A Woman a Man Walked By explained

A Woman a Man Walked By
Type:studio
Artist:PJ Harvey and John Parish
Cover:AWAMWB.jpg
Recorded:–
Studio:Toybox Studios and Honorsound in Bristol, United Kingdom and Hothead Studios in New York City, United States
Genre:Alternative rock, experimental rock
Label:Island
Producer:Flood, John Parish, PJ Harvey
Prev Title:Dance Hall at Louse Point
Prev Year:1996

A Woman a Man Walked By is the second collaborative studio album by English alternative rock musicians PJ Harvey and John Parish, released on 27 March 2009 by Island Records.

Background

It is the second collaboration between Harvey and Parish, following 1996's Dance Hall at Louse Point. The album was recorded in Bristol and Dorset, and mixed by Flood. This album is made up of ten new songs. All the music is written by Parish, who also plays most of the instruments. The vocals and all lyrics are by Harvey. The first single from the album is "Black Hearted Love" which is described as having 'anthemic grunge-pop guitars.'

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 75, based on 27 reviews, which indicates "Generally favorable reviews".[1]

The album was described by journalist John Harris, as "...mischievous, deadly serious, elegant and poetic, and possessed of a brutal power – it is doubtful that you will hear a record as brimming with creative brio and musical invention this year..."[2] In a track by track synopsis on their website, The Fly described the album as "a body of folk tales, funeral songs and trapped, tangled love songs... brilliant."[3]

Track list

All songs written by PJ Harvey and John Parish.

  1. "Black Hearted Love" – 4:40
  2. "Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen" – 3:35
  3. "Leaving California" – 3:56
  4. "The Chair" – 2:29
  5. "April" – 4:41
  6. "A Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go" – 4:47
  7. "The Soldier" – 3:55
  8. "Pig Will Not" – 3:50
  9. "Passionless, Pointless" – 4:19
  10. "Cracks in the Canvas" – 1:54

Personnel

Additional musicians

Chart positions

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[4] 25
Austrian Ö3 Top 40[5] 55
Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)[6] 11
Belgian Albums Chart (Wa)[7] 27
Danish Albums Chart[8] 28
Dutch MegaCharts Top 100[9] 46
French SNEP Albums Chart[10] 13
German Albums Chart[11] 62
Irish Albums Chart[12] 39
Italian FIMI Albums Chart[13] 45
Norwegian Albums Chart[14] 13
Spanish Albums Chart[15] 61
Swiss Hitparade Albums Chart[16] 24
UK Albums Chart[17] 25
US Billboard 200[18] 80

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Woman A Man Walked By Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More at Metacritic . . 9 January 2012.
  2. Web site: A Woman A Man Walked By. PJHarvey.net. John. Harris. January 2009. 13 August 2018.
  3. Web site: The Fly: Track by Track Preview of PJ Harvey's Latest. The Fly. 9 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20090403134628/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/blogs/3877/track-by-track-preview-of-pj-harvey's-latest. 3 April 2009. dead.
  4. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. 28 January 2013.
  5. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. austriancharts.at. Hung Medien. German. 28 January 2013.
  6. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. Ultratop. Hung Medien. Dutch. 28 January 2013.
  7. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. Ultratop. Hung Medien. French. 28 January 2013.
  8. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. danishcharts.dk. Hung Medien. 28 January 2013.
  9. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Dutch. 28 January 2013.
  10. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. lescharts.com. Hung Medien. French. 28 January 2013.
  11. Web site: Album – PJ Harvey and John Parish, A Woman a Man Walked By. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403143950/http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=PJ+Harvey+%26+John+Parish&title=A+Woman+A+Man+Walked+By&cat=a&country=de. dead. 3 April 2015. Media Control Charts. Bundesverband Musikindustrie. German. 28 January 2013.
  12. Web site: Discography PJ Harvey. irish-charts.com. Hung Medien. 28 January 2013.
  13. Web site: Notizie - Classifiche: Archivo. Chart Information: Archive. Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Italian. 28 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305041552/http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_search_artisti.php. 5 March 2016. dead. N.B. User must select a chart from the drop-down lists. For A Woman a Man Walked By, user must select "2009 > Aprile".
  14. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. 28 January 2013.
  15. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. spanishcharts.com. Hung Medien. 28 January 2013.
  16. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish – A Woman a Man Walked By. Hitparade. Hung Medien. German. 28 January 2013.
  17. Web site: PJ Harvey and John Parish. Official Charts Company. British Phonographic Industry. 28 January 2013.
  18. Web site: A Woman a Man Walked By – John Parish, PJ Harvey: Awards. Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. 28 January 2013.

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