March 12, 200817 yr I thought the blue 'P3' pic on the initial pic was a home-made jobby... but... that's the actual cover. :o Foul! I dunno man, I kinda like the simplicity, it's not flashy or fussy... It's kinda..... classic.
March 12, 200817 yr never got round to getting a copy of that - whats its like tho?? is it like Portishead or more like Talk Talk (the more pastoral avantguard jazz version not 80s synth-pop) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bd/Laughing_stock.jpg its an amazing record and a lost classic.its up n equal to the postishead's work.essential. ................ btw,so glad about their THIRD Coming...i cant wait to but that album
March 13, 200817 yr Last Updated: Thursday, 13 March 2008, 18:15 GMT BBC Entertainment News Portishead 'feared unfinished LP' http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42956000/jpg/_42956489_portishead_203.jpg The band won the 1995 Mercury Prize for debut Dummy Cult British band Portishead have said they thought their new studio album, Third, might never be finished. Guitarist Adrian Utley told the BBC the group were exhausted after finishing the world tour supporting their second album, Portishead, in 1998. Utley said the group did not want to repeat the soundtrack influenced work of their first two albums on the new record, which 10 years to complete. He said the band "went into meltdown" while working on Third. 'Hellish time' The Bristol-based trio, which also includes singer Beth Gibbons and multi-instrumentalist Geoff Barrow, released debut album Dummy in 1994. The album, which featured spy film strings, theremins and samples from esoteric soundtracks amid breakbeats and DJ scratches, won them the Mercury Prize in 1995 and popularised the languid sound of trip-hop. But after recording their second album and a live album, Utley said the band reached a creative block. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42956000/jpg/_42956623_portishead_bristol_203.jpg The band have played only sporadically since 1998 "After Dummy we had to make the second record Portishead, and that was a hellish time, it really was," he explained. "There was pressure internally - there was a sense of 'got to get it done, got to get it done'. "We went on to do a huge tour for a year and headlined loads of festivals because The Verve had split up that year. It was insanity really." He said: "It was ridiculously full on, considering we wanted to play to 500 people." Both Utley and Barrow split from their wives after recording sessions for Third started. "Those years were quite dark from then on," he added "There were times when I thought - this is not going to happen. There were times there when I thought 'we're not going to be able to do it, or I'm going to die trying'." The new album, the band's third studio LP, will be released on 28 April. The single Machine Gun is released on April 14, as a download or one-sided 12", and as a USB with three videos and a live version of Rip. XPmXjtcErK8 Portishead - Machine Gun
March 14, 200817 yr Author Machine Gun is f***ing amazing! :o Yes, yes it is. It's really original, I love the sound of it and Beth's haunting vocals are as brilliant as ever. It's orgasmic, oh my god! :wub: I am definitely 100% buying this album immediately upon release. :D
March 14, 200817 yr This album is EPIC. :wub: :wub: I mean it, EPIC. For 2008, it's really a cut above the rest. Not the album of the year, but certainly in the top 5! Plastic, We Carry On, & Machine Gun are all orgasmic! :wub: :wub:
March 14, 200817 yr We Carry On is the one that got my jaw dropping - it's unlike anything Portishead have ever done. Unlike anything ANYONE has done before, actually - shockingly great.
March 14, 200817 yr We Carry On is the one that got my jaw dropping - it's unlike anything Portishead have ever done. Unlike anything ANYONE has done before, actually - shockingly great. This album is about a perfect fusion of Goldfrapp's Seventh Tree & Roisin Murphy's Overpowered record. With the beautifully acoustic tracks like Deep Water, Small, The Rip, Silence to the flawless production of choons like We Carry On, Machine Gun, Hunter, & Magic Doors... it's everything I wanted from them and more! :wub: :wub: I'm almost tempted to make a poll of all three records even if it would be a bit redundant. :cry:
March 14, 200817 yr We Carry On is the one that got my jaw dropping - it's unlike anything Portishead have ever done. Unlike anything ANYONE has done before, actually - shockingly great. quite...cause its sounds like massive attack's mezzanine era
March 14, 200817 yr quite...cause its sounds like massive attack's mezzanine era I haven't heard a track on Mezzanine as electro as We Carry On....
March 16, 200817 yr Hmmmmm, i know about Portishead but sadly i've never heard one of their songs! People have been recommending though so i may check them out.
March 16, 200817 yr Hmmmmm, i know about Portishead but sadly i've never heard one of their songs! People have been recommending though so i may check them out. :o I must send you some on MSN!
March 16, 200817 yr Author Hmmmmm, i know about Portishead but sadly i've never heard one of their songs! People have been recommending though so i may check them out. Roads, Numb, Glory Box, Sour Times, Strangers and Only You in particular need to be heard. Do it. :o :D 'Machine Gun' is SOOOO amazing. I really can't wait for this album now.
March 17, 200817 yr Those track names sound really interesting ^_^ I'm definately going to buy this record. Big fan of 'Sour Times' and 'All Mine'. I'm sure I even have one of their albums somewhere. :unsure:
March 20, 200817 yr Superlative in every way possible: brilliant comeback album. Album is pure faboo too - excellent mix of acoustic, slight trip-hop, and wicked electronica!
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