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Portishead: Beth Gibbons (vocals); Adrian Utley (guitar, Hammond organ, bass, Theremin); Geoff Barrow (Fender Rhodes piano, drums, programming). Additional personnel: Strings Unlimited (strings); Dave McDonald (nose flute); Andy Hague (trumpet); Neil Solman (Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond organ); Gary Baldwin (Hammond organ); Clive Deamer (drums); Richard Newell (programming). Recorded at State Of The Art and Coach House Studios, Bristol, England. Personnel: Beth Gibbons (vocals); Adrian Utley (guitar, Theremin); Andy Hague (trumpet); Geoff Barrow (Fender Rhodes piano, drums, programming); Neil Solman (Fender Rhodes piano); Clive Deamer (drums); Richard Newell (programming, drum programming). Audio Mixers: Geoff Barrow; Adrian Utley. Recording information: Coach House Studios, Bristol, England; State of Art. Named for a town near Bristol, England, Portishead is a British dance band that grabs ideas from all over the mod pop world (spaghetti Western guitars, turntable scratching, melancholy soul vocals, atm...
 
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Bleak but Beautiful

Date of Review:  Dec 24, 2003
The Bottom Line: Give this CD a try. Portishead is different; comfortable, R&B/jazzy. Very awesome.
Review: I ve checked out the Portishead Dummy CD from my library several times, but I ve never bought a copy. After checking out yesterday, I m really not sure why I never purchased it because it really is worth it.

Mysterons, the opening song, is...
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Recommended to buy: Yes

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Beautiful, I can't say it enough...
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Sort of depressing, a tiny bit...
 

Beautiful Nightmares

Date of Review:  Oct 15, 2007
The Bottom Line: "Dummy" is a trip-hop classic, and wonderfully demonstrates how various musical genres can be fused into something memorable and fascinating.
Review: Following the burgeoning rise of the early nineties alternative scene, the southwest UK city of Bristol became the home of a slowly growing movement combining down-tempo hip-hop beats with aspects of jazz, pop melodies and multi-textured samples...
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by: floatingcity
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Inventive beats, soul-crushing vocals,...
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Two songs are more about ambiance than...
 

Nobody Loves Me... It's True...

Date of Review:  Jul 18, 2009
The Bottom Line: Dummy is a Landmark Album from Portishead that Helps Introduce Trip-Hop to the Masses.
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When Massive Attack released Blue Lines in 1991, a new sound had emerged from the town of Bristol, England. A combination of dub, hip-hop, house music, jazz, soul, and down-tempo electronic music that became known as trip-hop. One of the early...
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Artist Portishead
Record Label Go! Discs/London
Genre Electronic
Subgenre Electronica
Release Date October 18, 1994
Album Duration 48m:45s
Number of Discs 1

Song List: Disc 1
  1. Mysterons
2. Sour Times
3. Strangers
4. It Could Be Sweet
5. Wandering Star
6. It's a Fire
7. Numb
8. Roads
9. Pedestal
10. Biscuit
11. Glory Box
 
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