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45 out of 45 people found this review helpful.

Bleak but Beautiful

Date of Review:  Dec 24, 2003
The Bottom Line: Give this CD a try. Portishead is different; comfortable, R&B/jazzy. Very awesome.
Review: I've checked out the Portishead Dummy CD from my library several times, but I've never bought a copy. After checking out yesterday, I'm really not sure why I never purchased it… because it really is worth it.

Mysterons, the opening...
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  4.0

by: laurashrti
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Beautiful, I can't say it enough...
Cons
Sort of depressing, a tiny bit...
 
42 out of 42 people found this review helpful.

Beautiful Nightmares

Date of Review:  Oct 15, 2007
The Bottom Line: "Dummy" is a trip-hop classic, and wonderfully demonstrates how various musical genres can be fused into something memorable and fascinating.
Review: Following the burgeoning rise of the early nineties alternative scene, the southwest UK city of Bristol became the home of a slowly growing movement combining down-tempo hip-hop beats with aspects of jazz, pop melodies and multi-textured samples...
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  5.0

by: floatingcity
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Inventive beats, soul-crushing vocals,...
Cons
Two songs are more about ambiance than...
 
36 out of 36 people found this review helpful.

Nobody Loves Me... It's True...

Date of Review:  Jul 18, 2009
The Bottom Line: Dummy is a Landmark Album from Portishead that Helps Introduce Trip-Hop to the Masses.
Review:
When Massive Attack released Blue Lines in 1991, a new sound had emerged from the town of Bristol, England. A combination of dub, hip-hop, house music, jazz, soul, and down-tempo electronic music that became known as trip-hop. One of the early...
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  5.0

by: thevoid99
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Production, Arrangements,...
Cons
None.
 
33 out of 33 people found this review helpful.

The songs she sang when James Bond left her

Date of Review:  Dec 2, 2005
The Bottom Line: Possibly the diamond in trip-hop's crown. A collection of tracks that could've come from the darkest lounge of love. Lots of moods, subtle yet powerful from start to finish.
Review: Looking back through the reviews of this album, I was surprised to see that none of my favorite writers had done a write-up. 'Sup with that? Should I keep my love for Portishead a secret?

Well, I just can't. I've been digging on "Dummy"...
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  5.0

by: pyfr
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Sensual melancholy played and sung over...
Cons
I tried my best to find one, but to no...
 
28 out of 28 people found this review helpful.

Menacing trip hop classic: often imitated, never bettered

Date of Review:  Sep 21, 2003
The Bottom Line: Entrancing and achingly beautiful, these soothing yet urgent lullabies should be heard by anyone who has ever felt hurt, afraid, lost or alone.
Review: Delicate but dark, "Dummy" is rightly considered to be one of THE essential albums of the 1990s. Named after their small hometown in southern England, Portishead consisted of onetime Neneh Cherry producer Geoff Barrow and, of course, singer Beth...
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  5.0

by: kookytree
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Sublime production & vocals; divinely...
Cons
Perhaps too left-of-the-middle for...
 
24 out of 24 people found this review helpful.

As eerie as eerie gets

Date of Review:  Feb 28, 2000
Review: A friend of mine decided I needed to listen to Portishead. Having never heard of them, I sat down with little interest as he put the cd on. And I was abruptly transfixed. Since I had to leave five minutes later, and he kept skipping the tracks, I...
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  4.0

by: Guildenstern
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Unique, experimental, and deeply...
Cons
Overall sound could seem repetitive
 
21 out of 21 people found this review helpful.

A war to fight

Date of Review:  Jun 14, 2002
The Bottom Line: Mysterious and beautiful - though not every song is perfect, it's a compelling album that demands repeated listenings.
Review: I won't hesitate to name "Dummy" as one of the greatest albums ever made. Its beauty is elusive - dehumanized throbbings of electronics and agonized, slightly off-key vocals constitute most of the songs. But there's a philosophical depth to it, a...
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  5.0

by: jordan_tar
Recommended to buy: Yes

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The beauty of despair!
Cons
Undeniably, this is a somewhat weird...
 
17 out of 17 people found this review helpful.

Uneasy Listening

Date of Review:  Aug 26, 2002
The Bottom Line: 'Dummy' is a truly remarkable album, full of medlodic twists and turns. An epic adventure from Bristol's finest...
Review: One of the most critically acclaimed albums of 1995 was 'Dummy' by Portishead. Fronted by the enigmatic Beth Gibbons, Portishead were founded by Geoff Barrow (who had previously worked with Massive Attack) and also featured the multi-instrumentalist...
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  5.0

by: stoffy
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Original effects and Beth Gibbon's...
Cons
May be a bit depressing for some
 
25 out of 26 people found this review helpful.

You will never ever tire of this phenomenal CD

Date of Review:  May 25, 2000
Review: I never would have even considered getting this had I not heard "Sour Times" the few times that it got any radio play in New York Top 40 stations. But when I finally did buy it, it turned out to be easily one of the best items in my entire music...
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  5.0

by: nas
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
The best vocals in all trip-hopdom
Cons
Not the happiest of lyrics
 
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Not my normal style, but amazing anyway.

Date of Review:  Apr 20, 2006
The Bottom Line: Just... buy it. I don't like "trip-hop", but I love this anyway.
Review: Portishead is very much outside the realm of music that I usually listen to. I'm mostly into the rockier, metallic-while-being-melancholic brand of metal, along with some pop-rock and other random stuff. While I do have a very eclectic music taste,...
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  5.0

by: asra
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Everything: the dark tone, the grooves,...
Cons
A few weak tracks, but they're easily...
 

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