Portishead – Dummy (VG+/VG+) – LP, EU 2024

Dummy is an LP by Portishead from 2024 released on the Go! Beat, Island Records label.

About this album

Dummy is the landmark debut that helped define trip-hop and made Portishead one of the defining acts of the 1990s. Released in 1994, the album fused smoky soul samples, downtempo beats and eerie atmosphere with Beth Gibbons’ fragile, unmistakable vocal style, creating a sound that felt both cinematic and deeply intimate. Tracks such as Sour Times, Roads and Glory Box became signature songs, while the record’s restraint and tension set it apart from the era’s louder alternative rock and dance music. Widely praised on release, Dummy earned a lasting reputation as one of the decade’s most distinctive and influential albums.