Dummy

by Portishead


Original Release Date: 1994-01-01

Dummy
Artist Portishead
Genre Electronic
Style Trip Hop
Style Downtempo

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow hates the “trip-hop” tag that’s stuck fast to his band since this outstanding debut. You can see his point: a record as compellingly discomfiting as Dummy seems at odds with a movement that spawned multiple chill-out albums. Its noir, precisely layered sound—tranquilized hip-hop beats, haunted strings, and tortured guitar lines—is given soul by Beth Gibbons’s voice. Bruised, elegant, and confessional, she suggests a faded actress spilling her heart into a dressing room mirror on the exquisitely sad “Sour Times” and “Glory Box”.

Tracklisting

  1. Mysterons (4:56)
  2. Sour Times (4:05)
  3. Strangers (3:49)
  4. It Could Be Sweet (4:10)
  5. Wandering Star (4:46)
  6. Numb (3:43)
  7. Roads (4:56)
  8. Pedestal (3:30)
  9. Biscuit (4:34)
  10. Glory Box (4:49)

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Wikipedia URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dummy_(album)
Format Vinyl LP Album Reissue Stereo (180 Gram, Gatefold)
Label Go! Beat
Catalog Number 3797205
Notes Vinyl contained in full-color gloss varnish liner with track credits. All tracks recorded at State of Art and Coach House Studios, Bristol, with additional mixing at Moles Studio, Bath. Track A2 contains samples from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Lalo-Schifrin-Action/release/2496879] “Danube Incident”[/url] written & performed by Lalo Schifrin and a percussion sample from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Smokey-Brooks-Eternal-Spin-It-Jig/release/827473] “Spin-It Jig”[/url] written by Henry Brooks and Otis Turner performed by Smokey Brooks Track A3 contains samples from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Weather-Report-Black-Market/master/21739] “Elegant People”[/url] written & performed by Weather Report Track A5 contains samples from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Eric-Burdon-War-Best-Of-Eric-Burdon-War/master/449308] “Magic Mountain”[/url] written & performed by Eric Burdon & War Track B4 contains samples from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Johnnie-Ray-Ill-Never-Fall-In-Love-Again/master/232947] “I’ll Never Fall In Love Again”[/url] written & performed by Johnnie Ray Track B5 contains samples from [url=http://www.discogs.com/Isaac-Hayes-Black-Moses/master/122054] “Ike’s Rap III”[/url] written & performed by Isaac Hayes ©1994 Go! Discs Limited. ℗1994 Go! Discs Limited.
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