Album · PJ Harvey
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea by PJ Harvey
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea is an album by PJ Harvey, released in 2000. 6 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 42 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “You Said Something”, on 14 lists with a best position of #79.
Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea, PJ Harvey's fifth album, came out on Island on 23 October 2000, and it's a record of love all tangled up with her affection for New York City. She made it between March and April that year with her former bandmate Rob Ellis producing, and it's an open-hearted, big-sky record, full of ringing guitars and choruses she lets fly without a trace of irony.
"Good Fortune" struts like she owns the block, "Big Exit" crackles with nervous electricity, and "You Said Something" and "This Is Love" keep the heat up. It was the second major commercial success of her career after To Bring You My Love, went platinum in the UK and Australia, drew a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album, and won her the Mercury Prize in 2001, the first of the two she would take home.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You Said Something | 14 | #79 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 2 | Good Fortune | 17 | #2 | – | 2000–2025 | |
| 3 | This Mess We're In | 6 | #11 | – | 2001–2026 | |
| 4 | Big Exit | 3 | #6 | – | 2000–2024 | |
| 5 | This Is Love | 1 | #36 | – | 2001 | |
| 6 | We Float | 1 | #582 | – | 2019 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.