Debut album by Portishead (1994) for early synthpop and gothic influences
Produced by Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons for authentic studio sound
Includes hit track 'Sour Times' with emotive vocals
Features dehumanized electronic bleeps and slow-bass beats
Box set edition with additional tracks for collectors
Summarized by Shop
The classic debut Portishead album from 1994. The collaboration of studio whiz Geoff Barrow and singer Beth Gibbons,Dummy was made at the same time as a short film noir called To Kill a Dead Man, and the same approach - gloomy, tormented, and wildly melodramatic - permeates the album. 'sour times' (the hit in which gibbons cries, again a