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Portishead: Beth Gibbons (vocals); Adrian Utley (guitar, Hammond organ, bass, Theremin); Geoff Barrow (Fender Rhodes piano, drums,...
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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. 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, atmospheric organs, house beats) and stirs them into spacey, dub-like productions that sound like a dance club in the middle of a "Twin Peaks" dream. You could call it surreal hip-hop pop. But if the beats on the band's debut album achieve a kind of trance-like static, the songs themselves reach for something more rousing. With understated lyrics and overstated melodie...
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| Artist | Portishead |
| Record Label | Go! Discs (USA) |
| Genre | R&B |
| Subgenre | Dance |
| Release Date | October 18, 1994 |
| Album Duration | 49m:17s |
| Number of Discs | 1 |
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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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30 Reviews from Epinions.com
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Beautiful Nightmares
Pros: Inventive beats, soul-crushing vocals, incredibly developed atmospheres. Cons: Two songs are more about ambiance than hooks. Bottom Line: The songs she sang when James Bond left her
Pros: Sensual melancholy played and sung over snaky rhythms. Interesting retro samples, nocturnal atmosphere. Cons: I tried my best to find one, but to no avail. Bottom Line: Menacing trip hop classic: often imitated, never bettered
Pros: Sublime production & vocals; divinely sad; surprisingly accessible. Cons: Perhaps too left-of-the-middle for some; lack of variety in sound; not happy music. Bottom Line: Uneasy Listening
Pros: Original effects and Beth Gibbon's spellbinding voice - a true classic Cons: May be a bit depressing for some Bottom Line: A war to fight
Pros: The beauty of despair! Cons: Undeniably, this is a somewhat weird album ... Bottom Line: Not my normal style, but amazing anyway.
Pros: Everything: the dark tone, the grooves, and, most of all, amazing songstress Beth Gibbons. Cons: A few weak tracks, but they're easily overlooked. Bottom Line: Stunning, and highly addictive; one of the best albums ever
Pros: 50 minutes of excellent, innovative music Cons: very addictive (but that's not a bad thing) You will never ever tire of this phenomenal CD
Pros: The best vocals in all trip-hopdom Cons: Not the happiest of lyrics Better late then never
Pros: Everything. Cons: CD ends. Bottom Line: Portishead Shines Beautifully
Pros: Trip-hop pioneers Cons: None Bottom Line: |
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