It won PJ Harvey the Mercury Prize in 2011.
The vinyl reissue series of PJ Harvey’s back catalogue has reached Let England Shake – just about in time for its 10th anniversary.
The release date will take us beyond this landmark year though; January 28th, 2022 also bringing the customary Demos accompaniment for a record which landed Polly Harvey her second Mercury Prize win – an accolade which still remains unique to her.
“Polly Jean is a musical genius, and now she’s practically cemented the fact,” our 2011 review reads. “The depth of the composition woven from sound through lyric now ascends the ages, and proves to show that what is now the eighth album from Harvey is possibly the most accomplished.”
“A stand-out line from the song ‘All and Everyone‘ pertains that, ‘Death was in the stare of sun, fixing it’s eyes on everyone’. Beautifully personified and a perfectly universal metaphor.”