Dry may refer to a state lacking moisture (see also drought), a high liquor content in alcoholic beverages, a low amount of unfermented sugar in wine, and is the name of a music album (below).

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Dry
CD by PJ Harvey
Released	June 30, 1992
Recorded	??
Genre
Length	39:54
Record label	Too Pure /Indigo
Producers	Robert Ellis , Vernon
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	4.5 out of 5	link
Robert Christgau	A-	link
Q	4 stars out of 5	October 2000
PJ Harvey Chronology
	Dry (1992)	Rid of Me (1993)

Recorded at the Icehouse, Yeovil, UK, PJ Harvey's Dry was released twice, firstly on Too Pure accompanied with a limited edition Demonstration LP & also as a very limited 80 minute CD (see below +++), and subsequently on Indigo Records. Both versions were released in 1992.

Received as well in the States as the UK, this album prompted Rolling Stone magazine to name Harvey Best Songwriter and Best New Female Singer. In spite of the acclaim, "Sheela Na-Gig" was the only single to chart in the US, at #9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Track listing

Songs written by Polly Jean Harvey, unless otherwise noted.

1. "Oh My Lover" - 4:00
2. "O Stella" - 2:30
3. "Dress" (Robert Ellis / Harvey) - 3:16
4. "Victory" - 3:16
5. "Happy and Bleeding" (Ellis / Harvey) - 4:48
6. "Sheela-Na-Gig"- 3:10
7. "Hair" - 3:47
8. "Joe" (Ellis/Harvey) - 2:33
9. "Plants and Rags" (Ellis/Harvey) - 4:09
10. "Fountain" - 3:53
11. "Water" - 4:32

Personnel

• PJ Harvey - Guitar, Violin, Vocals, Producer
• Chas Dickie - Cello
• Robert Ellis - Drums, Harmonium, Vocals, Producer, Mixing
• Ben Groenevelt - Bass, Double Bass
• Ian Olliver - Bass
• Mike Paine - Guitar
• Steve Vaughan - Bass
• Vernon - Producer
• Stephen Vaughan - Bass

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+++ - The Too Pure CD version was also available as a limited edition. A run of one thousand numbered on the outer front CD Jewel Case with a simple red or green paper sticker-£ and the number (out of a 1000). This version had 22 tracks and was just a few seconds short of 80 minutes.

£ - The sticker didn't survive attempts to be moved from the jewel case to the CD sleeve, very fragile, thin matt paper with strong glue!

An entire run of the album played as accoustic demos followed the 'normal' album.

The normal Too Pure CD code for Dry was: PURE CD 10

The limited edition Too Pure CD code for Dry was: PURE CDD 10

Note the extra D.

You had to really look twice to try and pick up this gem, as the sleeve, apart from the spine, was more or less identical, just an extra line of writing was evident on the compact disc.

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Dry is also the name of a commune of the Loiret département in France.