PJ HARVEY – RID OF ME LP – Nr MINT 1993 ORIG INDIE STEVE ALBINI

PJ Harvey – Rid Of Me
(Island Records  1993  ILPS8002)
Matrix No’s: A3/B3

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– original Mercury Prize hype sticker in top right corner – very light mark (fingerprint?) near top
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Polly Jean Harvey, MBE (born 9 October 1969), known as PJ Harvey, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, writer, poet, and composer. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments.

Harvey began her career in 1988 when she joined local band Automatic Dlamini as a vocalist, guitarist, and saxophone player. The band’s frontman, John Parish, would become her long-term collaborator. In 1991, she formed an eponymous trio and subsequently began her professional career. The trio released two studio albums, Dry (1992) and Rid of Me (1993) before disbanding, after which Harvey continued as a solo artist. Since 1995, she has released a further six studio albums with collaborations from various musicians including John Parish, former bandmate Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey, and Eric Drew Feldman and has also worked extensively with record producer Flood.

Among the accolades she has received are the 2001 and 2011 Mercury Prize for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000) and Let England Shake (2011) respectively—the only artist to have been awarded the prize twice—eight Brit Award nominations, six Grammy Award nominations and two further Mercury Prize nominations. Rolling Stone awarded her 1992’s Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995’s Artist of the Year, and listed Rid of Me, To Bring You My Love (1995) and Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. In 2011, she was awarded for Outstanding Contribution To Music at the NME Awards. In June 2013, she was awarded an MBE for services to music.

Rid of Me is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician PJ Harvey. It was released by Island Records in May 1993, approximately one year after the release of her critically acclaimed debut album Dry. It marked a departure from Harvey’s previous songwriting, being more raw and aggressive than its predecessor.

The songs on Rid of Me were performed by Harvey’s eponymous trio, consisting of Harvey on guitar and vocals, Rob Ellis on drums and background vocals, and Steve Vaughan on bass. It was the last album they recorded as a group before disbanding in late 1993. Most of the songs on the album were recorded by Steve Albini. Rid of Me was met with acclaim by critics. It has been ranked at number 406 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Track listing

All tracks written by Polly Jean Harvey, except where noted.

1. “Rid of Me” – 4:28
2. “Missed” – 4:25
3. “Legs” – 3:40
4. “Rub ’til It Bleeds” – 5:03
5. “Hook” – 3:57
6. “Man-Size Sextet” – 2:18
7. “Highway 61 Revisited” (Bob Dylan) – 2:57
8. “50ft Queenie” – 2:23
9. “Yuri-G” – 3:28
10. “Man-Size” – 3:16
11. “Dry” – 3:23
12. “Me-Jane” – 2:42
13. “Snake” – 1:36
14. “Ecstasy” – 4:26

Personnel

PJ Harvey Trio

• PJ Harvey – vocals, guitar, organ, cello, violin, producer
• Steve Vaughan – bass
• Rob Ellis – drums, percussion, backing vocals, arrangement, producer

Technical personnel

• Steve Albini – producer, engineering, mixing
• Head – producer, engineer
• John Loder – mastering

Art personnel

• Maria Mochnacz – photography