Song · PJ Harvey
“Is This Desire?” by PJ Harvey
From the album Is This Desire? (1998)
“Is This Desire?” by PJ Harvey appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1998. It was first released in 1998 on the album Is This Desire?. Its best result is #50 on the John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1998. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #455 alternative song of 1998.
PJ Harvey wrote "Is This Desire?" and gave its name to her fourth album, which Island released on September 28, 1998. She produced it with Flood and Head, and Andy Todd mixed it.
The album around it came together in fits and starts, in Somerset and London, from April 1997 to April 1998, and it found Harvey stepping back from the guitar-driven rock of her earlier records toward quieter, subtler mood pieces built on keyboards, bass and electronics. It came out of a hard stretch in her life, and in a 2004 interview with Filter she named it the project she was proudest of so far.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 50 | John Peel (BBC Radio 1) | John Peel's Festive Fifty of 1998 | 50 |
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