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Dummy
by Portishead
from Polygram Records
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List Price: $13.98
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Media: Audio CD
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Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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One of the greatest dance/electronic albums ever 
"Trip-hop"? "Downtempo"? Although it is a dark record, between Beth Gibbons' tortured voice, Geoff Barrows' beats, scratches and samples, and Adrian Utleys' jazzy guitar: this album is pure sex. Don't believe me? Try it.
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This album will consume you. 
The beats on this album are awesome, it's like they came through a rip in reality from an alter-universe. The lyrics are alright, they are too unhappy for my taste, Beth's voice is wonderful though.
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Essential electronic album. 
What can be said that already hasn't been said? I don't think there's much. This must have REALLY seemed ground-breaking at the time: Backbeats that sometimes recall hip-hop elements and some real soaring, soulful vocals from Beth Gibbons. There's not a single bad song on here, and it's most famous for the awesome "Sour Times," which sounds at times like a James Bond theme with certain elements. Then there's "Numb" which is probably my favorite song on the album, real soulful vocals there. You get more... more info
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The Towering Classic From the 90's 
What can I say that hasn't been said in other reviews? Well, for me this is the one essential trip-hop album. But it goes way beyond being a very successful pop or trip-hop disc. What Portishead established with Dummy was the recognition of the diverse musical roots of the trip-hop movement, filtered through an intensely modernistic lens. Out in 1994, it sounds like it was released yesterday. Let's briefly analyze "Glory Box," likely the most well-known track from this pervasively known disc. Glory Box... more info
Tracks:
- Mysterons
- Sour Times
- Strangers
- It Could Be Sweet
- Wandering Star
- It's A Fire
- Numb
- Roads
- Pedestal
- Biscuit
- Glory Box
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