Portishead (album)

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Portishead
Studio album by Portishead
Released 30 September 1997
Recorded 1996–1997
Genre Trip hop, alternative rock
Length 50:30
Language English
Label Go!/London
Producer Portishead
Portishead chronology

Dummy
(1994)		 Portishead
(1997)		 Third
(2008)
Singles from Portishead
  1. "All Mine"
    Released: 8 September 1997
  2. "Over"
    Released: 10 November 1997
  3. "Only You"
    Released: 2 March 1998

Portishead is the second album of the Bristol-based group Portishead, released in 1997. The album reached No. 2 on the UK Album Chart[1] and No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart.[citation needed]

On 3 December 2008, Universal Music Japan released Dummy and Portishead as limited SHM-CD version.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Entertainment Weekly (A)[3]
Robert Christgau (A-)[4]
Pitchfork Media (8.2/10)[5]
Rolling Stone [6]
Slant Magazine [7]
Melody Maker (positive)[8]
Vibe (positive)[9]
NME [10]
Spin [11]
  • Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp. 66–67) – Ranked No. 18 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums of the Year."
  • NME (12/20-27/97, pp. 78–79) – Ranked No. 32 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.
  • Q (1/98, p. 114) – Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."
  • Spin (1/98, p. 86) – Ranked No. 6 on Spin's list of the "Top 20 Albums of the Year."
  • Village Voice (2/24/98) – Ranked No. 14 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.

Track listing

Tracks written by Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, except where noted.

  1. "Cowboys" (Barrow, Gibbons) – 4:38
  2. "All Mine" – 3:59
  3. "Undenied" (Barrow, Gibbons) – 4:18
  4. "Half Day Closing" – 3:49
  5. "Over" – 4:00
  6. "Humming" – 6:02
  7. "Mourning Air" – 4:11
  8. "Seven Months" – 4:15
  9. "Only You" (Barrow, Gibbons, Utley, Thorne, Hardson, Stewart) – 4:59
  10. "Elysium" – 5:54
  11. "Western Eyes" – 3:57
  • "Only You" samples Ken Thorne from "Inspector Clouseau" and The Pharcyde from "She Said".
  • "Western Eyes" is listed as sampling Hookers & Gin by "Sean Atkins Experience" in the liner notes. In reality, this band does not exist; the sample was created by the band like most of the others on the album.[12]

Credits

All songs produced by Geoff Barrow, Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons and Dave McDonald.

Portishead

  • Beth Gibbons – Vocals
  • Geoff Barrow – Drums
  • Adrian Utley – Guitar, bass, moog, piano, rhodes

with

  • Clive Deamer – Drums
  • Sean Atkins – Additional vocals
  • John Baggot – Organ, piano
  • Andy Hague, Ben Waghorn, John Cornick – Horns
  • S. Cooper – Violin

Sales chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australian Album Chart 2[citation needed]
Austrian Album Chart 6[citation needed]
Belgian Album Chart (FL) 9[citation needed]
Belgian Album Chart (WA) 23[citation needed]
Danish Album Chart 6[13]
Dutch Album Chart 31[citation needed]
Finnish Album Chart 14[citation needed]
French Album Chart 3[citation needed]
New Zealand Album Chart 1[citation needed]
Norwegian Album Chart 7[14]
Swedish Album Chart 6[citation needed]
Swiss Album Chart 11[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ "Portishead at chartstats.com". Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  2. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r316382
  3. ↑ (10/03/97, p.84)
  4. ↑ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1092&name=Portishead
  5. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090113175346/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20994-portishead
  6. ↑ http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A1006.htm
  7. ↑ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1187
  8. ↑ Myers, Ben. "Review: Portishead – Portishead, GO! Beat". Melody Maker (IPC Media) (4 October 1997): 50. 
  9. ↑ (11/97, p.152)
  10. ↑ NME (Magazine) (9/27/97, p.57) – 8 (out of 10) – "...if DUMMY was smoky film noir material, this is a choking Hammer Horror ho-ho-free hoedown....wavering, painfully sensitive choruses, desperately distorted soundscapes and good old-fashioned tunes..."
  11. ↑ Spin (11/97, p.142) – 9 (out of 10) – "...Like every brilliantly dismal act from Screamin' Jay Hawkins to the Wu-Tang Clan, Portishead tiptope across a ledge where utter seriousness is one false move away from tragic self-parody. They manage the high-wire act with brittle grace, bitter poise. And they sound as if they could break at any second..."
  12. ↑ Facts about Western Eyes
  13. ↑ "Portishead at TOP20.dk". Retrieved 30 September 2009. 
  14. ↑ Portishead at VG.no

External links

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