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Audio CD
0602517640139
Universal
Universal
1
Universal
April 28, 2008
49 minutes
Universal
45
Disc 1:- Silence - Claudio Campos, Portishead, Charlotte Nicholls
- Hunter - Portishead
- Nylon Smile - Portishead
- The Rip - Portishead, Wendy Bertram
- Plastic - Portishead, Team Brick
- We Carry On - Portishead
- Deep Water - David Poore, Portishead, Ben Salisbury, Team Brick
- Machine Gun - Portishead
- Small - Portishead
- Magic Doors - John Baggott, Portishead, Stu Barker, Will Gregory
- Threads - Clive Deamer, Portishead, Jim Barr, Beth Gibbons, Charlotte Nicholls, Will Gregory
Amazon.co.uk Review:
Portishead's Third has been a long time coming, the result of a lengthy creative topor following 1997's dark, distinctly underrated album Portishead. Importantly, though, they've shaken it. While the core trio of Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow, and Adrian Utley remains, this is quite a different band to Portishead's 90s incarnation: gone is the slo-mo turntable scratching and smoky jazz feel, replaced by heavy, brooding rhythms, vintage-sounding electronics, and spindly guitar. Still present, though, is that sense of emotional fracture and deep gloom. "Silence" opens with a dense drum loop which suddenly falls away to reveal Gibbons' voice, cold but magnificent: "Wounded and afraid, inside my head/Falling through changes". "Nylon Smile", meanwhile, is a fine example of Third's occasional folksy edge, an acoustic song reminiscent of Leonard Cohen that, around its midpoint, lifts off on a propulsive electronic rhythm, Gibbons holding one clear, hard note as synthesisers bubble beneath. At times, it's a harsh and foreboding listen: the electronic drums of "Machine Gun" might put off the listener hoping for smooth dinner party fare. But Third is a brave and forward-thinking return, and one great enough to justify its lengthy gestation. --Louis Pattison
Average Rating:
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I like to think I have a pretty varied taste in music and have enjoyed previous albums from Portishead and Beth Gibbons/ Rustin Man but I'm afraid I really ... Read More
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A soundtrack to some post-apocalypic world movie.
This is a wonderful album - to sit back and listen to and also to dance round the campfire!
There's ... Read More
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Reading the one star reviews, two things struck me:
1. Lots of them have listened to the album once (some not even once all the way through). Like all the great ... Read More
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