Elvis Costello has said he thinks Steve Albini made PJ Harvey‘s ‘Rid Of Me’ album sound “like shit”.Speaking in a new interview, Costello discussed seeing Harvey play the title track to her 1994 album, but then when he heard the final version of her second LP he wasn’t impressed.“I remember seeing PJ on The Tonight Show.
She stood there with just a guitar and did ‘Rid Of Me.’ It was like seeing Howlin’ Wolf on Shindig! So great,” Costello told Pitchfork. “And then I got the record, and it was nowhere near as good, but it didn’t matter.
For me, the record sounds like shit.”“That guy,” he continued — referring to the album’s producer Steve Albini — “doesn’t know anything about production.
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