Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 16:48:48 -0800 
      From: Jens Alfke (jens_alfke@POWERTALK.APPLE.COM) 
      Subject: Reviews: PJH / Null & Plotkin / Kronos & Glass / Hitchcock


P J Harvey "To Bring You My Love" (Island)

This is quickly falling into that bin of CDs that are good but which don't
hold my interest. Something in the change of style/ instrumentation/
production from her first two albums has lost me in the translation; it
doesn't yank me to my feet and slap me in the face the way "Dress" or
"Man-Sized" or "Easy" do.
To go into a bit more detail: She's no longer using her backup band, rather a
variety of musicians on different tracks, and the instruments are more varied.
The songs are more subtle, less intense than before. There aren't many of
those great Cap'n Beefheart-style twisted guitar lines. I won't say she's
going downhill artistically, just that her current style doesn't interest me
as much as the older stuff did.