Dummy
Album by Portishead
Released	October 1994
Recorded	1993 & 1994
Genre	Trip Hop
Length	48:45 (U.S, C.A and A.U) 45:29 (U.K)
Label	Go! Discs/London
Producer(s)	Portishead, Adrian Utley
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Portishead chronology
	Dummy (1994)	Portishead (1997)

Dummy, released in 1994, was the debut album of the Bristol-based group Portishead. 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". Fellow travellers along this experimental path included Massive Attack, Tricky and the record label, A Cup of Tea, who were exploring the margins of hip-hop, soundtracks and jazz just as their fellow Bristolians Smith and Mighty, Rip, Rig and Panic (featuring Neneh Cherry) and The Pop Group had pushed the boundaries of dub, funk and punk before them. Portishead:Dummy Album Cover File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Beth Gibbons, Portishead For the town, see Portishead, Somerset. ... 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In addition to the already released "Numb", the album spawned two further singles: "Sour Times" and "Glory Box".

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In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Dummy the 16th greatest album of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 419 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Q magazine is a music and entertainment magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... // History John Lennon - RS 1 (November 9, 1967)How I Won the War Film Still Founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner (who is still editor and publisher) and music critic Ralph J. Gleason, Rolling Stone was initially identified with and reported on the hippie counterculture of the... The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ...

Track listing

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. "It's a Fire" – 3:48
   • Does not appear on the U.K edition
7. "Numb" – 3:54
8. "Roads" – 5:02
9. "Pedestal" – 3:39
10. "Biscuit" – 5:01
11. "Glory Box" – 5:06

Trivia

• The track "Glory Box" appears on the soundtrack to Bernardo Bertolucci film Stealing Beauty.

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Samples

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External links

• Geoff Barrow Interview
• Tracks of Their Tears
• The Bristol Sound