Dry

PJ Harvey的处子专辑，粗粝的吉他，黑暗的氛围。 虽然获得了很多的批评，但是NME却大加赞赏，并给出了9分的高评。在2004年她接受Filter杂志采访时谈到她的处子专辑时，说到：“Dry这张专辑是我第一次做一张专辑，也许也是我最后一次了。所以，我把一切都倾注在上面。这是张很极端的作品。能录制这张专辑对我来说很高兴。我从想过我居然会有这样的机会，所以我觉得可能的话我不得不把一切都放进去，因爲我觉得是我唯一的机会。我对此感到有些极端。” by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Polly Jean Harvey arrives fully formed as a songwriter on PJ Harvey's debut album, Dry. Borrowing its primitive attack from post-punk guitar rock and its form from the blues, Dry is a forceful collection of brutally emotional songs, highlighted by Harvey's deft lyricism and startling voice, as well as her trio's muscular sound. Her voice makes each song sound like it was an exposed nerve, but her lyrics aren't quite that simple. Shaded with metaphors and the occasional biblical allusion, Dry is essentially an assault on feminine conventions and expectations, and while there are layers of dark humor, they aren't particularly evident, since Harvey's singing is shockingly raw. Her vocals are perfectly complemented by the trio's ferocious pounding, which makes even the slow ballads sound like exercises in controlled fury. And that's the key to Dry: the songs, which are often surprisingly catchy -- "Dress" and "Sheela-Na-Gig" both have strong hooks -- are as muscular and forceful as the band's delivery, making the album a vibrant and fully realized debut.