Raw, blues-tinged alternative rock built on the single 'Sheela-Na-Gig'; its stark power drew acclaim and admirers including Kurt Cobain.
Steve Albini's abrasive quiet-loud production frames songs of raw eroticism; the single '50ft Queenie' is its snarling centrepiece.
Swampy, theatrical blues rock with strings and organs, produced with Flood and John Parish; 'Down by the Water' led it to album-of-the-year honours.
Darker, electronica-tinged and atmospheric, produced with Flood; the single 'A Perfect Day Elise' earned a Grammy nomination.
Brighter, New York-inspired indie rock; 'Good Fortune' and the Thom Yorke duet 'This Mess We're In' helped it win the 2001 Mercury Prize.
A stripped, lo-fi return where Harvey plays nearly every instrument herself; earthy and self-contained after the polish before it.
A stark departure into spare piano ballads sung in a high register, with a pseudo-Victorian mood; produced with Flood, Parish and Eric Drew Feldman.
Songs on war and English history over autoharp and unusual textures; 'The Words That Maketh Murder' won it a second Mercury Prize in 2011.
Politically charged reportage from Washington, Kosovo and Afghanistan, coloured by saxophones; produced with Flood, it reached UK number one.
Hushed, experimental folk drawn from her poetry and Dorset dialect, made with John Parish and Flood; a widely acclaimed UK number five.