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THE REVIEW
I know this album by Portishead has already been reviewed, but I still want to share my thoughts on this work that I find nothing short of special...
I wasn't very familiar with Portishead, but once in a CD store I listened to a song, specifically "Wandering Star" and then "It's A Fire", and I fell in love with it.
Just a bit of mystery, a soft and delicate voice like Beth's, and the atmosphere is set; add in epic and cinematic sounds, and heartrending and melancholic lyrics, and you feel transported into a three-dimensional dimension, and while the day goes by normally, you can't wait to get home, lay down somewhere, and start the journey of sensations contained in this work.
Starting with "Mysterons" which heralds a work of electronic and soft nature, you move through the wonderful sampling in "Sour Times", from "Wandering Star" to the orchestral "It's A Fire", then "Roads" is nothing short of heartrending and "Biscuit" is the perfect symbol of this album, it all closes with the "sexiest" "Glory Box", where Beth shows all the J.LO or Spears what it means to have a bold voice... that naturally knows how to captivate... well, with their second self-titled work, Portishead prove to be bolder, harder with an almost claustrophobic sound, but definitely impactful... still an excellent and original band to be appreciated more...
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Summary by Bot
This review celebrates Portishead's album Dummy as a special and immersive trip-hop experience. The reviewer highlights Beth Gibbons' delicate voice paired with cinematic, melancholic soundscapes. Key tracks such as Wandering Star, Sour Times, and Glory Box showcase the album's emotional depth and originality. The album is praised for transporting listeners into a vivid, emotional journey.
Portishead
Portishead are an English band from Bristol, widely associated with the trip-hop movement. The core lineup is Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley.14 Reviews
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By luciano
Portishead is the only project that managed to impose a 9-year-old track of theirs in a car commercial.
The album is a benchmark.
By manliuzzo
Dummy consecrates itself as one of the best albums I have ever listened to.
Each track offers a different image, together creating a colorful and varied musical vision.
By The_dull_flame
This album engages, which is more difficult: you feel in the middle of the record, as if Beth were singing beside you.
‘Roads’ represents the pinnacle of beauty on the album, a dark ballad that gets under your skin like a needle.
By luludia
What is this stuff? Hyper-depressed dub? Melancholic white soul?
The voice, that voice, comes from there....
