Portishead (album)
Portishead is the second album by English band Portishead, released in 1997. The album reached No. 2 on the UK Album Chart[1] and No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart.[2]
On 3 December 2008, Universal Music Japan re-released Dummy and Portishead as a limited SHM-CD version.
Reception
Portishead received critical acclaim upon its release. Spin praised the record and noted that the band created a "gothic", "deadly" and "trippy" atmosphere.[12] Commenting the textures of the music, music journalist Barry Walters observed that the group got "darker, deeper and more disturbing" in comparison to their previous effort Dummy.[12]
Accolades
| Publication |
Accolade |
Year |
Rank |
| Melody Maker |
Albums of the Year |
1997 |
18[7] |
| NME |
1997 Critics' Poll |
1997 |
32[7] |
| Q |
50 Best Albums of 1997 |
1997 |
(*)[7] |
| Spin |
Top 20 Albums of the Year |
1997 |
6[7] |
| Village Voice |
1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll |
1997 |
14[7] |
(*) designates unordered lists.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, except where noted.
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| 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" |
4:59 |
| 10. |
"Elysium" |
5:54 |
| 11. |
"Western Eyes" |
3:57 |
Details
- "Only You" samples Ken Thorne from "Inspector Clouseau" and The Pharcyde from "She Said".[13]
- "Western Eyes" is listed as sampling "Hookers & Gin" by the "Sean Atkins Experience" in the album's liner notes. In reality, this band does not exist; the sample was created by the band like most of the others on the album.[14]
Credits
All songs produced by Geoff Barrow, Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons and Dave McDonald.
- Portishead
- Additional Musicians
- Clive Deamer – Drums
- Sean Atkins – Additional vocals
- John Baggot – Organ, piano
- Andy Hague, Ben Waghorn, John Cornick – Horns
- S. Cooper – Violin
Sales chart performance
References
- ↑ "Portishead at chartstats.com". Retrieved 26 July 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Portishead | Chart history - Billboard". Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r316382
- ↑ (10/03/97, p.84)
- ↑ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1092&name=Portishead
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20090113175346/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20994-portishead
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/A1006.htm
- ↑ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1187
- ↑ Myers, Ben. "Review: Portishead – Portishead, GO! Beat". Melody Maker (IPC Media) (4 October 1997): 50.
- ↑ (11/97, p.152)
- ↑ 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..."
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Walters, Barry. Portishead - review. Spin (November 1997, 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..."
- ↑ "Portishead at coverinfo.de". Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ↑ Facts about Western Eyes
- ↑ "australian-charts.com - Portishead - Portishead". Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "Portishead at TOP20.dk". Retrieved 30 September 2009.
- ↑ "Portishead – Portishead". Charts.org.nz. Hung Medien.
- ↑ Portishead at VG.no
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