Artist: PJ Harvey Label: Island Orig. Released: October 2, 2007 Catalog No.: LPISLA48 Condition: Format: LP Retail Price: $ 17.99 (1 available) Quantity: add to cart

Description "... the eighth studio album by PJ Harvey. Work on the album started in 2006, with producer Flood and John Parish, who also worked on her To Bring You My Love and Is This Desire? albums. Other collaborators on White Chalk are Eric Drew Feldman and Jim White from the Dirty Three. [2] The first single to be released from White Chalk was "When Under Ether" on September 17, 2007 on digital download and 7" vinyl. A second single, "The Piano," was released on November 26, 2007. A third, "The Devil," will be released on digital, 7", and CD formats in March 2008. For this album Harvey has moved away from alternative rock and recorded a set of songs for piano, despite her lack of expertise on the instrument. In an interview in The Wire she explained "the great thing about learning a new instrument from scratch is that it...liberates your imagination." As well as this, she sings in a higher register than usual, at a pitch outside her normal range. Lyrically, however, Harvey has stuck to the dark, moody themes typical of much of her music.[3] The album has received extremely positive reviews. The Observer gave the album 5 stars out of 5. Rolling Stone gave the single "When Under Ether" 4 out of 5 stars. The album has a score of 80/100 on Metacritic. Read more at Wikipedia about this album or artist ... This description is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Any changes made to the Wikipedia article will not be immediately reflected here.

Track Titles 1. "The Devil" - 2:57 2. "Dear Darkness" - 3:10 3. "Grow Grow Grow" - 3:23 4. "When Under Ether" - 2:25 5. "White Chalk" - 3:13 6. "Broken Harp" - 1:58 7. "Silence" - 3:11 8. "To Talk to You" - 4:00 9. "The Piano" - 2:36 10. "Before Departure" - 3:49 11. "The Mountain" - 3:10

Liner Notes ALL SONGS WRITTEN BY POLLY JEAN HARVEY.

Musicians * PJ HARVEY: VOCALS, PIANO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ZITHER, BASS GUITAR, KEYBOARDS, HARMONICA, BROKEN HARP, CIG FIDDLE. * JOHN PARISH: DRUMS, VOCALS, BASS GUITAR, BANJO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION, WINE GLASS. * ERIC DREW FELDMAN: PIANO, OPTIGAN, VOCALS, MELLOTRON, KEYBOARDS, MINI-MOOG. * JIM WHITE: DRUMS, PERCUSSION. * NICO BROWN: CONCERTINA ON "BEFORE DEPARTURE". * ANDREW DICKSON, BRIDGET PEARSE, MARTIN BRUNSDEN, NICO BROWN & NICK BICâT: ADDITIONAL VOCALS ON "BEFORE DEPARTURE".

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