Name: Dummy
Brand: Portishead

Bonus disc

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Catalogue number

8285221

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r10147986]

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2023-01-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0042282852212

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Total Cap

Black LP

Artist

Portishead

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Universal-Island Records Ltd.

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Portishead is an English band formed in 1991 in Bristol. They are widely recognized as pioneers of trip hop music and have made a significant impact on the genre. The band consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons, and Adrian Utley, with Dave McDonald also contributing as an engineer on their early records. Portishead's debut album, Dummy, released in 1994, received critical acclaim and established them as a force to be reckoned with. They followed up with two more studio albums: Portishead in 1997 and Third in 2008.
The name "Portishead" comes from the town located eight miles west of Bristol along the coast that inspired them. Known for their mesmerizing live performances, the band occasionally collaborated with DJ Andy Smith during their shows.
If you're a fan of atmospheric beats and haunting vocals, Portishead's unique sound will captivate you. With their groundbreaking contributions to trip hop music and a discography filled with critically acclaimed albums, they have solidified themselves as one of the most influential bands in modern music.

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[b]Legal name: Universal-Island Records Limited[/b]
UK based record company associated with the [l8377] label. Operating under this name from 29 March 1999 until 25 June 2014. 

The company was formed following the acquisition of Polygram N.V. (the former owner of [l63313]) on 10 December 1998 by "The Seagram Company Ltd." whom already owned the [l38404]. On 29 March 1999 [l63313] was renamed Universal-Island Records Ltd.  Subsequently on 25 June 2014 Universal-Island Records Ltd., was renamed back to its original name "Island Records Ltd." 

Full legal entity name: Universal Island Records Limited
UK Company number: 00723336
Incorporated: 8 May 1962 as 'Island Records Limited'
Immediate parent 29 March 1999 to 25 June 2014: Universal Music Leisure Limited (UK Company number 03384487)
Ultimate parent 29 March 1999 to 25 June 2014: Vivendi SA (registered in France)

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The classic debut Portishead album from 1994. The collaboration of studio whiz Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons, Dummy was made at the same time as a short film noir called To Kill a Dead Man, and the same approach - gloomy, tormented, and wildly melodramatic - permeates the album.

"Sour Times" (the hit in which Gibbons cries, again and again, "nobody loves me, it's true") and the more cryptic "Glory Box" are the lynchpins of the album, defining its sound: dark flashes of old soul and film music, dehumanised electronic bleeps, Gibbons emoting like she's consumed by shame, and a bass-and-beat pulse derived from the slow bump and grind of the Bristol scene that spawned Barrow's old collaborators.

Dummy

Music GB

Discover Dummy by Portishead. The classic debut album from 1994 on Universal-Island Records Ltd. Available in LP format. Dark, tormented, and melodramatic, with a unique blend of old soul and electronic bleeps.