Artist
Portishead
Portishead is an electronic artist from Bristol, England formed in 1991. 17 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Electronic · Bristol, England · Best electronic albums
- 17
- Releases
- 1994–2025
- Active years
- 1991
- Formed
Artist
Portishead is an electronic artist from Bristol, England formed in 1991. 17 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Electronic · Bristol, England · Best electronic albums
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Dummy
1994
Portishead are an English band formed in 1991 in Bristol. They are named after the nearby town of the same name, eight miles west of Bristol, along the coast. Portishead consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley, while sometimes citing a fourth member, Dave McDonald, an engineer on their first records. Their debut album, Dummy, was met with critical acclaim in 1994. Two other studio albums were issued: Portishead in 1997 and Third in 2008. Portishead's first album Dummy was released in 1994. The cover features a still from the band's own short film To Kill a Dead Man. The credits indicate that at this juncture, Portishead was a duo of Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons. Adrian Utley, who co-produced the album with them (and who played on nine of the tracks and co-wrote eight), became an official band member shortly after its release. Despite the band's aversion to press coverage, the album was successful in both Europe and the United States (where it sold more than 150,000 copies even before the band toured there). Dummy was positively described by the Melody Maker as "musique noire for a movie not yet made". Rolling Stone praised its music as "Gothic hip-hop". Dummy sp…
