#419: Portishead - Dummy

Portishead - Dummy

August 22, 1994, Go! Discs

1. "Mysterons" - 5:02

2. "Sour Times" - 4:11

3. "Strangers" - 3:55

4. "It Could Be Sweet" - 4:16

5. "Wandering Star" - 4:51

6. "Numb" - 3:54

7. "Roads" - 5:02

8. "Pedestal" - 3:39

9. "Biscuit" - 5:01

10. "Glory Box" - 5:06

RESULTS

Rate: 9/10

Best Song: Mysterons

Worst Song: It Could Be Sweet

Comments

What the...?

This Album is flat out creepy. Just plain terrifying. I love it.

As creepy as it is, I have this comfortable feeling around it. I actually thought I've never heard Portishead before, but one of my strangest memories is as a young kid riding in the backseat of my parents car late at night with "Sour Times" playing in the background. As soon as the songs started, I knew exactly how it was going to play out, just because I strangely seem to remember these songs, yet not being able to remember any of them.

Odd.

"Biscuit" is a song about how Love can be like drowning, as a scream for help does nothing.

That sounds like rape to me, but whatever. Art.

Hell, the backup vocals blare "It's all over now".

You know what? I think it's actually about rape.

Anyway, that was a weird sidetrack topic. Rolling Stone's made this Album seem like it would be a hip-hop jazzy kind of sound, but it was like tragic hip-hop, and I love it.

It ended in a more dreamy song, "Glory Box", but it was still creepy.

I like Portishead now.