Portishead Portishead (2-LPs)

Rolling Stone: 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...the group easily re-establishes its mastery of the genre now known as trip-hop....Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley have refined their sound to an instantly identifiable essence..."
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Format:  Vinyl LP  (2 Records)
item number:  AWE2
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Vinyl LP Details

  • Number of Records: 2
  • Released: September 30, 1997
  • Originally Released: 1997
  • Label: Polydor

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - 10/2/97, p.56
3 Stars (out of 5) - "...the group easily re-establishes its mastery of the genre now known as trip-hop....Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley have refined their sound to an instantly identifiable essence..."
Spin - 1/98, p.86
Ranked #6 on Spin's list of the "Top 20 Albums Of The Year."
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..."
Entertainment Weekly - 10/03/97, p.84
"...This sophomore spook-athon from chilly U.K. combo Portishead clanks across the attic, via Geoff Barrow's skeletal samples and funereal keyboards. Beth Gibbons' surgical-steel voices slices into her partner's scraps of musical meat, for an effect that's hypnotic, bloodless, and addictive..." - Rating: A
Q - 1/98, p.114
Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1997."
Vibe - 11/97, p.152
"...Beth Gibbons shows off stark vocal mood swings as she croons and claws under a bitter moon. A 30-piece orchestra keeps you strung out on drama, while producers/bandmates Adrian Utley and Geoff Barrow snap out the beats..."
The Source - 11/97, p.174
"...crafted with care and eloquence, and somehow articulating the space that exists between the emotional and the physical....Portishead succeed with aplomb on their eponymously-titled follow-up album..."
Melody Maker - 12/20-27/97, pp.66-67
Ranked #18 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's "Albums Of The Year."
Melody Maker - 10/4/97, p.50
"...deep fried, delightful doom music....they're still...the original flames, the instigators, the innovators and still the only sure soundtrack to the future."
Musician - 11/97, p.86
"...Gibbons' extraordinary voice has grown darker, nastier, and more spine-tingling, while the new songs vary from grim...to serene....PORTISHEAD looks over the cliff, then dives headlong into the abyss..."
Village Voice (2/24/98) - Ranked #14 in the Village Voice's 1997 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
NME (Magazine) - 12/20-27/97, pp.78-79
Ranked #32 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.
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..."

Tracks:

  • 1.Cowboys
  • 2.All Mine
  • 3.Undenied
  • 4.Half Day Closing
  • 5.Over
  • 6.Humming
  • 7.Mourning Air
  • 8.Seven Months
  • 9.Only You
  • 10.Elysium
  • 11.Western Eyes

Product Info

  • UPC: 731453918917
  • Shipping Weight: 0.5/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 2 items

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