Dummy (album)
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| Studio album by Portishead | ||||
| Released | 22 August 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1994, State of Art and Coach House Studios | |||
| Genre | Trip hop | |||
| Length | 45:29 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Go! Discs/London | |||
| Producer | Portishead, Adrian Utley | |||
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Dummy is the 1994 debut album of the Bristol-based group Portishead. It reached #2 on the UK Album Chart[1] and #79 on the Billboard 200[citation needed] chart, going gold in 1997.[citation needed]
Building on the promise of their earlier EP—"Numb"—it helped to cement the reputation of Bristol as the capital of Trip hop, a nascent genre which was then often referred to simply as "the Bristol sound".The cover is a still of Gibbons from the short film that the band created—To Kill a Dead Man—which originally got them signed due to their self composed soundtrack.
In addition to the already released "Numb", the album spawned two further singles: the UK #13 [2] hit (on re-release) "Glory Box" and "Sour Times", which reached the same position, also on re-release.[3]
On 3 December 2008, Universal Music Japan released Dummy and Portishead as limited SHM-CD versions.
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[edit] Reception
It won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize, beating stiff competition which included PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love, Oasis' Definitely Maybe, and Tricky's Maxinquaye.
The album has sold two million copies in Europe.[4]
- In 2006, it was included in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
- Mojo (p. 62) - Ranked #35 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics."
- Mojo (1/95, p. 50) - Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994."
- The New York Times (1/5/95, p. C15) - Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94.
- NME (8/12/00, p. 29) - Ranked #29 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums."
- NME (12/24/94, p. 22) - Ranked #6 in NME's list of the 'Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'
- Q (12/99, p. 82) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."
- Q (6/00, p. 66) - Ranked #61 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums."
- Rolling Stone (5/13/99, pp. 79–80) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
- In 2003, the album was ranked number 419 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
- Spin (9/99, p. 140) - Ranked #42 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
- The Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #14 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
[edit] Track listing
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- "Mysterons" – 5:02
- "Sour Times" – 4:11
- "Strangers" – 3:55
- "It Could Be Sweet" – 4:16
- "Wandering Star" – 4:51
- "Numb" – 3:54
- "Roads" – 5:02
- "Pedestal" – 3:39
- "Biscuit" – 5:01
- "Glory Box" – 5:06
- "It's a Fire" was included on North American editions of the album, in between "Wandering Star" and "Numb"
- In some Canadian editions, a bonus track, "Sour Sour Times," was added to the end of the album.[5]
[edit] Charts
| Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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| Australian Album Chart | 23[citation needed] |
| Belgian Album Chart (FL) | 18[citation needed] |
| Belgian Album Chart (WA) | 12[citation needed] |
| Dutch Album Chart | 15[citation needed] |
| New Zealand Album Chart | 21[citation needed] |
| Norwegian Album Chart | 29[citation needed] |
| Swedish Album Chart | 20[citation needed] |
| Swiss Album Chart | 26[citation needed] |
[edit] Credits
All vocals by Beth Gibbons. All tracks produced by Portishead with Adrian Utley and engineered by Dave McDonald.
- "Mysterons"
- Geoff Barrow – Rhodes piano
- Clive Deamer – drums
- Adrian Utley – guitar and theremin
- "Sour Times"
- Geoff Barrow – programmer
- Neil Solman – Rhodes piano and Hammond organ
- Adrian Utley – guitar
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- "Sour Times" samples Lalo Schifrin from "The Danube Incident" (L. Schifrin) from Mission: Impossible and Smokey Brooks from "Spin It Jig" (H.Brooks, O.Turner).
- "Strangers"
- Geoff Barrow – Rhodes piano
- Clive Deamer – drums
- Adrian Utley – guitar
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- "Strangers" samples "Elegant People" from Weather Report (Wayne Shorter) from Black Market.
- "It Could Be Sweet"
- Geoff Barrow – Rhodes piano
- Richard Newell – drum programmer
- "Wandering Star"
- Gary Baldwin – Hammond organ
- Geoff Barrow – programmer
- Clive Deamer – drums
- Adrian Utley – guitar
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- "Wandering Star" contains portions of "Magic Mountain" (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Ray Brown, Eric Burdon, B. B. Dickerson, Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard Scott) as performed by Eric Burdon and WAR.
- "It's a Fire"
- Gary Baldwin – Hammond organ
- Geoff Barrow – drums
- Adrian Utley – bass guitar
- "Numb"
- Gary Baldwin – Hammond organ
- Geoff Barrow – programmer and drums
- Clive Deamer – drums
- Adrian Utley – bass guitar
- "Roads"
- Geoff Barrow – programmer and strings arrangement
- Clive Deamer – drums
- Dave McDonald – nose flute
- Neil Solman – Rhodes piano
- Strings Unlimited – strings
- Adrian Utley – guitar, bass guitar, and strings arrangement
- "Pedestal"
- Geoff Barrow – programmer
- Clive Deamer – drums
- Andy Hague – trumpet
- Adrian Utley – bass guitar
- "Biscuit"
- Geoff Barrow – Rhodes piano
- Clive Deamer – drums
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- "Biscuit" samples Johnnie Ray from "I'll Never Fall in Love Again".
- "Glory Box"
- Geoff Barrow – programmer
- Adrian Utley – guitar and Hammond organ
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- "Glory Box" samples Isaac Hayes from "Ike's Rap II" from Black Moses.
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