- rock, alternative rock, indie rock
- 41 min
- 12 tracks
- Island
Is This Desire? is the fourth studio album by the English musician PJ Harvey, released on 28 September 1998 by Island Records. It was re-released on vinyl LP in late January, 2021. A separate demo compilation of tracks from the album titled Is This Desire? – Demos was also released on vinyl LP and CD.
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Character
Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- NME6/10
- Pitchfork8/10
- Q4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1Angelene3:34
- 2The Sky Lit Up1:53
- 3The Wind4:01
- 4My Beautiful Leah1:60
- 5A Perfect Day Elise3:06
- 6Catherine4:05
- 7Electric Light3:05
- 8The Garden4:13
- 9Joy3:40
- 10The River4:53
- 11No Girl So Sweet2:46
- 12Is This Desire?3:26
12 tracks, 41 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- PJ Harvey
- Label
- Island
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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