- Audio Cassette (Oct 18 1994)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Polygram Records
- ASIN: B000001FI8
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (217 customer reviews)
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Product Details
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Track Listings
| 1. Mysterons |
| 2. Sour Times |
| 3. Strangers |
| 4. It Could Be Sweet |
| 5. Wandering Star |
| 6. It's a Fire |
| 7. Numb |
| 8. Roads |
| 9. Pedestal |
| 10. Biscuit |
| 11. Glory Box |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
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 linchpins 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, Massive Attack. --Douglas Wolk
Un Essentiel amazon.fr
On s'est beaucoup gaussé de la crédibilité à inventer une étiquette supplémentaire pour définir cette musique : le trip hop. Encore un truc de journalistes, persiflaient les détracteurs. Il n'empêche. Avec Massive Attack, Tricky et Dummy, le trip hop est la bande-son idéale de la ville dont il est originaire : Bristol, cité fantôme pluvieuse dont Portishead (étape dont le groupe tire son nom), avec ses grues rouillées noyées dans la brume en bout d'estuaire, est le résumé sinon l'unique symbole. Sur Dummy, Portishead invente des rythmes inédits, propices au trip. En écoutant "Sour Times" et "Glory Box", une sourde léthargie envahit, initiée par des tempos sous Tranxène à nuls autres pareils. Ici, on est loin de l'hystérie des breakbeats poussifs. Portishead préfère les routes de campagne où il fait bon prendre son temps aux circuits de F1 où l'on tourne en rond à toute berzingue. Mystérieuse et fascinante, l'ambiance un chouilla dépressive de Dummy est l'écrin parfait pour la voix tristement alanguie de Beth Gibbons portée par la pertinence des samples de Geoff Barlow. D'une rare sensualité, Dummy ne doit pas uniquement être l'apanage des âmes solitaires. --Philippe Robert
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Dummied by Sound,
This review is from: Dummy (Vinyl) (LP Record)
This album stands out as a rollicking psychonesque oddity, a Nabakovian linguistic obsession, and a Borgesian unreality. We would like to thank Amazon for publishing this review.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
No "Dummy",
By E. A Solinas "ea_solinas" (MD USA) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Dummy (Audio CD)
Trip-hop was never so dark and magnificently despairing as it is here. Portishead draws listeners into a velvety abyss in debut album "Dummy," a glorious blend of jazzy instrumentation, subtle electronica, and Beth Gibbons' sweet moaning vocals. "Mysterons" opens with an chilly, ghostly air, followed by the exotic despair of "Sour Times" and the jazzy, eerie "Strangers" and "Wandering Star." Portishead delves into pure trip-hop in the pulsing "It Could Be Sweet" and "Numb," then synthesizes strings and stately organ in "It's A Fire," before wrapping things up with the steady lament "Glory Box," with its undulating riffs. A noir feel permeates "Dummy," giving a grounded feel to the spacier edges of the music. It's easy to imagine trenchcoats, smoky offices, rainy days and femme fatales set to this music. It's soaked in melancholy and dreamy depression, set to music. The blend of lounge music and trip-hop could have been awkward, but it blends seamlessly. The Rhodes and magnificent Hammond organ are the core of the silky unearthly sound, adding an epic feel to many of the songs. At the same time, the flexible guitar riffs and jazzy percussion bring it down to earth. And the Hammond does double-time as a jazz instrument as well, even when paired with strings. Beth Gibbons's vocals are outstanding: high and clear and sweet, except in "Strangers," where she sounds like her voice is being filtered through an old radio. She pours plenty of emotion into the despairing lyrics. The songs themselves are simple and evocative, with loneliness and regret dripping from them. ("The salvation I desire/Keeps getting me down") Jazz and trip-hop blend seamlessly into the beautiful haunting whole that is "Dummy." A beautiful experience, and one of the best albums of the 1990s.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dummy (Audio CD)
It is always astounding when an album shows so much originality and a distinct sound that somehow feels fresh a decade after being released. The one song that I cannot get enough is Wandering Star. It is deliciously dark, with a driving, thumping beat that propels the song forward as if being sucked down a vortex of grief. I love it! Each song is different though and each song is a trip onto itself. You must experience this album! You must!
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