Portishead - Dummy Album

Tracklist

1	Glory Box Guitar, Organ [Hammond] – Adrian UtleyProgrammed By – Geoff BarrowWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow	5:06
2	It's A Fire Bass – Adrian UtleyDrums – Geoff BarrowOrgan [Hammond] – Gary BaldwinWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow	3:48
3	Mysterons Drums – Clive DeamerElectric Piano [Rhodes] – Geoff BarrowGuitar, Theremin – Adrian UtleyWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow	5:02
4	Wandering Star Drums – Clive DeamerGuitar – Adrian UtleyOrgan [Hammond] – Gary BaldwinProgrammed By – Geoff BarrowWritten-By – B B Dickerson, B Gibbons, C Miller, G Barrow, H Brown, H Scott, J Goldstein, L Oskar, L Jordan, P D Allen	4:51
5	It Could Be Sweet Drum Programming – Richard Newell Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Geoff BarrowWritten-By – B Gibbons, G Barrow	4:16
6	Numb Bass – Adrian UtleyDrums – Clive DeamerOrgan [Hammond] – Gary BaldwinProgrammed By, Drums – Geoff BarrowWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow	3:54
7	Sour Times Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Hammond] – Neil SolmanGuitar – Adrian UtleyProgrammed By – Geoff BarrowWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow, L Schifrin, O Turner, H Brooks	4:11
8	Roads Drums – Clive DeamerElectric Piano [Rhodes] – Neil SolmanGuitar, Bass, Arranged By [Strings] – Adrian UtleyNose Flute – Dave McDonald Programmed By, Arranged By [Strings] – Geoff BarrowStrings – Strings UnlimitedWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow	5:02
9	Strangers Drums – Clive DeamerElectric Piano [Rhodes] – Geoff BarrowGuitar – Adrian UtleyWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow, W Shorter	3:55
10	Pedestal Bass – Adrian UtleyDrums – Clive DeamerProgrammed By – Geoff BarrowTrumpet – Andy HagueWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow	3:39
11	Biscuit Drums – Clive DeamerElectric Piano [Rhodes] – Geoff BarrowWritten-By – A Utley, B Gibbons, G Barrow	5:01

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
828 522 - 2	Portishead	Dummy ‎(CD, Album)	Go! Beat	828 522 - 2	UK	1994
828 553-2	Portishead	Dummy ‎(CD, Album)	Go! Beat, Polydor	828 553-2	Australasia	1994
828 522-1	Portishead	Dummy ‎(LP, Album, M/Print, Fir)	Go! Beat	828 522-1	UK & Europe	1994
828 522-4	Portishead	Dummy ‎(Cass, Album)	Go! Beat	828 522-4	UK & Europe	1994
422 828 553-2	Portishead	Dummy ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Go! Discs	422 828 553-2	Canada	Unknown

Credits

• Co-producer – A Utley
• Engineer – Dave Mc Donald
• Management [Portishead Is Managed By] – Fruit
• Producer – Portishead
• Vocals – Beth Gibbons

Notes

Samples
Track 2: Lalo Schifrin from "More Mission: Impossible" courtesy of Warner Chappell Music/MCA Records.
Smokey Brookes from "Spin-It Jig" courtesy of Goldmine Soul Supply.
Track 3: Weather Report from "Elegant People" courtesy of MCA Music/CBS Records.
Track 5: War from "Magic Mountain" courtesy of Polygram Music/ABC Records.
Track 10: Johnnie Ray from "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" courtesy of Warner Chappell Music/Philips.
Track 11: Isaac Hayes from "Ike's Rap II" courtesy of Rondor Music/Fantasy Records (booklet erroneously lists "Issac Moods" by Issac Hayes [sic]).

All tracks recorded at State of Art and Coach House Studios.
All tracks Chrysalis Music Ltd.
℗ & © 1994 Go! Discs Limited.
Hecho en Colombia.

Barcodes

• Barcode: 0 42282 85532 9
• Matrix / Runout: UNIVERSAL 8285532 WWW.CDSYSTEMS.COM.CO 44191 00008363
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI LR86
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 3Y06

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Go! Discs Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Go! Discs Ltd.
• Recorded At – State Of Art Studios
• Recorded At – Coach House Studios
• Made By – Universal Music Colombia S.A.
• Pressed By – CD Systems De Colombia S.A.
• Distributed By – Universal Music Colombia S.A.

Short intro

Dummy is the debut studio album by English electronic band Portishead, released on 22 August 1994 by Go Beat Records. The album received critical acclaim and won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize. Dummy was certified triple platinum in the UK in February 2019, for sales of 900,000 copies and had sold 907,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of September 2019. Worldwide, the album. UMG от лица компании Universal-Island Records Ltd. BMG Rights Management US, LLC, ASCAP, Abramus Digital, SOLAR Music Rights Management, LatinAutor - PeerMusic, LatinAutor - SonyATV и другие авторские общества 14. Portishead - Dummy Full Album. Listen free to Portishead Dummy Mysterons, Sour Times and more. 11 tracks 51:04. Dummy is the 1994 debut album of the Bristol-based group Portishead. It reached 2 on the UK Album Chart and 79 on the Billboard 200 chart, going gold in 1997. Building on the promise of their earlier EP-Numb-it helped to cement the reputation of Bristol as the capital of Trip hop, a nascent genre which was then often referred to simply as the Bristol sound. The cover is a still of Gibbons from the short film that the band created-To Kill a Dead Man-which originally got them signed du. Discover all of this album's music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and 1994 11 Songs. Combining languid breakbeats and haunting synths, the album is a downtempo spy novel, evoking dark alleys, loaded glances, and sinister undercurrents. Beth Gibbons sings like a caged bird, resilient yet full of sorrow, and partner-in-crime Geoff Barrow builds beats like a cinematographer composes a frame, deftly balancing light and shadow. Portisheads 1994 full-length debut Dummy received critical acclaim, winning the 1995 Mercury Music Prize. Although it achieved only modest chart success overseas, it peaked at number 2 on the UK Album Chart, and saw two of its three singles reach number 13. The album was certified gold in 1997 and has sold two million copies in Europe. The album was certified double platinum in the UK in 1996, for sales exceeding 600,000 copies. It had sold 825,000 copies in the United. They invented their own kind of virtuosity, one that encompassed musicianship, technology, and aura. Savor the irony in the title of Portisheads debut album. The album may suggest coziness, sonic swaddling, the gentle soundtrack to a ravers comedown-and in 1994, ravers were plenty familiar with pacifiers. But Dummy doesnt coddle, it unsettles. It tastes not like warm milk but coppery and bitter, like blood. Despite its two-plus decades spent soundtracking makeout sessions, it cradles a terrible loneliness in its heart. On the 25th anniversary of their classic debut, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley reflect on how the album came together