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词条 Dummy (album)
释义

  1. Background

  2. Critical reception

     Accolades 

  3. Track listing

  4. Personnel

  5. Charts

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts 

  6. Certifications

  7. See also

  8. References

  9. External links

{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2013}}{{Infobox album
| name = Dummy
| type = studio
| artist = Portishead
| cover = Portishead - Dummy.png
| alt =
| released = 22 August 1994
| recorded = 1993–1994
| venue =
| studio = State of Art and Coach House Studios, Bristol
| genre = Trip hop
| length = {{Duration|m=49|s=17}}
| label = {{hlist|Go! Beat|London}}
| producer = Portishead
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Glory Times
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Dummy
| type = studio
| single1 = Numb
| single1date = 6 June 1994
| single2 = Sour Times
| single2date = 1 August 1994
| single3 = Glory Box
| single3date = 3 January 1995
}}
}}Dummy is the debut studio album by English electronic band Portishead, released on 22 August 1994 by Go! Beat Records.[1]

The album received critical acclaim and won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize. It is often credited with popularising the trip hop genre, and is frequently cited in lists of the best albums of the 1990s. Dummy had sold 825,000 copies in the United Kingdom as of September 2011[2] and was certified triple platinum in the UK in February 2019, for sales of 900,000 copies. Worldwide, the album had sold 3.6 million copies by 2008.[3]

Background

Building on the promise of their earlier EP, 'Numb', Dummy 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". The cover is a still image of vocalist Beth Gibbons taken from To Kill a Dead Man—the short film that the band created—for which the self-composed soundtrack earned the band its record contract.

The album spawned two singles in addition to the already released "Numb": "Glory Box", which reached No. 13[4] in the UK singles chart; and "Sour Times", which reached the same position on re-release in 1995.[5] "Sour Times" achieved moderate success in the US, reaching peak positions of No. 5 and No. 53 on the Alternative and Hot 100 Billboard charts, respectively, in February 1995.[6] On 3 December 2008, Universal Music Japan released Dummy and Portishead as limited SHM-CD versions.

For the track "Sour Times", the album samples Lalo Schifrin's "The Danube Incident" and Smokey Brooks' (Henry Brooks, Otis Turner) "Spin It Jig"; for "Strangers", Weather Report's (Wayne Shorter) "Elegant People"; for "Wandering Star", War's "Magic Mountain"; for "Biscuit", Johnnie Ray's "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" (not the Bacharach/David song); and for "Glory Box", Isaac Hayes' "Ike's Rap II".

The tracks "Roads" and "Strangers" were used in the soundtrack of the film Nadja.[7]

Critical reception

{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}[9]
| rev2 = Chicago Tribune
| rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[8]
| rev3 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}[9]
| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev4score = A−[10]
| rev5 = Los Angeles Times
| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}[11]
| rev6 = NME
| rev6score = 9/10[14]
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7score = 9.5/10[15]
| rev8 = Q
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}[16]
| rev9 = Rolling Stone
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}[17]
| rev10 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}[12]
}}NME summed up the record by writing: "This is, without question, a sublime debut album. But so very, very sad." It observed, "From one angle, its languid slowbeat blues clearly occupy similar terrain to soulmates Massive Attack and all of Bristol hip-hop's extended family. But from another these are avant garde ambient moonscapes of a ferociously experimental nature." The review concluded that "Portishead's post-ambient, timelessly organic blues are probably too left-field, introspective and downright Bristolian to grab short-term glory as some kind of Next Big Thing. But remember what radical departures Blue Lines, Ambient Works and Debut were for their times and make sure you hear this unmissable album."[13] Melody Maker stated that the band "were undeniably the classiest, coolest thing to have appeared in the country for years ... Dummy, their debut, takes perfectly understated blues, funk and rap/hip hop, brackets all this in urban angst and then chills it to the bone." The review described the record as "musique noire for a movie not yet made, a perfect, creamy mix of ice-cool and infra-heat that is desperate, desolate and driven by a huge emotional hunger, but also warmly confiding ... Most of us waver hopelessly between emotional timidity and temerity the whole of our lives and Dummy marks out that territory perfectly."[14]Q described Dummy as "perhaps the year's most stunning debut album" and proclaimed that "the singer's frail, wounded-sparrow vocals and Barrow's mastery of jazz-sensitive soul/hip hop grooves and the almost forgotten art of scratching are an enthralling combination".[15] Mojo said that "Portishead make music for an early evening drinks party on the set of The Third Man. There is nothing kitschy about them either ... Beth Gibbons' voice has a genuine chill to it, and Geoff Barrow's background soundscapes are worthy of Lalo Schiffrin and Nellee Hooper."[16] Rolling Stone wrote: "From tape loops and live strings, Fender Rhodes riffing and angelic singing, these English subversives construct très hip Gothic hip-hop ... Assertive rhythms and quirky production, however, save Portishead from languishing in any cosy retro groove. Instead they manage yet another – very smart – rebirth of cool.'[17]

Retrospective reviews of the album have also praised it highly. AllMusic wrote: "Portishead's album debut is a brilliant, surprisingly natural synthesis of claustrophobic spy soundtracks, dark breakbeats inspired by frontman Geoff Barrow's love of hip-hop, and a vocalist (Beth Gibbons) in the classic confessional singer/songwriter mold ... Better than any album before it, Dummy merged the pinpoint-precise productions of the dance world with pop hallmarks like great songwriting and excellent vocal performances."[18] BBC Music review in 2015 called it "quite simply one of the greatest debut albums of the 1990s" and said that "the constituents that make up much of this collection are easily traced – back to dub, to soul, and especially to hip hop; the array of scratch effects, loops and samples ... But it's the manner in which the pieces come together that makes Dummy special to this day ... Imitators have come and gone, but no act has reproduced the disquieting magnificence conjured here except Portishead themselves."[19] Writing for Pitchfork in 2017, Philip Sherburne summarised that "Portishead's 1994 debut is a masterwork of downbeat and desperation. They invented their own kind of virtuosity, one that encompassed musicianship, technology, and aura."[20]

Accolades

Dummy won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize, beating stiff competition which included PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love, Oasis' Definitely Maybe, and Tricky's Maxinquaye.

  • Mojo (p. 62) – Ranked No. 35 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics."
  • Mojo (1/95, p. 50) – Included in Mojo's "25 Best Albums of 1994."
  • The New York Times (1/5/95, p. C15) – Included on Neil Strauss' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94.
  • NME (8/12/00, p. 29) – Ranked No. 29 in The NME "Top 30 Heartbreak Albums."
  • NME (12/24/94, p. 22) – Ranked No. 6 in NMEs list of the 'Top 50 Albums of 1994.'
  • NME (10/2013, p. 59) - Ranked No. 168 in NMEs list of the '500 Greatest Albums of all time.'
  • Q (12/99, p. 82) – Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s."
  • Q (6/00, p. 66) – Ranked No. 61 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums."
  • Rolling Stone (5/13/99, pp. 79–80) – Included in Rolling Stones "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
  • In 2003, the album was ranked number 419 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.[21]
  • Spin (9/99, p. 140) – Ranked No. 42 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
  • In 2003, Pitchfork ranked the album number 48 in their "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s" list.
  • The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[22]
  • The Wire named Dummy its 1994 record of the year.[23]

The album is the subject of a title in Continuum's 33⅓ series of books, published in October 2011.{{update after|2011|10|31}}[24]

Track listing

{{tracklist
| all_music = Portishead
| title1 = Mysterons
| length1 = 5:02
| title2 = Sour Times
| length2 = 4:14
| title3 = Strangers
| length3 = 3:55
| title4 = It Could Be Sweet
| length4 = 4:16
| title5 = Wandering Star
| length5 = 4:51
| title6 = It's a Fire
| note6 = not on vinyl LP or original UK & Europe versions of album
| length6 = 3:48
| title7 = Numb
| length7 = 3:54
| title8 = Roads
| length8 = 5:02
| title9 = Pedestal
| length9 = 3:39
| title10 = Biscuit
| length10 = 5:01
| title11 = Glory Box
| length11 = 5:06
}}{{Track listing
| headline = Canadian bonus track edition
| title12 = Sour Sour Times
| length12 = 4:01
}}

Personnel

{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Portishead
  • Beth Gibbons – vocals (all tracks), production
  • Geoff Barrow – Rhodes piano (tracks 1, 3, 4, 10), drums (tracks 6, 7), programming (tracks 2, 5, 7-9, 11), string arrangements (track 8), production
  • Adrian Utley – guitar (tracks 1-3, 5, 8, 11), bass guitar (tracks 6, 7, 8, 9), theremin (track 1), Hammond organ (track 11), string arrangements (track 8), production
Additional musicians
  • Clive Deamer – drums (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10)
  • Gary Baldwin – Hammond organ (tracks 5, 6, 7)
  • Neil Solman – Rhodes piano (tracks 2, 8), Hammond organ (track 2)
  • Richard Newell – drum programming (track 4)
  • Andy Hague – trumpet (track 8)
  • Dave McDonald — nose flute (track 8)
  • Strings Unlimited – strings (track 8)[25]
{{col-2}}Technical personnel
  • Dave McDonald – engineering
Samples
  • Johnnie Ray – sample of "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" on "Biscuit"
  • Isaac Hayes – sample of "Ike's Rap II" on "Glory Box"
  • Lalo Schifrin – sample of "The Danube Incident" on "Sour Times"
  • Smokey Brooks – sample of "Spin It Jig" on "Sour Times"
  • Weather Report – sample of "Elegant People" on "Strangers"
  • War – samples of Magic Mountain on "Wandering Star"
{{col-end}}

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1994–1995) Peak
position
Canadian Albums (RPM)[26]16
{{col-2}}

Year-end charts

Chart (1995) Rank
Belgian Albums (Ultratop)[27]55
Canadian Albums (RPM)[28]39
UK Albums (OCC)[29]28
{{col-end}}

Certifications

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See also

  • Portishead discography

References

1. ^{{cite magazine |title=Album Releases |magazine=Music Week |page=26 |date=20 August 1994}}
2. ^{{cite news |first=Katy |last=Stoddard |title=Mercury Prize 2011: Every Mercury Prize winner, ever, including PJ Harvey |newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/sep/07/mercury-prize-2011-winner-pj-harvey|date=7 September 2011 |accessdate=21 January 2017}}
3. ^{{cite news |first=Craig |last=McLean |title=Portishead: back on the beat |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3672545/Portishead-back-on-the-beat.html |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=12 April 2008 |accessdate=3 April 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=22604 |title=Portishead — Glory Box |publisher=Chart Stats |date= |accessdate=30 May 2010}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=22905 |title=Portishead — Sour Times {1995} |publisher=Chart Stats |date= |accessdate=30 May 2010}}
6. ^{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=portishead|chart=all}} |title=Portishead Chart History |publisher=Billboard |date= |accessdate=13 July 2012}}
7. ^{{cite book |first=R. J. |last=Wheaton |title=Dummy |publisher=33⅓ |date=2011 |isbn=978-1-44115-582-5}}
8. ^{{cite news |last=Kot |first=Greg |authorlink=Greg Kot |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-01-12/features/9501120258_1_star-elastic-keyboards |title=Melancholy, Baby |work=Chicago Tribune |date=12 January 1995 |accessdate=24 October 2015}}
9. ^{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |last=Larkin |first=Colin |authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer) |publisher=Omnibus Press |edition=5th concise |year=2011 |isbn=0-85712-595-8}}
10. ^{{cite magazine |last=Mirkin |first=Steven |title=Dummy |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1994/11/18/music-review-dummy |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |page=108 |date=18 November 1994 |accessdate=27 February 2015}}
11. ^{{cite news |last=Ali |first=Lorraine |authorlink=Lorraine Ali |url=http://articles.latimes.com/1995-02-12/entertainment/ca-31049_1_new-albums |title=Portishead, 'Dummy,' Go Discs/London |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2 February 1995 |accessdate=24 October 2015}}
12. ^{{cite book |chapter=Portishead |last=Berger |first=Arion |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=646}}
13. ^1 {{cite magazine |last=Dalton |first=Stephen |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000317reviews.html |title=Portishead – Dummy |magazine=NME |page=44 |date=13 August 1994 |accessdate=24 October 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000623101940/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101000317reviews.html |archivedate=23 June 2000}}
14. ^{{cite magazine |first=Sharon |last=O'Connell |title=Review: Portishead – Dummy |magazine=Melody Maker |page=45 |date=3 September 1994}}
15. ^1 {{cite magazine |last=Aston |first=Martin |title=Portishead: Dummy |magazine=Q |issue=97 |page=125 |date=October 1994}}
16. ^{{cite magazine |first=Ben |last=Thompson |title=Review: Portishead – Dummy |magazine=Mojo |issue=10 |pages=112–13 |date=September 1994}}
17. ^1 {{cite magazine |last=Evans |first=Paul |title=Dummy |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/dummy-19950309 |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=703 |page=66 |date=9 March 1995 |accessdate=9 October 2015}}
18. ^1 {{cite web |last=Bush |first=John |title=Dummy – Portishead |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dummy-mw0000626613 |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=27 February 2015}}
19. ^{{cite web |first=Mike |last=Diver |title=Review of Portishead – Dummy |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/j6vh |publisher=BBC Music |date=2010 |accessdate=27 February 2015}}
20. ^1 {{cite web |last=Sherburne |first=Phillip |authorlink=Philip Sherburne |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/23079-dummy/ |title=Portishead: Dummy |work=Pitchfork |date=23 April 2017 |accessdate=23 April 2017}}
21. ^{{cite magazine |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/portishead-dummy-20120525 |accessdate=23 July 2015}}
22. ^{{cite book |first1=Robert |last1=Dimery |first2=Michael |last2=Lydon |title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition |date=23 March 2010 |publisher=Universe |isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}
23. ^{{Cite magazine |title=Critics Choice: Record of the Year |date=January 1995 |magazine=The Wire |issue=131 |page=29 |location=London |url=https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/35750/spread/28 |url-access=subscription |via=Exact Editions}}
24. ^Later this year: Portishead Continuum 33 1/3 blog, Retrieved on 2011-04-28
25. ^https://www.discogs.com/Portishead-Dummy/release/22840
26. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7999&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=1aps0fefcvjhgdsai5fuk3bpj7 |title=Top Albums/CDs |volume=61 |number=3 |publisher=RPM |date=20 February 1995 |accessdate=21 July 2015}}
27. ^{{cite web |title=Jaaroverzichten 1995: Albums |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1995&cat=a |publisher=Ultratop/Hung Medien |accessdate=4 February 2019}}
28. ^{{cite magazine |title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1995 |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1804& |magazine=RPM |volume=62 |number=20 |date=18 December 1995 |accessdate=4 February 2019}}
29. ^{{cite magazine |title=Top 100 Albums 1995 |magazine=Music Week |page=11 |date=13 January 1996}}
30. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/arts/music/13pare.html|title=After a Decade Away, Portishead Returns|first=Jon|last=Pareles|newspaper=New York Times|accessdate=22 November 2018}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20031223203129/http://kotinetti.suomi.net/heikki.hietala/Interviews/Geoff%20Untitled.htm Geoff Barrow Interview]
  • The Bristol Sound
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