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Wang Dang Doodle

PJ Harvey

Album: The Peel Sessions 1991 - 2004

Genre: Rock

Composer: Dixon


Wang Dang Doodle		3:19

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Album, Publisher

Rating

White Chalk Universal/Island 10/2/2007

The Peel Sessions 1991 - 2004 Universal/Island 11/7/2006 Recommended Tracks You Come Through Beautiful Feeling That Was My Veil	60px;'>Currently 4/5 Stars.

The Letter (plus B-Sides) 6/22/2004

Uh Huh Her Universal 6/8/2004 Recommended Tracks The Darker Days Of Me & Him Seagulls The End	60px;'>Currently 4/5 Stars.

The Letter 5/11/2004

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea Universal 10/31/2000 Recommended Tracks We Float Horses In My Dreams Kamikaze	60px;'>Currently 4/5 Stars.

Is This Desire? Island 9/29/1998 Recommended Tracks Is This Desire? No Girl So Sweet Joy	37.5px;'>Currently 2.5/5 Stars.

To Bring You My Love Island 2/28/1995 Recommended Tracks The Dancer Send His Love To Me Down By The Water	67.5px;'>Currently 4.5/5 Stars.

4-Track Demos Island 10/19/1993 Recommended Tracks Goodnight Yuri-G Easy	60px;'>Currently 4/5 Stars.

Rid Of Me Island 5/4/1993 Recommended Tracks Ecstasy Snake Dry	67.5px;'>Currently 4.5/5 Stars.

Dry Too Pure/Indigo 6/30/1992 Recommended Tracks Water Fountain Joe	67.5px;'>Currently 4.5/5 Stars.

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Show Track Metadata

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TRACK_NAME	Wang Dang Doodle
COMPOSER	Dixon
TRACK_NUMBER	6
RUN_TIME	3:19
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ALBUM_TITLE	The Peel Sessions 1991 - 2004
ARTIST_NAME	PJ Harvey
SEARCH_NAME	PJ Harvey
RATED	7
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OFFICAL_LENGTH	0:03:16
SITE_REVIEW	Part of a series commemorating the second anniversary of legendary BBC DJ John Peel's death, PJ Harvey's The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 feels like a thank you and goodbye to a longtime friend. It should almost go without saying that these performances are great. As good as PJ Harvey's albums are, her concerts are even more striking, and her rapport with Peel just adds to the intimacy and intensity of these songs. The tracks from the October 1991 session that kick off the album account for a third of the entire album and may actually be better than the versions of these songs that ended up on Dry almost a year later. "Oh My Lover"'s lumbering guitars and "Victory"'s heavy, almost tangible basslines capture the formidable power and tightly controlled dynamics of the PJ Harvey trio at the time. However, the ecstatic version of "Water" is the standout, harnessing the full range of Harvey's amazing voice, from gently phrased verses to gasping shrieks at the song's end. From here, The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 takes some interesting twists and turns. Harvey hand-picked all the songs included here, and she makes some surprising choices (though maybe they shouldn't be, considering that she often puts unexpected songs in her live shows). Her version of Willie Dixon's "Wang Dang Doodle" (which also appeared as a B-side on the Man-Size single) is one of her most ferociously sexy and playful performances from the Rid of Me/4-Track Demos era, and it doesn't disappoint here; "Losing Ground," the creepy biblical punk of "Snake," and "This Wicked Tongue," a snarling rocker that was only on the Japanese version and first U.K. pressing of Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea, are equally raw and direct. On the other hand, the almost-folk of "That Was My Veil" and hypnotic restraint of "Beautiful Feeling" show that the more reflective sound Harvey developed later in the '90s was just as gripping. Interestingly, the only single included from her post-Dry work is the final song, "You Come Through," which she performed at the Peel tribute held six weeks after his death (making lyrics like "golden wishes to your health and mine" that much more poignant). Here, as with most of her career, Harvey doesn't go for the easy choices -- something she and her friend definitely had in common. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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Genre	Rock
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media	label
CD	Island
CD	Universal/Island
LP	Universal/Island

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