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Portishead discography
Portishead performing in 2008
Studio albums3
Live albums1
Compilation albums1
Singles10
Video albums1
Music videos11
Remixes20

The discography of British trip hop group Portishead consists of three studio albums, one live album, one compilation, ten singles and one video album. The Bristol-based band consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley.

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		CAN
[3] 		FRA
[4] 		GER
[5] 		NLD
[6] 		NZ
[7] 		NOR
[8] 		SWI
[9] 		US
[10]
Dummy
  • Released: 22 August 1994
  • Label: Go! Discs (8285222)
  • Formats: CD, LP
 2 23 16 52 45 15 21 29 26 79
Portishead
  • Released: 29 September 1997[11]
  • Label: Go! Beat (8285222)
  • Format: CD, LP
 2 2 5 3 7 31 1 7 11 21
Third
  • Released: 28 April 2008[11]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 2 9 3 3 6 8 9 6 2 7

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		BEL
(FL)
[15] 		FRA
[4] 		GER
[5] 		NLD
[6] 		NOR
[16] 		NZ
[7] 		SCO
[17] 		US
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Roseland NYC Live
  • Released: 2 November 1998[11]
  • Label: Go! Beat (5594242)
  • Format: CD, LP
 40 33 35 9 7 59 19 23 66 155

Singles

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Single Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1][18] 		AUS
[2] 		BEL
(WA)
[19] 		CAN
[20] 		FRA
[4] 		IRE
[21] 		NLD
[6] 		NZ
[7] 		SCO
[22] 		US
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"Numb" 1994 — — — — — — — — — — Dummy
"Sour Times" 13 66 — 29 — — —[A] — 13 53
"Glory Box" 13 96 36 — 12 12 25 — 17 —
"All Mine" 1997 8 36 — — — — — 29 8 — Portishead
"Over" 25 159 — — — — — — 29 —
"Only You" 1998 35 131 — — — — — 37 40 —
"Machine Gun" 2008 52 87 —[B] 84 82 — — — 33 — Third
"The Rip" — — — — 98 — — — — —
"Magic Doors" — — — — 83 — — — — —
"Chase the Tear" 2009 164 — — — — — — — — — non-album singles
"SOS" 2016 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilations

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  • 1995 Glory Times (the "Glory Box" and "Sour Times" singles combined)
  • 1995 The Rebirth of Cool Phive[25] ("Revenge of the Number")

Video albums

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Collaborations and miscellaneous releases

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  • 1999: Portishead collaborated with Tom Jones on "Motherless Child" from his album of duets Reload. That album also has a cover of Portishead's "All Mine" sung as a duet with Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy.
  • 2003: Geoff Barrow along with Adrian Utley, Clive Deamer, Tim Saul and John Baggott assisted with the production of Stephanie McKay's McKay under the Go! Beat Records label.
  • 2005: Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley produced The Coral's The Invisible Invasion.
  • 2006: Portishead recorded a cover of "Requiem for Anna" on the various artists compilation "Monsieur Gainsbourg revisited".
  • Portishead Interview and Mix CD (Geoff Barrow interviewed by Mark Findlay (INTER HEAD 1) and Mix by Geoff Barrow & Andy Smith with Cowboys (MIX HEAD 1))
  • A track entitled "Acid Jazz & Trip Hop (Remix)" has been circulating the web and Portishead, Massive Attack, or Squarepusher are widely credited as the artist.[citation needed] However, the track is in fact a Portishead remix of an Unkle song that has been given different titles on a number of releases. On Unkle's earliest release, The Time Has Come EP, the track is entitled "If You Find Earth Boring (Portishead Plays U.N.K.L.E Mix)". However, on various compilations and "The Time Has Come" 2005 single by DJ Shadow, the track is entitled "Time Has Come (Portishead Plays Unkle Mix)".

Remixes

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  • Depeche Mode – "In Your Room" (The Jeep Rock Mix) (1993)
  • Depeche Mode – "Walking in My Shoes" (Grungy Gonads Mix) (1993)
  • Gabrielle – "Going Nowhere" (Portishead Mix) (1993)
  • Whores of Babylon – "Fall of Agade" (Portishead Remix) (1993)
  • Paul Weller – "Wild Wood" (The Sheared Wood Remix) (1994)
  • Primal Scream – "Give Out but Don't Give Up" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
  • Ride – "Moonlight Medicine" (Portishead's Ride On The Wire Mix) (1994)
  • The Sabres of Paradise – "Planet D" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
  • Gravediggaz – "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere To Hide" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
  • The Federation – "Rusty James" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
  • UNKLE – "The Time Has Come" (Portishead Plays Unkle Mix) (1994)
  • Earthling – "1st Transmission" (Portishead's Earthead Mix) (1994)
  • Earthling – "Nefisa" (Portishead Mix) (1995)
  • Nine – "Whutcha Want?" (Portishead Mix) (1995)
  • Massive Attack – "Karmacoma" (Portishead Experience) (1995)
  • Junkwaffel – "Mudskipper" (Portishead So-So Mix) (1995)
  • My Dying Bride - "Grace Unhearing" (Portishell Mix) (1998)
  • Something for Kate – "Easy" (Mr Barrow and Mr Yates Surfin' For Kate Remix) (1999)
  • Machine Gun Fellatio – "Horny Blonde 40" (Portishead Remix) (2002)

Videography

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Music videos

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  • "Sour Times" (Hemming): made up of scenes from To Kill a Dead Man
  • "Numb" (dir. Alexander Hemming)
  • "Glory Box" (Hemming) homage to the Basil Dearden film Victim
  • "Wandering Star" (acoustic version)
  • "All Mine" (Dick Caruthers) based on a 1968 Italian talent show and The Outer Limits
  • "Over" (Chris Bran)
  • "Humming" (Ben Waters) A short film noir set to the song of the same name (2003)
  • "Only You" (Chris Cunningham)
  • "Machine Gun" (John Minton)
  • "Magic Doors" (John Minton)
  • "The Rip" (Nick Uff)
  • "We Carry On" (Nick Uff)
  • "SOS" (Unknown director)

Short films

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Other use in media

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Advertisements

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  • "Glory Box" appeared in a Levi's ad celebrating the watch pocket.
  • "Numb" was used in a commercial for the TV series Lost and featured in a commercial for the Nissan Primera.
  • "The Rip" was used in a TV commercial for the Gucci Bloom line of perfumes.[26]
  • "Roads" was used in TV advertisements for One Campaign as well as for the Alfa Romeo 159.
  • "Machine Gun" was used in the Metro: Last Light teaser trailer.
  • "Chase the Tear" was used in the promotional teaser for the reality series Utopia.

Films

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Television

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Video games

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Sour Times" did not enter the Netherlands' Single Top 100 but peaked on the Netherlands' Single Tip Chart at number five.[24]
  2. ^ "Machine Gun" did not enter the Wallonie Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 17 on the Ultratip chart.[19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Official Charts > Portishead". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. ^ a b c Australian (ARIA Chart) chart peaks:
  3. ^ Canadian albums chart peaks:
  4. ^ a b c "lescharts.com > Portishead dans les Charts Français" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Search results for Portishead" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 2019-05-22. N.B. Select 'Album' tab to display albums chart peaks, as no Portishead singles charted in Germany.
  6. ^ a b c "dutchcharts.nl > Portishead in Dutch Charts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  7. ^ a b c "charts.nz > Portishead in New Zealand Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  8. ^ "norwegiancharts.com > Portishead in Norwegian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  9. ^ "hitparade.ch > Portishead" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Portishead Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i "British album certifications – Portishead". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 June 2024. Select albums in the Format field. Type Portishead in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  12. ^ a b "Gold/Platinum". Music Canada. 14 October 1997. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  13. ^ "Gold & Platinum: Portishead". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  14. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  15. ^ "Ultratop > Portishead Flanders". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Norwegian Charts Portishead". Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  17. ^ Peaks on the Scottish Albums chart:
  18. ^ UK singles chart peaks between 101 and 200 until December 2010: "Chart Log UK 1994–2010 > Rodney P. – The Pussycat Dolls". Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  19. ^ a b "Ultratop > Portishead dans L'Ultratop Wallonie" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  20. ^ "Portishead Chart History: Canadian Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  21. ^ "The Irish Charts – All there is to know > Search results for Portishead". Fireball Media. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  22. ^ Peaks in Scotland:
  23. ^ "Portishead Chart History: Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  24. ^ "Portishead - Sour Times - dutchcharts.nl". Mega Charts. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  25. ^ "Various – The Rebirth Of Cool Phive". Discogs.
  26. ^ "Gucci - Bloom - TV Ad Music". 11 September 2017. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
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