Is This Desire?
Artist PJ Harvey
Genre Rock
Style Alternative Rock

Following a clutch of visceral alt-rock releases, PJ Harvey closed out the ’90s with this simmering, electronic-infused album. Is This Desire? is built on the intimate tales and torments of various women—the prostitute’s plight in “Angelene” is reflected in Harvey’s grungy snarl, while the innocent “Joy” hopelessly rumbles through creeping industrial dissonance. Harvey’s electronic experiments are as moody as her characters, fluttering between grinding, overblown beats on “My Beautiful Leah” and “A Perfect Day Elise,” and a minimalist, Portishead-like throb on “Electric Light.”

Tracklisting

  1. Angelene (3:26)
  2. The Sky Lit Up (1:54)
  3. The Wind (3:59)
  4. My Beautiful Leah (1:59)
  5. A Perfect Day Elise (3:03)
  6. Catherine (3:57)
  7. Electric Light (3:05)
  8. The Garden (4:09)
  9. Joy (3:39)
  10. The River (4:49)
  11. No Girl So Sweet (2:48)
  12. Is This Desire? (3:19)

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Key Value
Format Vinyl LP Album Reissue (180 Gram)
Label Island Records
Catalog Number 0898528
Notes Some copies include a hype sticker and download card. Hype sticker with catalog # 0898528: Re-issue of the original 1998 album Is This Desire?, featuring the singles A Perfect Day Elise and The Wind Pressed on 180gsm vinyl Includes download card Includes a printed inner sleeve with lyrics, credits and artwork. An Island Records Release. ℗1998 Universal Music Operations Ltd. ©1998 Universal Music Operations Ltd. The copyright in this recording and artwork is owned by Universal Music Operations Ltd. A Universal Music Company. Universal International Music B.V., ’s-Gravelandseweg 80, 1217 EW Hilversum, Netherlands. Made in Germany. Recorded at Small World Studios, Yeovil and Whitfield Street Studios, London, April ‘97 - April ‘98 Mixed at Whitfield Street Vinyl cutting […] at Loud Hot Head Music Limited (ASCAP), administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (ASCAP) except track A3 Hot Head Music Limited (ASCAP), administered by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing (ASCAP) / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp (BMI) ‘The Wind’ contains portions of ‘Planet Of The Apes’ (J. Goldsmith) Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp (BMI) First catalog # (0898528) on jacket spine, back, side B label, inner sleeve. Second catalog # (00602508985287) on jacket back, side B label. Runouts are etched, Optimal plating symbols are mirrored. Track durations not printed on release.
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