Portishead (album)

"All Mine"
Portishead
Studio album by Portishead
Released	30 September 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Genre	Trip hop
Length	50:30
Language	English
Label	Go!/London
Producer	Portishead
Portishead chronology
Singles from Portishead
	"All Mine"; Released: 8 September 1997; "Over"; Released: 10 November 1997; "Only You"; Released: 2 March 1998;

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Portishead is the second album of the Bristol-based group Portishead, released in 1997. The album reached #2 on the UK Album Chart^[1] and #21 on the Billboard 200 chart.^{[citation needed]}

On 3 December 2008, Universal Music Japan released Dummy and Portishead as limited SHM-CD version.

[edit] Reception

Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp. 66–67) - Ranked #18 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year."
NME (12/20-27/97, pp. 78–79) - Ranked #32 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.
Q (1/98, p. 114) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."
Spin (1/98, p. 86) - Ranked #6 on Spin's list of the "Top 20 Albums Of The Year."
Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #14 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.

Tracks written by Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, except where noted.

"Only You" samples Ken Thorne from "Inspector Clouseau" and The Pharcyde from "She Said".
"Western Eyes" samples Hookers & Gin from "Sean Atkins Experience". None of these references exist, the sample being created from scratch by the band with the help of Shawn Atkins.^[14]

^ "Portishead at chartstats.com". http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=7159. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
^ 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
^ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/portishead-19971014(10/2/97, p.56)
^ http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1187
^ Myers, Ben. "Review: Portishead - Portishead, GO! Beat". Melody Maker (IPC Media) (October 4, 1997): 50.
^ (11/97, p.86)
^ (11/97, p.174)
^ (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..."
^ Spin (11/97, 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..."
^ Facts about Western Eyes
^ "Portishead at TOP20.dk". http://top20.dk/album/515-115. Retrieved 30 September 2009.
^ Portishead at VG.no