Album · 2007
White Chalk
by PJ Harvey
White Chalk is a 2007 rock album by PJ Harvey. It runs 11 tracks across 34 minutes on Partisan Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.7/5 from 6 ratings.
Rock · Alternative Rock · Chamber Folk
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- 3.7 /5
- 6 ratings
- 75 /100
- 9 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 34 min
- Runtime
- 120 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
Ratings
6 ratings · avg 3.7
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Critics
9 publications
- The A.V. ClubA−
- AllMusic4/5
- Mojo4/5
- Rolling Stone4/5
- The Guardian4/5
- Spin3.5/5
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork6.8/10
- Entertainment WeeklyC
- Metacriticaggregate80/100
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White Chalk album cover

The White Chalk cover was photographed by Maria Mochnacz and illustrated by Annie Mochnacz, Harvey, Maria Mochnacz, Mochnacz and Rob Crane.
- Photography
- Maria Mochnacz
- Illustration
- Annie Mochnacz, Harvey, Maria Mochnacz, Mochnacz, Rob Crane
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 34 min
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White Chalk is the seventh studio album by English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey, released on 24 September 2007 on Island Records. Work on the album started in 2006, with producer Flood and John Parish, who also worked on her To Bring You My Love and Is This Desire? albums. Other collaborators on White Chalk are Eric Drew Feldman and Jim White from Dirty Three. The first single to be released from White Chalk was "When Under Ether" on 17 September 2007 on digital download and 7" vinyl. A second single, "The Piano," was released on 26 November 2007. A third, "The Devil," was released on 7", download, and CD formats in March 2008.
In brief
- Is White Chalk good?
- Riffiter listeners rate White Chalk 3.7/5 from 6 ratings.
- When was White Chalk released?
- White Chalk was released in 2007 on Partisan Records.
- How many tracks are on White Chalk?
- White Chalk has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 34 minutes.
- What genre is White Chalk?
- White Chalk is catalogued under Rock, Alternative Rock, Chamber Folk.
- What BPM is White Chalk?
- White Chalk runs at a median tempo of 120 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to White Chalk?
- Listeners of White Chalk also rate In Rainbows by Radiohead, The Bends by Radiohead, Doolittle by Pixies.
White Chalk at a glance
- Label
- Island Records
- Produced by
- John Parish, PJ Harvey, Flood
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Credits
- Played by
- Nico Brown
- Vocals by
- Andrew DicksonBriget PearseMartin BrunsdenNick BicâtNico Brown
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