Portishead - Portishead
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Artist: PortisheadEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1997-09-30
Music Label: London / UMGD
Soundtracks:
- Cowboys
- All Mine
- Undenied
- Half Day Closing
- Over
- Humming
- Mourning Air
- Seven Months
- Only You
- Elysium
- Western Eyes
Music reviews of Portishead
Music Review: Severe version of Portishead obiterated sophomore jinx and created otherworldly masterpiece
Rating: 5 Stars
I can't think of an instance since Elvis Costello's brilliant This Year's Model that an artist or group so thoroughly obliterated the sophomore jinx in the face of high expectations as Portishead did on this one. And Portishead did so in the same way: by ratcheting up the intensity to a severe level just hinted at in their excellent, but comparatively tame debut.
By taking their distinctive, eerie sound to a new level, Portishead created a nightmarish, heart-wrenchingly emotional, yet catchy groove quite unlike anything before or since.
Description of Portishead
The bad news is that there is no "Sour Times" to equal the first album's greatness. Lead single "Cowboys" doesn't do the trick, not with its '50s sci-fi dub vibe and the Yma Sumac stylings of Beth Gibbons. The upside is that this bold sophomore release is, even at this late date in trip-hop's evolution, still startling, thanks to the mix of Geoff Barrow's soundscapes and Gibbons's haunting wail. --Jeff BatemanGeneral CDs
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