes 'Living In The Sun' and 'Somebody's Down, Somebody's Name)
  • C'mon Billy (1995) UK #29
  • Send His Love to Me (1995) UK #34
  • Henry Lee (with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) (1996) UK #36, Finland #15, Sweden #33, Australia #72
  • That Was My Veil (with John Parish) UK #75
  • A Perfect Day Elise (1998) US Modern Rock Tracks #33[3] UK #25, France #70, Australia #83 (includes 'The Northwood and Sweeter Than Anything')
  • The Wind (1998) UK #29
  • Broken Homes (with Tricky) (1998) UK #25, France #56
  • Good Fortune (2000) UK #19, France #9
  • A Place Called Home (2001) UK #28
  • This Is Love (2001) UK #41
  • The Letter (2004) UK #28, France #73
  • You Come Through (2004) UK #41
  • Shame (2004) UK #45
  • When Under Ether (2007) UK #101
  • The Piano (2007)
  • The Devil (2008)
  • Good Fortune (The 2008 Stardust Sessions) (2008) (This a remix created by Stardust who remixed the song for promotional use only. It is available as a rare promotional 12" single only.)

[edit] Other Releases

  • 1991 - Backing vocals on Maths & Passion EP by UK band Grape (Song title - "Baby in a Plastic Bag")
  • 1992 - Appears on Too Pure - The Peel Sessions with other Too Pure artists Stereolab and Th' Faith Healers
  • 1992 - Dry/Demonstration (limited-edition demo version of debut album Dry which was given away free with initial copies; now extremely rare)
  • 1992 - Backing vocals and Bass on "From A Diva to A Diver" by Automatic Dlamini
  • 1991 - Backing vocals on Furthest From the Sun album by UK band The Family Cat (Song titles - "Colour Me Grey" and "River of Diamonds")
  • 1994 - Backing vocals on The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow album by UK band Moonshake (Song titles - "Your Last Friend in This Town", "Just a Working Girl", "We're Making War", "Right to Fly", "Into Deep Neutral". She shares lead vocals on "Just A Working Girl".)
  • 1995 - The soundtrack of the movie Strange Days, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, has 2 PJ Harvey songs ("Hardly Wait", from 4-Track Demos and "Rid Of Me", from Rid Of Me album). However, both songs were really sung by the actress Juliette Lewis.
  • 1995 - "One Time Too Many" was featured on the Batman Forever soundtrack.
  • 1996 - Strychnine Ballroom: Live at Louse Point (unofficial bootleg release with John Parish from Dance Hall at Louse Point tour)
  • 1996 - Produced and performed the song "This Is Mine" for the movie Stella Does Tricks, directed by Coky Giedroyc.)
  • 1996 - Appeared on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds's album Murder Ballads (Song titles - "Henry Lee" and "Death Is Not the End")
  • 1997 - Appeared on September Songs: The Music of Kurt Weill (Song Title - "Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife")
  • 1997 - Appeared on The Inner Flame: Rainer Ptacek Tribute (Song Title - "Losing Ground")
  • 1998 - Appeared on Tricky's album Angels with Dirty Faces (Song title - "Broken Homes")
  • 1998 - Appeared on Pascal Comelade's album L'Argot Du Bruit (Song titles - "Love Too Soon" and "Green Eyes")
  • 2001 - Produced, played on and sang backing vocals on Tiffany Anders's album Funny Cry Happy Gift
  • 2001 - Appeared on Sparklehorse's album It's a Wonderful Life (Song titles - "Piano Fire" and "Eyepennies")
  • 2001 - Appeared on Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back's Soundtack (Song title - "This is Love")
  • 2002 - Appeared on Giant Sand's album Cover Magazine (Song title - "Johnny Hit and Run Pauline")
  • 2002 - Appeared on John Parish's album How Animals Move (Song title - "Airplane Blues")
  • 2002 - Appeared on Gordon Gano's album Hitting the Ground (Song title - "Hitting the Ground")
  • 2003 - Appeared on Desert Sessions Volumes 9 & 10 (Sings on "I Wanna Make It Wit Chu", "There Will Never Be a Better Time", "Crawl Home", "Powdered Wig Machine" and "A Girl Like Me"; plays various instruments on "Dead in Love", "Holey Dime" and "Bring It Back Gentle")
  • 2004 - Wrote/co-wrote, produced, played on and sang backing vocals on Marianne Faithfull's album Before the Poison (Song titles - "The Mystery of Love", "My Friends Have", "No Child of Mine", "Before the Poison" and "In the Factory")
  • 2004 - Appeared on Mark Lanegan's album Bubblegum (Song titles - "Hit the City" and "Come to Me")
  • 2006 - Live Concert DVD "Please Leave Quietly" with interviews between the performances. The song selection spanned her entire career.