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PJ Harvey – The Nightingale (2022) | Track profile | Dork

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PJ Harvey
B-Sides, Demos & Rarities
The Nightingale

TRACK

The Nightingale

Release date: 4th November 2022

From B-Sides, Demos & Rarities

Track 48

4:16

Alternative Music

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About This Track

"The Nightingale" is a track by PJ Harvey, from the album B-Sides, Demos & Rarities, released 4th November 2022. The track is 4:16 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 6 articles about PJ Harvey.

About the Artist

PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Lyrics

The Nightingale

I have heard the sound of your call
I have chosen your path
I joined your caravan
We called you the nightingale

I remember how excited we were
The best of life lay ahead for us
We marched on wrapped in your song
For you, I gave my five-year-old son

I felt him behind me
I felt him helping me
Every one of us will go to paradise
He sang to the soldiers day and night
We called him the nightingale
Get ready, get ready, get ready

Heads on top of sticks were angels around me
Heads on top of sticks became angels around me
Heads on top of sticks crashed the van angels around me
Heads on top of sticks were like angels around me

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Track details

From B-Sides, Demos & Rarities

4:162022

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Album

B-Sides, Demos & Rarities

4th November 2022

Track number

48

Release year

2022

1Dry (Demo)
3:39
2Man-Size (Demo)
3:27
3Missed (Demo)
4:06
4Highway '61 Revisited (Demo)
3:15

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11One Time Too Many

13Naked Cousin (Demo)

14Losing Ground

15Who Will Love Me Now?

16Why D'Ya Go To Cleveland

17Instrumental #1

18The Northwood

20Sweeter Than Anything

21Instrumental #3

22The Faster I Breathe The Further I Go (4-Track Version)

23Nina In Ecstasy 2

25Instrumental #2

26This Wicked Tongue

30As Close As This

31My Own Private Revolution

32Kick It To The Ground (4-Track Demo)

34The Phone Song

35Bows & Arrows

40Cat On The Wall (Demo)

41You Come Through (Demo)

42Uh Huh Her (Demo)

46Liverpool Tide

47The Big Guns Called Me Back Again

48The Nightingale

4:16

50Guilty (Demo)

51I'll Be Waiting (Demo)

52Homo Sappy Blues (Demo)

53The Age Of The Dollar (Demo)

55An Acre Of Land

56The Crowded Cell (From "The Virtues" Television Series)

57The Sandman (Demo)

58The Moth (Demo)

59Red Right Hand

—Why D’Ya Go To Cleveland

—The Faster I Breathe, The Further I Go

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: PJ Harvey
Writer: PJ Harvey
Producer: Flood, John Parish, Mick Harvey, PJ Harvey
Producer: Flood, John Parish, Mick Harvey, PJ Harvey
Drums: John Parish
Guitar: PJ Harvey
Vocals: Jean-Marc Butty, John Parish, Mick Harvey, PJ Harvey
Assistant Mixing Engineer: Catherine Marks, John Catlin
Autoharp: PJ Harvey
Background Vocals: John Parish, Mick Harvey
Bass Harmonica: Mick Harvey
Mixing Engineer: Catherine Marks, Flood, John Catlin
Piano: Mick Harvey
Recording Engineer: Rob Kirwan
Saxophone: PJ Harvey
Trombone: John Parish