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PJ Harvey's Rid of Me Released in UK on April 26, 1993
Rid of Me, released by Island Records in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1993, reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart and was recorded largely by Steve Albini.
Rid of Me was released by Island Records in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1993. Most of the album was recorded by Steve Albini.
Albini recorded the album at Pachyderm Recording Studios in December 1992. The studio is located in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. The album reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
In the United States, the album reached No. 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and sold 207,000 copies. Rolling Stone placed it at No. 153 on its 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Kurt Cobain, according to Albini, particularly liked Harvey's voice on the recordings. The cover photograph was taken by Harvey's friend Maria Mochnacz in the bathroom of her own apartment in Bristol.
The video for "50ft Queenie" was directed by Maria Mochnacz and released on April 19, 1993. The album's cover of "Highway 61 Revisited" came about on the suggestion of Harvey's mother and father.
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