PJ Harvey - On Battleship Hill

[coSMia2010]

wow! my 1st time hearing this, gotta hear it again, and again

[Voldemort1857]

awesome

[henriqueolis]

good song. bjork anyone?

[Joltzz1985]

Rolling Stone can fuck off.

[remidelino]

fucking stunning <3 my favorite song on 'let england shake' and one of my all-time favorite songs of hers, period. cruel nature is WILD again -

[MILAGROSCAHUINA]

muy muy bueno



[poplov]

bellissima!!!

[blancA4blanc]

if i had to die listening to one song - this would be the song.

by far.

[Arthounot]

@blancA4blanc I completely agree.

[KatesPinkZeppelin]

intro sounds slightly like the wuthering heights solo if you listen to it in the right way, great song :)

[Cael78]

@KatesPinkZeppelin I totally hear that now you've said it. The intro is so beautiful, and that's why - it reminds me of the guitar solo bit in Wuthering Heights. Well noticed! xx

[diogom100]

One of my favourite songs ever... Beautiful, aching and pure

[TheJakeofuk]

First PJ Harvey I have liked, and boy what an excellent enjoyment it is, Bravo young lady a CLASSIC!!!

[anyastar]

This is such an interesting album. Well done, Ms Harvey.

[Transformersgeek]

The 'Album of the Year' race grows less and less compelling with each subsequent listen of this album. Flat-out brilliant

[paryseusz]

@paranoidandroid505 For me it's her biggest achievement. Even bigger than "To Bring You My Love" or "Stories..."

[shaunsk]

this sounds like Forever Changes.Britain has got talent.Album of the year.

[karciana]

AAmo esta cancion!!! muy buena cancion tenia que ser PJ!!!!

[Tauro4105]

Ça a pas de bon sens comment ça vient me chercher.

[MrRuudhogendoorn]

Best Britpop-album so far?

[speccyride]

@MrRuudhogendoorn its not 1993

[GNWmusic]

@MrRuudhogendoorn wouldnt really call this britpop mate

[dazzdeadmeadow]

This is probably one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard from an amazing album. You have to be so gifted to bring something so stunningly gorgeous out of your head and onto a record.

Polly, thank you for making amzing music.xx

[bungalero]

cruel nature has won again

[ReyZore]

ok, ok... i have knew PJ Harvey until today just from her live show at Brit Awards with Bjork singing Satisfaction. i knew nothing about her. but this song is....... AMAZING. goosebumps

[Karolcia1993]

HER VOICE!!!

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[SuperMarann]

My heart bleeds.... Fantastic album.

[crasshelmet]

This is one of the first albums I have heard that tries to express the dire situation we all are in; the on going wars, the death of beauty and spiritual life (what "England" used to mean to her) "I have searched for your springs, but people stagnate with time, like water or air. Undaunted, never-falling love for you, England, is all, to which I cling" PJ Harvey. Sadly, she is right,;like the love a woman has for her wife beating husband, hoping ,but knowing, there will be no change...

[erasmusherzen]

I think she drew the cover

[robbykhu]

beautiful

[SteeRnschNuPPe]

Favourite Song! There are many other songs from LES near him, but he´s the number one!

[arnaudtiercelin]

Sublime !

[adrian3401]

Somehow fitting for the tragedy in Japan.

[wakegrrl]

I love how there are so many interpretations of "cruel nature", such as those in the comments before. Also, cruel nature could also refer to nature itself being cruel (i.e. natural disasters, avalanches, flooding, gargantuan waves, etc). And when nature is cruel, it always wins.

[gloobyclamshakes01]

PJ Harvey said she wanted the lyrics to this album to be open to interpretation. In this age of politics, that can open the music up to being propaganda. "Cruel nature has won again" is an interesting line and can almost be used to sum up the philosophy of the album. While I believe nature is indeed cruel, Buddhists believe that ultimate nature is loving and compassionate. I love the album and I hope the peace sign on John Parrish's guitar is sincere.

[JFlyer08]

@gloobyclamshakes01 really? u gave me a different perspective, i took the quote as meaning the nature of being cruel, meaning cruelty is winning, while kindness is losing in this day and age

great album, great artist

[gloobyclamshakes01]

@JFlyer08 after I wrote it down, I got the cruel nature of humanity aspect of it, too. What bothers me is that pro-war people justify war by saying that "it's the way of the world," or "survival of the fittest". While I agree they have a point, the argument needs to be taken further, as in Buddhism, saying: the "way of the world" is capable of being transcended and needs to be.

[wakegrrl]

@CamMcKayJPN, yeah, what the previous post says. Check out the Mansize vid (with Pj sitting in her knickers on a chair). AMAZING. You've really been missing out these past years.

[Annetjie]

saw her this evening at troxy,

pretty ace

[culboi]

cruel nature has won again ... can't get this line out of my head

[alchemistdavo]

OHHH!!!! XD

[nisto95]

That voice is really stunning. Gives me the chills.

[khanell786]

a little kate bush esq

[nezichov]

Great new album. Listened to it continuously for the past week.

[khanell786]

@nezichov bet you never bought it.

[nezichov]

@khanell786 Correct. The whole thing is on YouTube and it is playing in my office again today as we speak.

However, whilst I love using YouTube, I do wonder how long the posting of artists' materials can go on without charge. I believe it is technically possible to download from YouTube to Mp3.

[catherinespark]

The best one, like all the others.

[sickofwaitingtables]

Let England Shake is definitely the album of the year, in my opinion :) I absolutely adore every song on it. OBH is one of my favorites.

[KrisM189]

More reverb!

[GameKing777777]

Just wait til Radioheads new album. This is the year of great music!

[lenlenkic]

Piano parts reminds me of Pride and prejudice. I like it. :)

[CamMcKayJPN]

This new album is my first exposure to PJ Harvey, and I am absolutely blown away! I love it!

[roejogan8]

@CamMcKayJPN your first exposure to pj? where have u been? her first album dry is a masterpiece and she kept delivering them album after album!

[Flippaarn]

thanks for uploading!

[suckerupper]

absolutely amazing album

[villarreal20]

*another stupid praise comment* :)

[redcommando1]

I've perhaps not got this excited about a album since "ok computer"

[khanell786]

@redcommando1 YOUR NOT THE 1ST PERSON 2 SAY THAT

[1roback]

I wish there was a video to this song,something with lighthouse and the sea:)

[ohcristina]

imagine listening to this inside an empty gothic cathedral...

[YodaPala]

@ohcristina It was recorded in one i think, for harmonics.

[millykid0o]

glorious.

[remidelino]

so. fucking. GORGEOUS!

[remidelino]

@remidelino i love what this woman can do with her voice <3 she makes me cry tears of ecstasy.

[thefrugalcritic]

This is my favorite from the album

I can't wait to own this on vinyl

[NGC2362]

favorite track off new album! simply amazing!

[nueve08]

As Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) once said: "PJ Harvey is one of those musicians you can't match no matter what you do... she's unique"

[KissMissBang]

@nueve08 Gosh I always loved him and now I love him even more for saying that...

[KissMissBang]

@nueve08 Gosh I always loved him and now I love him even more for saying that... she is the way out of musical recession...

[amigoacid]

pure beauty

[electricneon2]

This song is amazing , but the song of this video on youtube is just not right !

So please buy the album !

[RobbGardner]

The Best

[Pj676]

this voice is coming from an another world. man.

[MadsAndersen1]

On "Let England Shake", PJ Harvey has truly caught lightening in a bottle. It's just one of those albums, and "On Battleship Hill" is a perfect example. It's so right, so beautiful, so perfect. I am in complete awe of this new album.