PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

PJ Harvey had made a name for herself in the early 90s as a confrontational, somewhat abrasive performer who made a virtue of rawness.

But as the decade wore on, she began to soak up different influences, growing as a songwriter far beyond her beginning.

And in 2000, she recorded an album full of optimism, love, and hope, inspired by the time she'd spent in New York City. A record that brims with the warmth of the new millennium, Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea finds her at her most cohesive, delivering a career defining album, just before darkness descended upon the world.