Editing PJ Harvey (section)

=== ''To Bring You My Love'' and ''Is This Desire?'': 1995–1999 ===
As Harvey embarked on her solo career, she explored collaborations with other musicians. In 1995 she released her third studio album, ''[[To Bring You My Love]]'', featuring former bandmate John Parish, [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds|Bad Seeds]] multi-instrumentalist [[Mick Harvey]] and French drummer Jean-Marc Butty, all of whom would continue to perform and record with Harvey throughout her career. The album was also her first material to be produced by [[Flood (producer)|Flood]].<ref>{{cite web| title=Flood |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/flood-p74793/credits/date-asc/100 |publisher= Allmusic| access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> A blues-influenced and futuristic record, ''To Bring You My Love'' included strings, organs and synthesisers.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=To Bring You My Love|title-link=To Bring You My Love|others=PJ Harvey|year=1995|pages=4–6|type=CD|publisher=[[Island (PolyGram)]] |id=LC 0407}}</ref> ''Rolling Stone'' said in its review that "Harvey sings the blues like [[Nick Cave]] sings gospel: with more distortion, sex and murder than you remember. ''To Bring You My Love'' was a towering goth version of grunge."<ref name= rolto>{{cite web|title=500 Greatest Albums: To Bring You My Love – PJ Harvey |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/to-bring-you-my-love-pj-harvey-19691231|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120604203014/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/to-bring-you-my-love-pj-harvey-19691231|url-status= dead|archive-date= 4 June 2012| work=rollingstone.com|access-date=20 January 2012}}</ref>

[[File:1998-pj harvey-03-mika.jpg|thumb|Harvey performing in [[Cologne]], Germany, 1998]]
The record generated a surprise [[modern rock]] radio hit in the United States with its lead single, "[[Down by the Water (PJ Harvey song)|Down by the Water]]".<ref name="LSD">{{cite magazine|last1=Aaron|first1=Charles|title=Artist of the Year: PJ Harvey|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|issue=1 January 1996|pages=58–60|date=1 January 1996}}</ref> The music video received heavy rotation on MTV and became Harvey's most recognizable song. Three consecutive singles—"[[C'mon Billy]]", "Send His Love to Me" and "Long Snake Moan"—were also moderately successful. The album sold one million copies worldwide<ref name=lucy>{{cite web|url=http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=3308| title=Queen of the Night: P.J. Harvey |first= Lucy |last= O'Brien|publisher=Rock's Backpages|date=12 June 1995 |access-date=21 January 2012}}</ref> including 370,000 in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ask Billboard| url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60260/ask-billboard|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]| date= 6 January 2007| access-date=10 January 2012| quote=Below is the rundown of PJ Harvey's U.S. sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan, beginning with the 1992 full-length debut "Dry." The Polly Jean Harvey-led act's most recent set is "Uh Huh Her," which debuted and peaked at No. 29 on The Billboard 200 in June 2004. "Dry" (1992; 176,000); "Rid of Me" (1993; 207,000); "4-Track Demos" (1993; 119,000); "To Bring You My Love" (1995; 371,000); "Is This Desire?" (1998; 164,000); "Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea" (2000; 285,000); "Uh Huh Her" (2004; 135,000).}}</ref> It was also certified Silver in the United Kingdom within seven months of its release, having sold over 60,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Certified Awards Search – BPI|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|work=[[British Phonographic Industry]]|access-date=23 January 2012|quote=NB: User must enter "To Bring You My Love" in Search and search by Title.|archive-date=24 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924015932/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the US, the album was voted Album of the Year by ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'' and the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. ''Rolling Stone'' also named Harvey 1995's Artist of the Year<ref>{{cite web|last1=Layne|first1=Anni|title=P.J. Harvey's Got Something&nbsp;... But She's Not Saying What |work=rollingstone.com |date=1 July 1998| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pjharvey/articles/story/5923480/pj_harveys_got_something__but_shes_not_saying_what |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430080923/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pjharvey/articles/story/5923480/pj_harveys_got_something__but_shes_not_saying_what|archive-date=30 April 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' ranked the album third in The 90 Greatest Albums of the 1990s,<ref name=Spin1999>{{cite magazine |magazine= Spin| volume= 15|issue=9|date=September 1999 |page=117|first=Sia|last=Michel|title=The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s: 3 PJ Harvey ''To Bring You My Love''|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&pg=PA117|access-date=21 October 2011}}</ref> behind [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s ''[[Nevermind]]'' (1991) and [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]'s ''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]'' (1990).<ref name=Spin1999 /> In 1996, Harvey also received her first Grammy Award nominations for [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance|Best Female Rock Vocal Performance]] ("Down by the Water").

In 1996, following the international success of ''To Bring You My Love'' and experimental collaboration album ''[[Dance Hall at Louse Point]]'' with John Parish, Harvey began composing material that would end up on her fourth studio album, during what she referred to as "an incredibly low patch".<ref>{{cite magazine| last1= Irvin|first1=Jim|title=To Bring You Desire|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=21 August 1998|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pjharvey/articles/story/5920732/to_bring_you_desire| url-status= dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602160225/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/pjharvey/articles/story/5920732/to_bring_you_desire|issn=0035-791X |archive-date=2 June 2008}}</ref> The material introduced [[electronica]] elements into her work. During recording sessions in 1997 original PJ Harvey Trio drummer Rob Ellis rejoined Harvey's band, and Flood was hired again as producer. The sessions, which continued into April the following year, resulted in ''[[Is This Desire?]]'' (1998). Originally released in September 1998, the album received a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nomination for Best Alternative Music Performance.<ref>{{cite web|title=41st Annual Grammy® Awards Nominations Coverage (1999) &#124; DigitalHit.com|url=http://www.digitalhit.com/grammy/41/nominees.shtml|work=DigitalHit|year=1998|access-date=10 November 2011}}</ref> The album's lead single, "[[A Perfect Day Elise]]", was moderately successful in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 25 on the [[UK Singles Chart]],<ref>{{cite web|title=PJ HARVEY &#124; Artist &#124; Official Charts|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pj%20harvey#singles|work=[[UK Singles Chart]]|access-date=10 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721043601/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/pj%20harvey/#singles|archive-date=21 July 2012}}</ref> her most successful single to date.

In July 2020, a vinyl reissue of ''[[To Bring You My Love]]'' was announced, including unreleased demos.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Noah|last=Yoo|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/pj-harvey-announces-to-bring-you-my-love-vinyl-reissue/|title = PJ Harvey Announces to Bring You My Love Vinyl Reissue|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=16 July 2020}}</ref>