PJ HARVEY – TO BRING YOU MY LOVE LP – Nr MINT- INDIE 1995 ORIG

PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love
(Island Records  1995  ILPS8035)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some slight wear to edges, sticker mark top right & small crease at opening edge bottom right – small promo sticker next to barcode on back cover
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT- condition
(there are a few light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from a few light pops/crackles – small promo sticker on A side label)

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.

To Bring You My Love is the third studio album by English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey. It was released by Island Records in February 1995. Recorded after the break-up of the PJ Harvey trio it stands as her first proper solo album. The songs on the album are heavily influenced by American blues music.

Harvey co-produced the record with Flood and John Parish. To Bring You My Love would be the first of Harvey’s many collaborations with Flood and Parish. The music on the album was played largely by Harvey and Parish, with contributions from seasoned musicians Joe Gore, Mick Harvey, Jean-Marc Butty, and others. Many of the musicians who appeared on the album joined Harvey on tour to support it in 1995.

To Bring You My Love is considered to be PJ Harvey’s breakthrough. It garnered massive critical acclaim worldwide and became her best-selling album. The single “Down by the Water” received extensive airplay on radio and on MTV. The album was placed on Rolling Stone magazine’s original list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

All tracks are written by PJ Harvey.

Personnel

Musicians

• PJ Harvey – vocals, organ, guitar (1, 4, 5, 8), piano (5, 6), vibraphone (1), marimba (9), bells (5), chimes (5), percussion (9)
• John Parish – guitar (1, 2, 6, 9, 10), organ (6), drums (4-8, 10), percussion (1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10)
• Joe Gore – guitar (2-4, 6, 7), e-bow (1)
• Mick Harvey – bass (6), organ (9)
• Jean-Marc Butty – drums (2), percussion (9)
• Joe Dilworth – drums (3)
• Pete Thomas – string arrangements
• Sonia Slany – violin (4, 7, 9)
• Jocelyn Pook – viola (4, 7, 9)
• Jules Singleton – viola (4, 7, 9)
• Sian Bell – cello (4, 7, 9)

Production

• Flood – producer, engineer, mixing
• PJ Harvey – producer, engineer (1, 4, 5, 7)
• John Parish – producer
• Howie Weinberg – mastering

Design

• Martin Callomon – artwork, art direction
• Valerie Phillips – photography
• Kate Garner – photography