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 enlarge | Artist: Portishead
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  262 reviews
Sales Rank: 834
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 828553
UPC: 042282855329
EAN: 0007464395932
ASIN: B000001FI7
Release Date: October 17, 1994
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Condition: This item is NOT a former public library item and does NOT contain library markings. Unless specifically noted to the contrary, item may contain pubic library markings including stickers, stamps, etc. 100% of this purchase will support literacy programs through a nonprofit organization!
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 It's true; not like you do August 15, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this CD. It has such slight presence but its power is unmistakable. The vocals are haunting, the music infinitely ambient. Portishead has the kind of elusive sound that you don't realize is being written in until you find yourself singing it later. Somehow Portishead was a wonderfully kept secret.
 a mighty trip (hop) May 13, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
portishead rocks!
but the funny thing about this cd, with its echoing bass and drum lines, and the ghostly echoing lead vocals is that i love each song so much, i can't distinguish one from the other.
this is not to say there is a sameness in the music. each track has its own character. but i swear, i don't remember a single name as i write this.
Still ahead of its time. April 22, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Portishead is the great tease of 90s music. Beth Gibbons continues to record, but Portishead created such complex and lush soundscapes that their limited catalog is simultaneously disappointing and sacrosanct.
The beats and mix of instrumentation, the biting torch song lyrics and the haunting electronic synth bed are still sonically on the cutting edge of what artists are creating 10-12 years later.
This album is full of languid trip hop beats that contrast well with Beth's tortured vocals.
A must own for serious rock fans
Portishead - DUMMY April 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Amazing. Beth Gibbons voice has a wide range on this CD. Dummy is powerful and yet then has a sound that is soothingly hypnotic. This is a CD that I would recommend for anyone to purchase. I enjoy all of their albums though this has become an all-time favorite.
Such a trip! February 19, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This album carries this deep vague element where you don't know and you don't bother yourself to know,you just sit there,listen and feel the music's cross over,it has this modern gothic sense,at times it's sensual and at times it's disturbing,and that's the secret of this album,in a way it portrays women's emotions through the beats and lyrics. It's more of the subconscious mind kicking in than the conscious mind. It's a slick album that awakens the senses,you don't skip the tracks,you simply let it play,you don't know which one or what kind or where from,like i said,you just listen...
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