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Binding: LP Record EAN: 0731453918917 Label: London / Umgd Manufacturer: London / Umgd Number Of Discs: 1 Publication Date: 1997 Publisher: London / Umgd Release Date: September 30, 1997 Studio: London / Umgd Sales Rank: 35397
Amazon.com: The bad news is that there is no "Sour Times" to equal the first album's greatness. Lead single "Cowboys" doesn't do the trick, not with its '50s sci-fi dub vibe and the Yma Sumac stylings of Beth Gibbons. The upside is that this bold sophomore release is, even at this late date in trip-hop's evolution, still startling, thanks to the mix of Geoff Barrow's soundscapes and Gibbons's haunting wail. --Jeff Bateman
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Rating: - Severe version of Portishead obiterated sophomore jinx and created otherworldly masterpiece
I can't think of an instance since Elvis Costello's brilliant This Year's Model that an artist or group so thoroughly obliterated the sophomore jinx in the face of high expectations as Portishead did on ... Read More
Rating: - My favourite Portishead
Portishead has yet to put out a bad CD and in my opinion this is their best.
Rating: - Portishead is mesmerizing trip hop.
Following their success with Dummy (1994), Bristol band Portishead released their second electronic Trip Hop self-titled album in 1997. With a mesmerizing sound similar to two other Bristol bands, Tricky ... Read More
Rating: - In my opinion, better than Dummy.
For the sole reason that this album far transcends the poppy undertones of Dummy, I give it a 5/5.
That being said, I'd still like to give a track-by-track review of this product.
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Rating: - I had higher expectations
I had seen two music videos for this CD and thought it was going to be great. After listening to all the tracks, I only liked maybe three. I am a heavy trip-hop and acid jazz fan, but this was just psychidelic ... Read More
- Severe version of Portishead obiterated sophomore jinx and created otherworldly masterpiece
- I had higher expectations