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Artist:	John Parish, Polly Jean Harvey	Record Label:	Island
Release Year:	1996	EAN:	0731452427823
Genre:	Rock	Format:	Album
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Condition:	Used

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Track listing
1. Girl 2. Rope Bridge Crossing 3. City Of No Sun 4. That Was My Veil 5. Urn With Dead Flowers In A Drained Pool 6. Civil War Correspondent 7. Taut 8. Un Cercle Autour Du Soleil 9. Heela 10. Is That All There Is 11. Dance Hall At Louse Point 12. Lost Fun Zone
Details
Number of CDs:	1
Contributing artists:	Parish, John & Polly Jean Harvey
Recording type:	Studio
Distributor:	Universal Music
Recording mode:	Stereo

Album notes
Personnel: John Parish, Polly Jean Harvey; Mick Harvey (organ, bass, guitar).Producers: John Parish, Polly Jean Harvey, Mick Harvey.Recorded at Small World Studios, Yeovil, England between February 12 and March 10, 1996.A more deconstructed version of the twisted, gothic-blues sound she has explored on her own albums, DANCE HALL finds PJ Harvey concentrating on words, delegating the compositional and instrumental duties to her longtime accomplice, multi-instrumentalist John Parish. Parish's dark, scaly guitar work and raw, angular percussion create the perfect backdrop for Harvey's songpoetry. Like her hero Nick Cave (Cave's right-hand man Mick Harvey--no relation to PJ--is the only other musician credited on DANCE HALL), Harvey employs a blues sensibility more overheard than inherited as a starting point for very British tales of death and dismay. Such material might easily cross the line into pretension were it not for the solid artistic vision that informs Harvey's writing and empowers her delivery. Each song on DANCE HALL has an air of foreboding and mystery that draws the listener into a world of whispers and secrets that are simultaneously tantalizing and unsettling.
Editorial reviews
Ranked #44 in NME's 1996 critic's poll. NME 7 (out of 10) - ...[DANCE HALL] contains more familiar tricks--4-TRACK DEMOS' rhythmless bare-bones arrangements, RID OF ME's vocal and volume extremes, TO BRING YOU MY LOVE's ambience and basic blues progressions--than original treats... Spin (10/01/1996) ...The singer supplied sublimely spooky lyrics and estimable co-production talents to these compositions by guitarist/percussionist John Parish....The results are as engaging as they are disturbing....full of stange moves and unusual textures... Musician (12/01/1996) 3 Stars (out of 5) - ...she still has that polecat spit and those brooding rural blues, but it is a more muted affair, less immediately commercial....DANCE HALL AT LOUSE POINT is a curious beast, conveying a disparate range of moods... Q (11/08/1996) Recommended. New York Times (08/01/1993) 8 (out of 10) - ...No, it's not the new PJ Harvey album, but it's far more than a mere side bar to the main story. Welcome to the John 'n' Polly Blues Implosion. NME (09/21/1996) ...By turns mournful and dissonant, stately and manic, these collaborations exude an otherworldly drams, like blues beamed in from another dimension. This is `deep' music in every sense; total immersion is recommended. - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (09/27/1996) ...By turns mournful and dissonant, stately and manic, these collaborations exude an otherworldly drams, like blues beamed in from another dimension. This is `deep' music in every sense; total immersion is recommended. - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (09/27/1996) 8 (out of 10) - ...No, it's not the new PJ Harvey album, but it's far more than a mere side bar to the main story. Welcome to the John 'n' Polly Blues Implosion. NME (09/21/1996) Ranked #44 in NME's 1996 critic's poll.Spin (10/96, pp.130-131) - 7 (out of 10) - ...[DANCE HALL] contains more familiar tricks--4-TRACK DEMOS' rhythmless bare-bones arrangements, RID OF ME's vocal and volume extremes, TO BRING YOU MY LOVE's ambience and basic blues progressions--than original treats...Musician (12/96, pp.91-92) - ...The singer supplied sublimely spooky lyrics and estimable co-production talents to these compositions by guitarist/percussionist John Parish....The results are as engaging as they are disturbing....full of stange moves and unusual textures...Q (11/8/96, p.134) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - ...she still has that polecat spit and those brooding rural blues, but it is a more muted affair, less immediately commercial....DANCE HALL AT LOUSE POINT is a curious beast, conveying a disparate range of moods...Melody Maker (9/28/96, p.50) - Recommended.NME (9/21/96, p.50) - 8 (out of 10) - ...No, it's not the new PJ Harvey album, but it's far more than a mere side bar to the main story. Welcome to the John 'n' Polly Blues Implosion.Entertainment Weekly (9/27/96, p.80) - ...By turns mournful and dissonant, stately and manic, these collaborations exude an otherworldly drams, like blues beamed in from another dimension. This is `deep' music in every sense; total immersion is recommended. - Rating: A NME

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