Portishead - Portishead
Portishead - Portishead Singer: Portishead
Title: Portishead
Label: Go! Beat ‎– 539 189-2
Type: CD, Album, Reissue, UML
Country: UK & Europe
Date of released:
Category: Electronic
Style: Trip Hop, Downtempo
Size MP3 zip: 1566 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1808 mb
Rating: 4.8✭
Format: MP3 ADX MP2 VQF AC3 AA AUD MOD FLAC

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Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Cowboys
Vocals [Additional] – S.Atkins*
4:38
2 All Mine
Horns – A.Hague*, B.Waghorn*, J.Cornick*
3:59
3 Undenied
Drums [Additional] – C.Deamer*
4:18
4 Half Day Closing
Synthesizer [Moog] – A.Utley*Violin – S.Cooper*
3:49
5 Over 4:00
6 Humming
Synthesizer [Moog] – A.Utley*
6:02
7 Mourning Air
Trombone – J.Cornick*
4:11
8 Seven Months 4:15
9 Only You
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – A.Utley*Organ – J.Baggot*Written-By – Stewart*, Thorne*, Hardson*
4:59
10 Elysium
Piano – J.Baggot*
5:54
11 Western Eyes
Piano – A.Utley*Vocals [Additional] – S.Atkins*
3:57

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Go! Beat
  • Copyright (c) – Go! Beat
  • Licensed To – Polydor Ltd. (UK)
  • Record Company – Polygram
  • Produced At – State Of Art Studios
  • Engineered At – Ridge Farm Studios
  • Mixed At – Moles Studio
  • Engineered At – Moles Studio
  • Recorded At – Air Studios
  • Published By – Chrysalis Music Ltd.
  • Pressed By – Universal M & L, Germany

Credits

  • Arranged By [Strings & Horns] – Adrian Utley, Nick Ingman
  • Bass – A.Utley* (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 9)
  • Design [Sleeve] – Sarah Sherley-Price
  • Drums – C.Deamer* (tracks: 1, 6, 8, 11), G.Barrow* (tracks: 4, 5, 9)
  • Engineer – Dave McDonald
  • Guitar – A.Utley* (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 to 10)
  • Management [Portishead Is Managed By] – FRUiT
  • Mixed By, Tracking By [Tracklaying At Moles] – Trevor Curwen
  • Orchestrated By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] – Nick Ingman
  • Photography By [Sleeve] – Marc Bessant
  • Producer – Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Dave McDonald , Geoff Barrow
  • Tracking By [Assistant Tracklaying At Ridge Farm] – Steve Cooper
  • Written-By – Adrian Utley (tracks: 2, 4 to 11), Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow

Notes

Jewelcase with 4-page insert
(see also Portishead Digipak issue)

Track 4: Inspired by; The United States of America

Samples:
Track 9:
"Inspector Clouseau" by Ken Thorne courtesy of MCA Classics;
"She Said" by The Pharcyde courtesy of EMI Publishing / Delicious Vinyl.
Track 11:
"Hookers & Gin" by Sean Atkins Experience 1957, courtesy of Starfish Records Inc.

© 1997 GO! Beat ℗ 1997 GO! Beat

Pre-production at State Of Art.
Track-laying at Ridge Farm.
Mixing and track-laying at Moles.
All strings recorded at Air Studios.

All tracks Chrysalis Music Ltd.

The copyright in this sound recording is owned by GO! Beat and is exclusively licensed to Polydor Ltd. (UK) a Polygram Company.

Also Portishead later repress, made in Germany by EDC.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 7 31453 91892 4
  • Barcode (Scanned): 731453918924
  • Label Code: LC 7192
  • Rights Society: BIEM / MCPS
  • Other (Distribution Code): PY 900
  • Matrix / Runout: 07314 539 189-2 02 / 50995588
  • Matrix / Runout (Matrix Text): MADE IN GERMANY BY UNIVERSAL M & L
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI L001
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI 0130

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
539 435-2 Portishead Portishead ‎(CD, Album, Dig) Go! Beat 539 435-2 UK & Europe 1997
539 189-2 Portishead Portishead ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial) Go! Beat 539 189-2 Russia 1997
UICY-91265 Portishead Portishead ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, SHM) Universal Music UICY-91265 Japan 2008
0073145391892 Portishead Portishead ‎(11xFile, FLAC, Album) Barclay 0073145391892 France Unknown
539 189-4, none Portishead Portishead ‎(Cass, Album) Go! Beat, PolyGram 539 189-4, none Bulgaria 1997

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