PJ Harvey -  Let England Shake  (Island Records, 2011)
Winner of the Mercury Music Prize 2011.

Let England Shake' was recorded in Eype Chapel, Dorset in the spring of 2010. It was engineered by Rob Kirwan (who’d previously worked on 'To Bring You My Love') and produced by Flood, Polly, John and Mick Harvey. Along with Polly, John and Mick played most of the instruments on the album. Jean-Marc Butty (To Bring You My Love , A Woman A Man Walked By) drummed on several songs. They all sang. The record was mixed by Flood at Assault and Battery Studio, London in June and was released in early 2011. 

The touring band for Let England Shake was PJ Harvey - vocals, autoharp, guitar,  John Parish - guitar, keyboards, vocals,  Mick Harvey - keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals, and  Jean-Marc Butty - drums, vocals.

 Tour dates in reverse order: Royal Albert Hall, London; Lucerna Hall, Prague, Czech Republic; Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway; Stockholm Filadelfiakyrkan, Sweden;  Bestival Festival, Isle Of Wight, UK; Apollo, Manchester, UK; Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK;  The Electric Picnic Festival, Ireland;  Alexandra Palace, London (Portishead's 'I'll Be Your Mirror'); Paleo Festival, Nyon, Switzerland; Vieilles Charrues, Carhaix, France; The Musilac Festival, Aix-Les-Bains, France;  Neumunster Abbey, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg;  Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany; Circus Krone, Munich, Germany; Piazza Castello, Ferrara, Italy; Main Square Festival in Arras, France; Rock Werchter, Belgium; Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland; Primavera Sound Festival, Spain; Aula Magna, Lisbon, Portugal; Terminal 5, New York, U.S.A.;Coachella, California U.S.A.; Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California U.S.A. ; Troxy, London, UK; Olympia, Paris, France; Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany;  Cirque Royale, Brussels, Belgium.
Let England Shake dominated the 2011 end of year charts: 

Let England Shake dominated the 2011 end of year charts: 

#1 Album of the year - Mojo 

#1 Album of the year - Uncut 

#1 Album of the year - NME 

#1 Album of the year - Sunday Times 

#1 Album of the year - Hot Press (Ireland) 

#1 Album of the year - Oor (Netherlands) 

#1 BBC Music Writers picks 

#1 The Quietus 

#1 The Washington Post (Alison Stewart's picks) 

#1 Sunday Telegrapgh (James Delingpole's picks) 

#1 LA Times 

#2 Spin 

#2 The Sun 

#2 The Observer 

#2 Amazon UK 

#2 Q #3 Clash magazine 

#4 Time Magazine 

#4 Time magazine 

#5 New York Magazine

 #5 New York Magazine 

#7 Under The Radar 

#8 Stereogum 

#5 Best selling Vinyl albums of 2011 - Record Collector