On October 23, 2000, “Island” label released “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea”, the fifth PJ Harvey studio album. It was recorded March–April 2000, at “Great Linford Manor” in Milton Keynes, UK, and was produced by Rob Ellis, Mick Harvey and PJ Harvey. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 8 on its list of “The 50 Essential “Women in Rock” Albums”. In 2002, “Q” magazine named “Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea” the “Greatest Album of All-Time by a Female Artist”.In 2006, “Time” magazine choose the album as one of the “100 Best Albums of All Time”. The album was certified Platinum in Australia by “ARIA”, and Platinum in UK by “BPI”.
Personnel:
- PJ Harvey– vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, djembe, maracas, e-bow, engineer
- Mick Harvey– organ, bass, drums, percussion, harmonium, keyboards, accordion, backing vocals
- Thom Yorke– vocals, keyboards
- Rob Ellis– drums, piano, tambourine, synthesizer, keyboards, bells, harpsichord, electric piano, vibraphone, backing vocals
- Victor Van Vugt– engineer, mixing
- Head – engineer, mixing
- Howie Weinberg- mastering
- Rob Crane – design
- Maria Mochnacz – design, photography
Track listing:
All tracks by PJ Harvey.
- Big Exit
- Good Fortune
- A Place Called Home
- One Line
- Beautiful Feeling
- The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore
- This Mess We’re In
- You Said Something
- Kamikaze
- This Is Love
- Horses in My Dreams
- We Float