White Chalk

by PJ Harvey

White Chalk cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 September 2007
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 33:26
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 15 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Abandoning guitars for the piano, PJ Harvey delivers her most haunting and gothic album. 'White Chalk' features high-pitched, ghostly vocals and sparse arrangements. It evokes the chalk landscapes of Dorset and Victorian ghost stories.

Genres

Descriptors: hushed, chamber, folk, ballad, stripped-down, piano, female-vocals, minimal, bleak

Tracklist

  1. The Devil (02:55)
  2. Dear Darkness (03:09)
  3. Grow Grow Grow (03:21)
  4. When Under Ether (02:22)
  5. White Chalk (03:06)
  6. Broken Harp (01:57)
  7. Silence (03:05)
  8. To Talk To You (04:00)
  9. The Piano (02:36)
  10. Before Departure (03:45)
  11. The Mountain (03:10)

Credits

  • Maria Mochnacz - artwork
  • Rob Crane - artwork
  • PJ Harvey - artwork [dress designed by]
  • Annie Mochnacz - artwork [dress made by]
  • Jim White - drums, percussion
  • John Parish - drums, vocals, bass, banjo, acoustic guitar, percussion, noises [wine glass]
  • Flood - engineer
  • Ali Chant - engineer [additional]
  • Andy Savours - engineer [assistant]
  • Catherine Marks - engineer [assistant]
  • John Dent - lacquer cut by
  • Eric Drew Feldman - piano, organ [optigan], mellotron, vocals, keyboards, synthesizer [mini-moog]

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