Complete List Of PJ Harvey Songs From A to Z

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From the rural hills of Dorset, England, PJ Harvey emerged with a creative force that would redefine the limits of rock, alternative, and avant-garde music over the next three decades. Born Polly Jean Harvey on October 9, 1969, she was raised in the village of Corscombe, where she was immersed in music from a young age. Her early exposure to blues, folk, and punk came through her parents’ record collection and her own curiosity. By the time she joined the local band Automatic Dlamini in 1988, Harvey was already skilled on multiple instruments, including guitar, saxophone, and vocals, an early indication of the multi-instrumentalist depth she would later bring to her own recordings.

Her professional career took a major leap forward in 1991 when she formed the PJ Harvey Trio alongside drummer Rob Ellis and bassist Steve Vaughan. That same year, the band released its debut single, “Dress,” which garnered immediate attention from the British music press. In 1992, the trio released the debut album Dry, a raw, confrontational record that drew acclaim for its stripped-back arrangements and Harvey’s emotional intensity. The album introduced her as an artist unafraid to explore discomfort and vulnerability, a trait that would remain central to her identity. Just one year later, she followed it with Rid of Me, produced by Steve Albini, a louder and more abrasive record that reached the UK Top 10 and intensified her growing reputation.

After disbanding the trio, Harvey transitioned into a solo career with the release of To Bring You My Love in 1995. The album was a pivotal shift, layering blues, gothic folk, and theatrical arrangements into a more expansive sound. It featured the haunting single “Down by the Water,” which became one of her signature tracks and reached the alternative charts in the United States. The album received critical praise and established Harvey as a formidable creative force capable of reinventing her sound without losing its emotional core. This phase of her career also marked the beginning of her longtime collaboration with producer Flood and guitarist John Parish.

In the late 1990s, Harvey continued her artistic evolution with Is This Desire? in 1998, a moodier and more electronically textured album, and Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea in 2000, which blended a more accessible rock sound with literary lyricism. The latter was written during a period spent living in New York City and reflected both personal introspection and urban romanticism. It included standout tracks such as “Good Fortune,” “This Is Love,” and “A Place Called Home.” The album won the 2001 Mercury Prize and became one of the defining works of her career.

Rather than settle into the acclaim, Harvey pivoted again with Uh Huh Her in 2004, a lo-fi, self-produced project on which she played nearly every instrument herself. The album was raw and deliberately unpolished, rejecting the mainstream embrace she had received for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. In 2007, she changed direction once more with White Chalk, a piano-based album that stripped her sound down to its most delicate and ghostly form. The album emphasized her interest in atmosphere and storytelling, demonstrating her refusal to conform to expectations or repeat past successes.

Harvey’s ability to embed political and historical themes into her music reached new heights with the 2011 release of Let England Shake, an album recorded in a church in Dorset and built around themes of war, nationalism, and British identity. The project included standout tracks such as “The Words That Maketh Murder” and “The Glorious Land.” The album earned Harvey a second Mercury Prize, making her the first and only artist to win the award twice. It also won Album of the Year at the Ivor Novello Awards.

In 2016, she released The Hope Six Demolition Project, a politically charged album inspired by Harvey’s travels to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Washington, D.C. The recording sessions were held at Somerset House as part of a public art installation titled Recording in Progress, allowing visitors to witness the process through one-way glass. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and featured the single “The Community of Hope,” which stirred controversy and debate over its lyrics about poverty and urban neglect.

Harvey’s tenth studio album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, arrived in 2023 and marked a return to more abstract, poetic songwriting. Inspired by the Dorset dialect and her 2022 verse novel Orlam, the record wove pastoral imagery into eerie, minimalist arrangements. The project continued her collaboration with Flood and John Parish and reflected her ongoing commitment to experimenting with language, form, and emotional tone.

In total, PJ Harvey has released ten studio albums, each reflecting a distinct chapter of her artistic development: Dry in 1992, Rid of Me in 1993, To Bring You My Love in 1995, Is This Desire? in 1998, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea in 2000, Uh Huh Her in 2004, White Chalk in 2007, Let England Shake in 2011, The Hope Six Demolition Project in 2016, and I Inside the Old Year Dying in 2023.

Her recognition from the music industry extends well beyond the Mercury Prizes. Harvey has received eight Grammy nominations and eight Brit Award nominations. In 2013, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to music. In 2025, Harvey and Tim Phillips won the BAFTA Television Craft Award for Original Music: Fiction for their work on Bad Sisters.

Outside of her studio albums, Harvey has made significant contributions to literature, television, film, and the performing arts. She and playwright Ben Power wrote 13 original songs for the 2024 National Theatre production London Tide, adapted from Charles Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend. She also collaborated with Tim Phillips on music for Bad Sisters and contributed music connected with productions including Peaky Blinders. Her literary work includes The Hollow of the Hand, a 2015 poetry collection created with photographer Seamus Murphy, and Orlam, a 2022 narrative poem written in the Dorset dialect.

In June 2026, Harvey released “Voyager,” her first new song following I Inside the Old Year Dying. Recorded with a full orchestra at Miraval Studios in Provence, the song was inspired by the Voyager spacecraft and developed from work toward her next album.

Throughout her career, Harvey has maintained a fiercely independent artistic voice, one that resists easy categorization and demands full engagement from her audience. Her songs explore complex emotional and political terrain, drawing from history, literature, and lived experience to create works of both intimacy and scale. Her ability to reinvent herself while maintaining artistic integrity has earned her the respect of peers, critics, and fans alike.

What makes PJ Harvey so beloved in the music industry is not just her body of work, but the uncompromising path she has taken to build it. She has never chased trends or chart positions. Instead, she has followed the arc of her own evolution, collaborating, reflecting, and experimenting along the way. For more than three decades, she has stood as a rare artist who challenges herself with every release, continuing to inspire audiences who crave music that dares to be as thoughtful as it is powerful.

Complete List Of PJ Harvey Songs From A to Z

“50ft Queenie” – Rid of Me – 1993
“An Acre of Land” – An Acre of Land – Single – 2018
“Age of the Dollar” – The Hope Six Demolition Project (Non-album) – 2016
“All and Everyone” – Let England Shake – 2011
“All Souls” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“Angelene” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“August” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“Autumn Term” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“Beautiful Feeling” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“Before Departure” – White Chalk – 2007
“Big Exit” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“Bitter Branches” – Let England Shake – 2011
“Broken Harp” – White Chalk – 2007
“C’mon Billy” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“The Camp” – The Camp – Single – 2017
“Cat on the Wall” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“Catherine” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“Chain of Keys” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“A Child’s Question, August” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“A Child’s Question, July” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“The Colour of the Earth” – Let England Shake – 2011
“The Community of Hope” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“The Crowded Cell” – The Crowded Cell – Single – 2019
“Daddy” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“Dance on the Mountain” – The Hope Six Demolition Project (Non-album) – 2016
“The Dancer” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“The Darker Days of Me & Him” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“Darling Be There” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“Dear Darkness” – White Chalk – 2007
“The Desperate Kingdom of Love” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“The Devil” – White Chalk – 2007
“A Dog Called Money” – A Dog Called Money / I’ll Be Waiting – Single – 2017
“Dollar, Dollar” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“Down by the Water” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“Dress” – Dry – 1992
“Dry” – Dry – 1992
“Ecstasy” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Electric Light” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“The End” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“England” – Let England Shake – 2011
“Fountain” – Dry – 1992
“The Garden” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“The Glorious Land” – Let England Shake – 2011
“Good Fortune” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“Goodnight (Demo Version)” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“Grow Grow Grow” – White Chalk – 2007
“Guilty” – The Hope Six Demolition Project (Non-album) – 2016
“The Guns Called Me Back Again” – Let England Shake (iTunes Pre-order Bonus) – 2011
“Hair” – Dry – 1992
“Hanging in the Wire” – Let England Shake – 2011
“Happy and Bleeding” – Dry – 1992
“Harder” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“Highway 61 Revisited” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Hook” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Horses in My Dreams” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“I Inside the Old I Dying” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“I Inside the Old Year Dying” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“I Think I’m a Mother” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“I’ll Be Waiting” – A Dog Called Money / I’ll Be Waiting – Single – 2017
“In the Dark Places” – Let England Shake – 2011
“Is This Desire?” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“It’s You” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“Joe” – Dry – 1992
“Joy” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“Kamikaze” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“The Last Living Rose” – Let England Shake – 2011
“Legs” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Let England Shake” – Let England Shake – 2011
“The Letter” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“The Life and Death of Mr. Badmouth” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“A Line in the Sand” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“Long Snake Moan” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” (with Tim Phillips) – Bad Sisters (Season 2) [Original Series Soundtrack] – 2024
“Lwonesome Tonight” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“Lying in the Sun” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“Man-Size” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Man-Size Sextet” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Maniac” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“Me-Jane” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Medicinals” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“Meet Ze Monsta” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“The Ministry of Defence” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“The Ministry of Social Affairs” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“Missed” – Rid of Me – 1993
“The Mountain” – White Chalk – 2007
“My Beautiful Leah” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“Near the Memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“The Nether-edge” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“The Nightingale” – Let England Shake (iTunes Bonus) – 2011
“No Child of Mine” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“No Girl So Sweet” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“A Noiseless Noise” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“O Stella” – Dry – 1992
“Oh My Lover” – Dry – 1992
“On Battleship Hill” – Let England Shake – 2011
“One Line” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“One Time Too Many” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“The Orange Monkey” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“A Perfect Day Elise” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“The Piano” – White Chalk – 2007
“A Place Called Home” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“Plants and Rags” – Dry – 1992
“Pocket Knife” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“Prayer at the Gate” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“Red Right Hand” – Peaky Blinders (Original Music From the TV Series) – 2019
“Reeling (Demo Version)” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“Rid of Me” – Rid of Me – 1993
“The River” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“River Anacostia” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“Rub ’til It Bleeds” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Seagulls” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“Seem an I” – I Inside the Old Year Dying – 2023
“Send His Love to Me” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“Shame” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“Sheela-Na-Gig” – Dry – 1992
“Silence” – White Chalk – 2007
“The Sky Lit Up” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“The Slow Drug” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“Snake” – Rid of Me – 1993
“Somebody’s Down, Somebody’s Name” – To Bring You My Love (B-sides) – 1995
“Teclo” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“This Is Love” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“This Mess We’re In” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“This Wicked Tongue” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (Bonus) – 2000
“To Bring You My Love” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“To Talk to You” – White Chalk – 2007
“Victory” – Dry – 1992
“Voyager” – Voyager – Single – 2026
“Wait” – White Chalk (iTunes Bonus) – 2007
“Water” – Dry – 1992
“We Float” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“The Wheel” – The Hope Six Demolition Project – 2016
“When Under Ether” – White Chalk – 2007
“White Chalk” – White Chalk – 2007
“Who by Fire” (with Tim Phillips) – Bad Sisters (Original Series Soundtrack) – 2022
“Who the F**k?” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“The Wind” – Is This Desire? – 1998
“The Words That Maketh Murder” – Let England Shake – 2011
“Working for the Man” – To Bring You My Love – 1995
“Written on the Forehead” – Let England Shake – 2011
“You Come Through” – Uh Huh Her – 2004
“You Said Something” – Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea – 2000
“Yuri-G” – Rid of Me – 1993

PJ Harvey Studio Albums

Dry (1992)

Rid of Me (1993)

To Bring You My Love (1995)

Is This Desire? (1998)

Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)

Uh Huh Her (2004)

White Chalk (2007)

Let England Shake (2011)

Let England Shake by PJ Harvey (2011-02-15)

The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)

I Inside the Old Year Dying (2023)

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