“Shame” by PJ Harvey

"Shame" comes from Uh Huh Her, PJ Harvey's sixth album, which Island released on 31 May 2004 after she'd spent two years writing, recording and producing it by herself. It was her first true one-woman record since 4-Track Demos back in 1993: she played every instrument apart from the final drum tracks, which she left to her longtime collaborator Rob Ellis.

The song's credits follow the plan to the letter. Ellis plays drums and percussion; Harvey sings lead and handles the rest, from electric and acoustic guitar and bass to piano, accordion, autoharp and melodica. She wrote the words and music alone and recorded and mixed it with Head, which makes "Shame" about as private as a rock record gets.

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