P J HARVEY 12" vinyl LP album DRY + bonus DEMONSTRATION

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Catalogue number - PURE 10 and PURE D10

Discs - EXCELLENT and MINT

Numbered Sleeve - MINT 

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Dry is an album by PJ Harvey. It was recorded at the Icehouse, Yeovil, UK, and released in the UK on Too Pure (with the first 5000 LPs and first 1000 CDs including demo versions of the album's tracks), and subsequently on Indigo Records in the US. Both versions were released in 1992.

The album generated an overwhelmingly strong critical response. According to Variety, the album was “not so much stripped-down rock as it is flayed-alive rock”. MTV described it as “a dark, twisted, arresting work which sounds both rubbed red raw and invigorating”, while the NME praised it as “a crossover point possessing natural songwriting and scorching guitar noise” in its 9/10 review. Around the time of the album’s release, Harvey attracted some controversy for posing topless, with her back to the camera and baring an unshaven armpit, on the cover of NME. Received as well in the States as the UK, the album prompted Rolling Stone magazine to name the then-22-year-old Harvey the year's Best Songwriter and Best New Female Singer. In spite of the acclaim, "Sheela Na-Gig" was the only single to chart in the US, at #9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.

In a 1993 critics’ poll of the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time, NME ranked Dry at number 71, and in a similar poll conducted by Melody Maker in 2000, it placed at number 86. It was on Kurt Cobain's 50 greatest albums list.

Speaking to Filter magazine in 2004, Harvey said of her debut album: "Dry is the first chance I ever had to make a record and I thought it would be my last. So, I put everything I had into it. It was a very extreme record. It was a great joy for me to be able to make it. I never thought I'd have that opportunity, so I felt like I had to get everything on it as well as I possibly could, because it was probably my only chance. It felt very extreme for that reason."

As of 2005, (according to AskBillboard) "Dry" has sold 175,000 copies in the US.

Limited edition release

1. "Oh My Lover" – 4:02
2. "O Stella" – 2:30
3. "Dress" – 3:18
4. "Victory" – 3:15
5. "Happy and Bleeding" – 4:50
6. "Sheela-Na-Gig"– 3:10
7. "Hair" – 3:46
8. "Joe" – 2:33
9. "Plants and Rags" – 4:09
10. "Fountain" – 3:54
11. "Water" – 4:35
12. "Oh My Lover (Demo)" – 2:30
13. "O Stella (Demo)" – 3:16
14. "Dress (Demo)" – 3:16
15. "Victory (Demo)" – 4:19
16. "Happy and Bleeding (Demo)" – 4:44
17. "Sheela-Na-Gig (Demo)" – 3:15
18. "Hair (Demo)" – 3:37
19. "Joe (Demo)" – 3:16
20. "Plants and Rags (Demo)" – 3:32
21. "Fountain (Demo)" – 3:05
22. "Water (Demo)" – 4:32

Personnel

• PJ Harvey - Guitar, Violin, Vocals, Producer
• Robert Ellis - Drums, Harmonium, Vocals, Producer, Mixing
• Steve Vaughan - Bass
• Ben Groenevelt - Bass, Double Bass
• Ian Olliver - Bass
• Mike Paine - Guitar
• Chas Dickie - Cello
• Vernon - Producer

 Charts

 Album

 Singles

NOTES ON GRADING

All records are originals except when noted. Record is graded first, then the cover.
For grading purposes I use the British Record Collector's grading scale (needless to detail on this one as it's known to all collectors) with occasionally (+) or (-) signs to denote the in-between conditions.

Generally speaking:
- a MINT (M) or NEAR MINT (M-) grade will give full satisfaction
- an EXCELLENT (EX) grade is always a shiny vinyl with possibly a faint mark or two, ONLY seen under a strong light and NOT affecting performance; in most cases NM and EX are pretty close) 
- a VG+ or even a VG (Very Good) grade is always a shiny vinyl with some light surface marks & will give an enjoyable performance with no skips, pops or unpleasant surface noise.
Same logic applies to the cover's grade.