Track Listing

1. Oh My Lover
2. O Stella
3. Dress
4. Victory
5. Happy And Bleeding
6. Sheela Na Gig
7. Hair
8. Joe
9. Plants And Rags
10. Fountain
11. Water

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3777 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-01
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Dry is the cornerstone of the 1990's "women in rock" movement. To paraphrase what Lou Reed said about the Velvet Underground: Not many people bought the album, but those who did formed a band. The attraction is unmistakable: bluesy riffs played with punk-rock energy suddenly crash to a hush, while Harvey's desperate wails become fatigued moans. What is she so hung up about? Well, in the spirit of the Rolling Stones, love and hope and dirty dreams and sex and sex and sex. Through the raucous "Oh My Lover" and "Joe", Harvey airs her laundry quite loudly but never loses her wit, as "Sheela-Na-Gig", which features the mantra "I'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair / I'm gonna take my hips to a man who cares," attest. --Bill Crandall

Customer Reviews

pj rocks us all
Polly Jean Harvey rocks and rocks some more. We all know this. It's a universal fact. Dry is a testament to how much, how hard she does this. It's short, brief but powerful. Her voice, beautiful but crazed, is the sound of feminine protest. But these songs are not one dimensional angry anthems. These are songs of crushing desire, red hot burning truth and exquisite despair. Listen to PJ, straining, crawling through sadness in "Plants and Rags". Listen to her triumphant in "Sheela Na Gig". Listen to her roar in Dry.

Amazing album!
In my opinion one of the greatest debut albums ever. There are no bad songs here but stand out tracks are O Stella, Dress and the incredibly catchy Sheela Na Gig.

My favourite
I have a few of pjs albums now and this has to be my favourite 40 mins of grungy like music. One of the few albums i own where i can listen to all the way threw, unlike some of pjs other albums where i'm skipping threw some tracks.