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2 | [[caption-width-right:350: ''Dreamy dreamy music, make it alright. Music play.'']] |
3 | |
4 | ''Dry'' is the 1992 debut album by Music/PJHarvey. It is widely received positive acclaim among critics and quickly became a cult hit in the AlternativeRock circuit, thanks to hit singles like "Dress" and "Sheela-Na-Gig". |
5 | |
6 | Music/KurtCobain placed it at #16 in his personal list of his 50 favorite albums of all time. |
7 | |
8 | [[AC:Tracklist:]] |
9 | |
10 | # "Oh My Lover" (3:57) |
11 | # "O Stella" (2:36) |
12 | # "Dress" (3:16) |
13 | # "Victory" (3:16) |
14 | # "Happy and Bleeding" (4:50) |
15 | # "Sheela-Na-Gig" (3:11) |
16 | # "Hair" (3:45) |
17 | # "Joe" (2:33) |
18 | # "Plants and Rags" (4:09) |
19 | # "Fountain" (3:52) |
20 | # "Water" (4:32) |
21 | |
22 | ---- |
23 | !! ''Gonna take my tropes to anyone who cares:'' |
24 | * AddedAlliterativeAppeal: |
25 | --> '' Look at these my '''r'''uby-'''r'''ed '''r'''uby lips '' |
26 | * AsTheGoodBookSays: |
27 | ** "Heaven" refers to Adam and Eve. |
28 | --> ''She burst, dropped off'' |
29 | --> ''Picked the fruit and realize I'm naked too'' |
30 | --> ''So cover my body'' |
31 | ** "Victory" |
32 | --> ''Angel at my table, God in my car'' |
33 | ** "Water" |
34 | --> ''Walking on water for years'' |
35 | ** "Hair" refers to Literature/SamsonAndDelilah. |
36 | --> ''Samson the strength that's in your arms'' |
37 | --> ''Oh, to be your stunning bride'' |
38 | --> ''Samson, your hair glistening'' |
39 | --> ''(...) He said: "Wait, Delilah, my babe'' |
40 | --> ''"You lied in my face, you cut off my hair, you lied in my bed'' |
41 | ** "O Stella" namedrops "Stella Maris", which is Latin for "Star of the Sea" and refers to the Virgin Mary. |
42 | --> ''O stella maris, you're my star'' |
43 | * BreakupSong: "Sheela-na-Gig" |
44 | --> ''Better wash that man right out of my hair'' |
45 | --> ''Just like the first time, said you didn't care'' |
46 | --> ''Gonna take my hips to a man who cares'' |
47 | * ButNowIMustGo: Which may be a BreakUpSong, but the lyrics are too vague for that. |
48 | --> ''He's my big man'' |
49 | --> ''Stays with me, some forty days'' |
50 | --> ''No words'' |
51 | --> ''Then goes away'' |
52 | --> ''I cry again'' |
53 | * DeliberatelyMonochrome: The music video for "Dress" was so low-budget that it had to be shot in black-and-white and had to repeat several scenes and play them backwards. |
54 | * DirtyOldWoman: The "Sheela-Na-Gig" statues referred to in the song. |
55 | * FaceOnTheCover: An extreme close-up of P.J.'s lips and chin. |
56 | * HemoErotic: "Happy And Bleeding" |
57 | --> ''I'm happy and bleeding for you'' |
58 | * LimitedLyricsSong: "Hair" and "Plants And Rags". |
59 | * MundaneMadeAwesome: |
60 | ** "Dress", a tongue-in-cheek song about dressing up to go out. |
61 | --> ''The dress is filthy'' |
62 | --> ''And my arms are empty'' |
63 | --> ''Clear the way, better get it out of this room'' |
64 | --> ''A fallen woman in dancing costume'' |
65 | ** "Plants & Rags" was inspired by a photography book with a double-page spread showing extreme images on each page, like light and dark. |
66 | * NakedPeopleAreFunny: "Sheela-na-Gig" |
67 | --> ''Sheela-na-Gig, Sheela-na-Gig'' |
68 | --> ''You exhibitionist!'' |
69 | * OneManSong: "Joe". |
70 | * OneWomanSong: "O Stella" |
71 | * OneWordTitle: "Dry". The tracks "Dress", "Victory", "Hair", "Fountain" and "Water". |
72 | * RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Joe" is about P.J.'s then partner, but they didn't stay together. |
73 | --> ''Joe, ain't you my buddy thee?'' |
74 | --> ''Stay with me, when I fall and die'' |
75 | --> ''Always thought you'd come rushing in'' |
76 | --> ''To clear the shit out of my eye'' |
77 | * RecordProducer: Mark Vernon, Rob Ellis and P.J. Harvey. |
78 | * ReferenceOverdosed: "Sheela-Na-Gig" refers to a specific erotic Celtic statue, but the explanation behind the line "put money in your idle hole" is really obscure. It refers to a theory that the language of the medieval witch-cult was Basque and the term "sheela-na-gig" actually derives from the Basque "Chilo-nagi" ("the idle hole"). |
79 | * SayMyName: "Oh My Lover" |
80 | --> ''Oh my lover, why don't you just say my name and all of it is alright!'' |
81 | * SelfBackingVocalist: "Victory" and "Sheela-Na-Gig" have P.J. doing this. |
82 | * ShoutOut: |
83 | ** "Sheela-na-gig" refers to breasts as "dirty pillows", a confirmed reference to ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', where the prudent Christian fundamentalist mother also uses this oud-dated term to describe that particular part of female anatomy. The line "gonna wash that man right outta my hair" is a line from ''Film/SouthPacific'' (1958). |
84 | * SlutShaming: "Sheela-na-Gig" is about being slut-shamed by a would-be suitor. |
85 | * StockRhymes: "Sheela-na-Gig" has the word "ruby-red lips" rhyme with "hips". |
86 | * TheirFirstTime: "Happy And Bleeding" strongly implies a woman losing her virginity. |
87 | --> ''I'm happy and I'm bleeding for you'' |
88 | * UncommonTime: "Water" is effectively a march in 5/4. |
89 | * UnrequitedLove: The protagonist in "Oh My Lover" goes to extreme lengths to make the man of her desire love her: |
90 | --> ''You can love her, you can love me at the same time'' |
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