Portishead discography

The discography of British trip hop group Portishead consists of three studio albums, one live album, one compilation, ten singles and one video album. The Bristol-based band consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley.

Albums

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles

Compilations

• 1995 Glory Times (the "Glory Box" and "Sour Times" singles combined)
• 1995 The Rebirth of Cool Phive^[20] (Revenge of the Number)

Video albums

• 1998 Roseland NYC Live (PAL video)
• 2002 Roseland NYC Live (DVD - also includes all single promos and short films shown in the videography section)

Collaborations and miscellaneous releases

• 1999: Portishead collaborated with Tom Jones on "Motherless Child" from his album of duets Reload. That album also has a cover of Portishead's "All Mine" sung as a duet with Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy.
• 2003: Geoff Barrow along with Adrian Utley, Clive Deamer, Tim Saul and John Baggott assisted with the production of Stephanie McKay's McKay under the Go! Beat Records label.
• 2005: Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley produced The Coral's The Invisible Invasion.
• 2006: Portishead recorded a cover of "Requiem for Anna" on the various artists compilation "Monsieur Gainsbourg revisited".
• Portishead Interview and Mix CD (Geoff Barrow interviewed by Mark Findlay (INTER HEAD 1) and Mix by Geoff Barrow & Andy Smith with Cowboys (MIX HEAD 1))
• A track entitled "Acid Jazz & Trip Hop (Remix)" has been circulating the web and Portishead, Massive Attack, or Squarepusher are widely credited as the artist.^{[citation needed]} However, the track is in fact a Portishead remix of an Unkle song that has been given different titles on a number of releases. On Unkle's earliest release, The Time Has Come EP, the track is entitled "If You Find Earth Boring (Portishead Plays U.N.K.L.E Mix)". However, on various compilations and "The Time Has Come" 2005 single by DJ Shadow, the track is entitled "Time Has Come (Portishead Plays Unkle Mix)".

Remixes

• Depeche Mode – "In Your Room" (The Jeep Rock Mix) (1993)
• Depeche Mode – "Walking in My Shoes" (Grungy Gonads Mix) (1993)
• Gabrielle – "Going Nowhere" (Portishead Mix) (1993)
• Whores of Babylon – "Fall of Agade" (Portishead Remix) (1993)
• Paul Weller – "Wild Wood" (The Sheared Wood Remix) (1994)
• Primal Scream – "Give Out but Don't Give Up" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
• Ride – "Moonlight Medicine" (Portishead's Ride On The Wire Mix) (1994)
• The Sabres of Paradise – "Planet D" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
• Gravediggaz – "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere To Hide" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
• The Federation – "Rusty James" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
• UNKLE – "The Time Has Come" (Portishead Plays Unkle Mix) (1994)
• Earthling – "1st Transmission" (Portishead's Earthead Mix) (1994)
• Earthling – "Nefisa" (Portishead Mix) (1995)
• Nine – "Whutcha Want?" (Portishead Mix) (1995)
• Massive Attack – "Karmacoma" (Portishead Experience) (1995)
• Junkwaffel – "Mudskipper" (Portishead So-So Mix) (1995)
• My Dying Bride - "Grace Unhearing" (Portishell Mix) (1998)
• Something for Kate – "Easy" (Mr Barrow and Mr Yates Surfin' For Kate Remix) (1999)
• Machine Gun Fellatio – "Horny Blonde 40" (Portishead Remix) (2002)

Videography

Music videos

• "Sour Times" (Hemming): made up of scenes from To Kill a Dead Man
• "Numb" (dir. Alexander Hemming)
• "Glory Box" (Hemming) homage to the Basil Dearden film Victim
• "Wandering Star (acoustic version) (edited by Rick Holbrook, filmed by Adrian Utley, Hazel Grian, et al.)
• "All Mine" (Dick Caruthers) based on a 1968 Italian talent show and The Outer Limits
• "Over" (Chris Bran)
• "Only You" (Chris Cunningham)
• "Machine Gun" (John Minton)
• "Magic Doors" (John Minton)
• "The Rip" (Nick Uff)
• "We Carry On" (Nick Uff)

Short films

• To Kill a Dead Man (1994) (Alexander Hemming)
• Road Trip (1997) (Hazel Grian) 10-minute film screened as introduction to each concert on the 1997/98 World Tour and accompanied by a DJ Andy Smith mix of tracks performed by Portishead, footage consists of a car driving from Bristol to Portishead.

Other use in media

Advertisements

• "Glory Box" appeared in a Levi's ad celebrating the watch pocket.
• "Numb" was used in a commercial for the TV series Lost and featured in a commercial for the Nissan Primera.
• "Roads" was used in the One Campaign commercials on TV.
• "Machine Gun" was used in the Metro: Last Light teaser trailer.

Films

• Assassins ("Roads") (1995)
• Le Confessional (1995)
• Go Now (1995)
• Little Criminals ("Roads") (1995)
• Tank Girl (1995)
• The Craft (1996)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• Stealing Beauty ("Glory Box") (1996)
• When the Cat's Away (Chacun cherche son chat) (1996)
• Nowhere (1997)
• Cheaters ("Roads") (2000)
• The Watcher ("Roads") (2000)
• Sous le sable ("Undenied") (2000)
• Imagine Me & You (2005)
• Lord of War ("Glory Box") (2005)
• Sharkwater ("Roads") (2007)
• Humming, a short film noir by Ben Waters, set to the song of the same name (2003)

Television

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ("We Carry On") season nine, episode five - "Leave Out All The Rest"
• Skins ("Machine Gun") season three, episode 8
• The L Word ("Roads") season one, episode 13
• The Vice ("Sour Times") theme song
• Warehouse 13 ("Only You") season one, episode 5
• Warehouse 13 ("Sour Times") season two, episode 1
• MTV Downtown ("Glory Box") episode 4
• Ringer ("Glory Box") episode 3
• Rescue Me" ("Glory Box") season 5, episode 9
• Utopia" ("Chase the tear") promotional teaser trailers

References