FIRST REACTION to Portishead - Dummy Album Reaction/Review

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[@zaxbitterzen2178]

"Roads" to me is quite simply the most beautiful, elegant, gut wrenching, and tear jerking song ive ever heard. To this day i struggle not to tear up listening to it.

[@davidblurton7158]

yeahhh been filling my eyes with water for 25 ish years,,, its the cords at the beginning,,, its like someone is poking my eyes as soon as it starts,,,

[@AngelBeeps]

The magic of Roads is that it never loses it's impact, no matter how many times you listen to it. Always haunting and beautiful.

[@aniym21000]

3 albums that form the holy trinity of 90s trip hop: 1. Portishead - Dummy (1994) 2. Tricky - Maxinquaye (1995) 3. Massive Attack - Mezzanine (1998)

[@j.4811]

You should react to Mezzanine by Massive Attack, another essential trip-hop album!

[@staticshell7796]

I second this request 👊🏽

[@simply_psi]

J. Blue Lines is also a great Massive Attack album also well worth a listen

[@ijustneedmyself]

Yesssss. I finally listened to this a few months ago after years of meaning to. It's so good!

[@chaimatchaluvv333]

My favorite of all time.

[@tkiiiiiivii3742]

Good call. Just mentioned that myself. 90s in a nutshell.

[@ThelemicMagick]

In case you didn't know: Portisheads drummer Clive Deamer has been the second drummer for Radiohead since 2011.

[@tonywhitburn]

I didn't know, but that explains a lot about TKOL sound. Cheers!

[@ThelemicMagick]

@@tonywhitburn It does. Cheers! ;)

[@fert7921]

For real?!

[@jelly3374]

Love this album! Dummy, and Third, are both amazing. Their s/t is great too. Flawless discography!

[@NefariousPorpoise]

Beth's vocals give me chills every time, and I've been listening to this album since the 90's.

[@oystersoup3434]

Portishead's one of my most beloved musicians. They epitomize feelings of worthlessness better than any other band I know.

[@TeppoRAWWRRR]

ah yes this album is pure gold, perfect to listen in the dark summer/autumn nights

[@simply_psi]

When I first heard this album I was totally blown away, I’d heard Mysterons and had to have the album, there really is nothing like them. Beth Gibbons also did a great album with Rustin Man called Out of Season. Some more classic 90’s British albums worth checking out; Bring it On by Gomez, Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp (this one is a must listen), Free the Bees by The Bees, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space by Spiritualized.

[@nictemendosaramirez3156]

Oh, men! This is a great álbum to!!

[@barrynapier7584]

Felt Mountain is a freaking masterpiece.

[@Music-tg5is]

Hi Simon Austin. That's so true. Mysterons was my gateway track into Portishead also. Bought the album shortly after its release in 1994. I was also into all your other suggested music too back in the day. Clearly, a man of good musical taste.

[@voiceover2191]

If we're talking trip hop, I'd also like to mention Massive Attack with Mezanine being their best album. Also love Tricky's Maxinquaye (even has some Goldfrap in one of the songs)

[@anglerfish61]

Dummy is the best album of all time. its all recorded with tape decks so much is looped (or sampled I guess) BUT, they play everything live as well, including the millitary drum beat

[@mercurymachines4311]

This is one of the greatest Albums to come out of the 90’s and all time honestly. Absolutely love your reactions man 🤘🏻✌🏻

[@beepst]

"Back to the crime investigation" that made me lol... It's a perfect Portishead description xD.

[@tempsitch5632]

You need to watch the live concert Live At Roseland NYC so you can see the musicianship and turntablism. You also need to give their music a listen on loud stereo speakers. Next album is slightly better.

[@barrynapier7584]

This whole album is perfect, but I always thought "Biscuit" is just a phenomenal, untouchable, other-worldly track.

[@TentaclebuckeT]

Dude! I was just listening to Portishead earlier this morning, your timing couldn't be better. Definitely check out their self titled album, all time classic IMO. Also if you would like a similar but different flavor of trip hop you need to check out "Big Calm" by "Morcheeba." For me it is an album I can play from start to finish every time. I can't imagine you not enjoying it if you like this. Thanks for the react, have a good day!

[@nictemendosaramirez3156]

I'm so exited that you decide listen Trip Hop, please more albums form this style of music. Congrats for the great video

[@Music-tg5is]

Trip Hop has to be 'the' most underrated genre of all time. I feel most people who get exposed to it absolutely get it ... but it barely gets any love or promotion from the mainstream ... so it has been severely overlooked, which is (much like a lot of the genre itself) pretty sad.

[@DannBP1]

I have a wife who loves Portishead. I'm the luckiest man on Earth. :)

[@ryanedwards4512]

I listened to portishead the other day through Google and now you tube is giving me all their reviews

[@amedeoavogadro2788]

I was an instant fan when this came out and it continues to always be awesome.

[@sodem2810]

The 90’s produced some of THE best music. This album is a classic and Strangers is my favourite track on the album.

[@lawrencegillies]

Welcome to Trip Hop. I also Recommend Maxinquaye by Tricky and Mezzanine by Massive Attack

[@MancPie]

"Roads" is just an astonishing song. Put your headphones on, close your eyes and let it pull your emotions across the world. This entire album is amazing though not everyone will get it. Cool t-shirt by the way, from a manc.

[@staticshell7796]

Roads is a beautiful heartbreak 💙

[@mattheweaves4686]

I saw them 1994 or 95 . Tower ballroom Blackpool, UK. i was 17 or 18. Roads still makes me cry. And the whole album still sounds like it could have been made this year. Good reaction man.

[@jasontanner9720]

Hands down.. the best music reaction I've ever seen. I love how Roads left you speechless.. it's my favorite song.. and Dummy is my favorite album. Been listening to it since late 94.

[@mercurymachines4311]

I remember when this first came out and getting so fucking high listening to this Album. Good times...

[@spacealienjesus709]

This album is amazing..sounds new everytime.. Bjork was also ahead in the trip hop world.

[@pushpauseandwave]

Great album, great reaction. There are a few other groups from around this time you might dig as well like The Cardigans (the "Gran Turismo" album in particular), and the Sneaker Pimps. There was also a group from the early 00's called Denali who you might enjoy that are in a similar vein, though a bit more on the indie rock end. Glad to see you got "Koi No Yokan" on wax too, appreciated the cameo.

[@keiseiwoe]

The Silent hill game has a poster of dummy on the wall!

[@thomaselliottdolby]

amazing, it actually does!

[@keiseiwoe]

@@thomaselliottdolby the creator is a big fan of theirs!

[@kdmiranda]

I am in LOVE with your reaction and I remember listening to Dummy over 15 years ago and feeling the same things you felt. Please react to their second album self-titled Portishead and also, you should react to Bjork and her best album, Homogenic, I know you will LOVE it.

[@devinup3981]

Portishead is terrific. I have a Beth Gibbons signed photo above my speakers. That voice is iconic.

[@lanibelle1579]

I LOVE your reaction to this. It was exactly the same as mine the first time I heard it all those years ago. Still one of my favourite albums 💖

[@recycleyourcar]

If you were a teenager in the 90s, it's impossible to hear the first couple of seconds of this album and not instantly get those nostalgia shivers eta: The other hugely known song on the album is' Roads', which was featured in the 1995 movie adaptation of Tank Girl - which, afair, was pretty damn popular - check it out purely for the scene with that song, if you haven't seen it

[@ricardoronin5170]

Portishead, Bjork, and Faith No More. I became an adult listening to these groups. As a hard-core hip hop head, these were played heavily in my car.

[@Grithron2]

Whoops - the solo in Pedestal isn't a sax, it's a trumpet with a harmon-mute in it; also the intro to Strangers is a sample from an old Weather Report record (enough said?)

[@blade1535]

Love your reaction to this. It pays respect to this masterpiece. Every voice and instrument in all these songs is amazing. Scratching and timing/momentum is 11/10. Maybe react to Faithless - Reverence/Irreverence or Massive Attack - Blue Lines or Protection Or on a different trip maybe Jane’s Addiction - Nothing’s Shocking or Ritual De Lo Habitual.

[@labrat1145]

Another great record and great reaction Tony!

[@Carnster02]

Loving the reaction to 'Roads' We all feel that way. Great to see someone new to portishead live it.

[@sergiocabezuela9713]

I was 13 when I bought this on CD. IT WAS MINDBLOWING. Still stands as one of my favorite albums.

[@Music-tg5is]

Hey, awesome reaction to this classic album. You show some great musical insights about these tracks and genre. In the video said you wondered what did people feel about this album when it was released? Well, as one of those lucky people who bought it way back in 1994 and have listened to it consistently ever since, I can tell you the experience was absolutely mind-blowing, and felt like nothing that had come before. So yeah, It was pretty damn special for sure. Both Portishead and Massive Attack are incredible Trip Hop acts and have influenced so much other music and musicians that came afterwards. I have subbed to your great channel and would love to see you react to Portishead's second album sometime, if you could? Their awesome second album is simply named ... 'Portishead' (lol, so good, they named it after themselves). Oh, and if you're still thinking that 'Dummy' was their sad, dark and creepy album, you ain't heard nothing yet.

[@Music-tg5is]

Oh, I think I should add, my two favourite bands, from the 90s up to this day are 'Portishead' and 'Radiohead' (I guess two heads really are better than one, lol). So, I obviously noticed the artwork on the wall behind you ... Gotta respect anyone with that much Radiohead appreciation.

[@neonsuntan]

See if you can find all the B-Sides and bonus tracks from this first album era. There’s multiple alternative versions, and tracks like “Tribute to Monk and Canatella” and “Theme from ‘To Kill a Dead Man’” and even a heavy metal version of Sour Times called “Airbus Reconstruction”.

[@andyastrand]

Sour Times sample is from the incomparable Lalo Schifrin, from his soundtrack to the movie The Danube Incident. Lalo is amazing, and so many pieces of music you love came from him and you probably don’t know it.

[@samcastilleja4346]

One of THE greatest albums! I bought it off the shelf brand new in 199* and i listen to it everyday... i just listened to it today for the 100,000,000 time.....and there are a couple more albums!!!!!

[@fractured-simplicity]

Oh all the drugs I did in the 90s with this record...

[@jefflucas653]

you have to SEE her sing though, watch a live performance, it definitely adds to the vibe

[@paranoidandroid4956]

Their ‘Roseland, NYC Live’ album is one of the best, if not THE best live album I’ve ever heard.

[@ssga_tgbuddy3082]

This is music that is even better with the lights dim. If possible, go for a drive and listen while you're going along country roads.

[@sussychachi]

Mike patton from faith no more and mr.bungle and fantomas spoke highly of portishead and mike has cover a song from this record live once. If mike says your badass you are badass :) mikes the devil of rock and metal

[@tempsitch5632]

Faith No More used to do Glory Box live.

[@ericclopez7428]

Most kids I knew back in the 90’s, if they liked Joy Division they liked Portishead. Ambience for days.

[@jeffclark4870]

Hauntingly beautiful. What a voice.

[@Loozmee]

I love watching people discovering Portishead ! You have good taste man Dummy is definitely in my top 3 albums! And as you say, got to have a girlfriend that likes portishead!

[@goodwill420]

Their set at Coachella is in my top 3 live performances.

[@kinslayerauthor4051]

My reaction when I first heard it? I dove in and drowned in bliss, wonderful, sorrowful, deep bliss. Nothing has ever touched it, since.

[@MrJericko23]

maaaaan you sent me back to when i was 17 and listen to this album for the first time.......wooooow wooooow wooooww....greetings from greece

[@drummer4916]

highly recommend Transatlanticism, if you haven’t heard it.

[@tonywhitburn]

Thanks, but I have. I never really got into DCFC, but Plans is an exception; a great record imo and my favorite by them. Cheers!

[@eladiobardelli3001]

Portishead and Tricky son los mejores exponentes del trip hop , saludos desde Chile

[@MrPboys1]

From the same time and place you need to check out maxinequaye by tricky, even share the same sample as glory box...also have you ever heard any cardiacs for something completely different

[@florianrachor7796]

"It's if I'm in another dimension", that pretty much sums it up.

[@DJKuroh]

"The finale of a whole life." Beautifully said.

[@jefflucas653]

alsol, please do something by tricky, maybe "hell is around the corner" or "overcome"

[@daveangel2991]

Saw them at Glastonbury 1995. I'd heard the album once, a couple of weeks before the festival. Live, they were utterly mind-blowing. Beth sounded divine.

[@ryanchitwn]

I worked at Tower Records in 1994 and someone put this on and me, another employee and a customer walked up and said wtf is this? Its brilliant. We ended up being one of the first stores to sell lots of it. At one point all of new york had sold 25 and our one store in chicago had sold over 100. The record label got me a real mannequin dummy for being so supportive. It's a classic, so beautiful

[@friqhtiscool]

16:15 best way to describe Glory Box

[@chickenwing986]

This is the best Portishead album review on the internet! Thank you

[@jack_rabbit]

welcome to the wonderful and brief world of 90's trip hop. check out the massive attack album "mazzanine" as well as portishead's second self-titled lp for more great stuff.

[@tkiiiiiivii3742]

Damn, i wish i was hearing this for the first time. I remember the day I did when it was released.. ♥ Along with massive attack - mezzanine they define that time for me.

[@dariofernando5572]

Blue lines

[@justasomeone8403]

There's actually a Portishead reference poster in Silent Hill 1

[@gahowell1]

Love your review man. Excellent articulation to a wonderful album. Such a diverse set of songs put together in a unique way.

[@JustAnotherPassenger]

You definitely need to checkout their live performance from 1997 in New York, it's incredible. Just be careful as a lot of the videos of it have bad sound quality with blown out bass. I have uploaded better quality versions to a playlist on my channel.

[@GlowGlowKaren]

Strangers and biscuit are my favorite. Gracias por reaccionar al álbum completo, por primera vez en la vida alguien logra describir lo que siento con este álbum. Por eso es mi grupo favorito, ningun otro grupo ha logrado sonar como ellos, son únicos, los Amooooo.

[@heyskipj]

Beth's voice makes me want to cozy up inside a smooth whiskey and a pack of Lucky Strikes.

[@leecaine6700]

Portishead are absolutely amazing! Sooo unique, just brilliant, haunting, dark, love it!

[@NefariousPorpoise]

Give Moloko a listen sometime, pretty unique.

[@hejmuesli]

I'm surprised you didn't move on to reacting to their next albums. If you haven't heard the Portishead - Portishead album yet, you should :)

[@vereyafrequency]

then you have to do SNEAKERPIMPS BECOMING X album now. Thanks.

[@AdriYazGo]

I wonder if you know the actual connection between Silent Hill and Portishead, cuz they're literally connected, there are posters of Portishead in the first game.

[@tonywhitburn]

Yeah, I've been watching Silent Hill analysis lately and I was also shocked to see those posters. Never thought I would find Yamaoka's influences in the actual game, but that's a pretty cool little easter egg. Cheers!

[@AdriYazGo]

@@tonywhitburnthat's great. Btw I really like your channel, your content is outstanding. Keep it up :)

[@JoaoPedro-lb6mr]

oooh have you listened to Third yet??? that will be cool you should make a video hahaha

[@bojackfast4795]

Soy latino pero cuanto me gusta todo de Portishead

[@schnaggelmann1247]

I would recommend the german band Tocotronic to you. They are indie legends in the german speaking countries and helped establish a new subgenre of indie rock in the 90s called Hamburger Schule. Thats a style known for pretty clever and deep lyrics with a leftis attitude and mostly consists of musicians who in the general would be considered as uncool nerds in that time. I would recommend Digital ist besser or Wir kommen um uns zu beschweren, if you want to hear their great early lofi stuff or K.O.O.K, self titled, or Pure Vernunft darf niemals siegen if you would like to hear more modern 2000s pixieesque indie rock. I think it could be a good start to dig into european, not english language, indie.

[@schnaggelmann1247]

Best start is probably their song Hi Freaks, to catch the general vibe of their clean sound

[@JMBsurreal76]

Excellent review

[@scottmoyle879]

Best album of the 90’s.

[@theblur57]

Please man, react to The Murder Capital - When I Have Fears.

[@MackerelCat]

This is a record for chill friends and drinks, or of course, a certain special person.

[@MrJeancow]

Best album ever

[@user-tm5cu1ir1c]

Your next reaction must be Protection by Massive Attack and than MEZZANINE, the best album of the 90's

[@lawrencegillies]

Doesn't invalidate your point, but that's a muted trumpet in Pedestal rather than a sax, I thought

[@blade1535]

Check out massive attack and also faithless!!

[@arthurbradley8754]

Oh you gotta do third

[@davogotland]

9:19 we were shocked and in awe.

[@davogotland]

it's still hard for me to listen to this because of the dark emotions the album elicits in me.

[@Agostoic]

Fun fact: Ihsahn from legendary black metal band Emperor does a cover for Roads on their latest Ep.

[@alexdodd6768]

God i love trip hop! Check out “Time Machine” by psychonauts

[@exaltedost]

Nailed it when you said roads sounds like the ending of a whole life

[@julieheywood8832]

bristol england .

[@briannalainez7894]

you have the BEST reactions lol

[@losperrosdelacallemehablan]

React to Third by Portishead

[@Onche518]

I suggest you listen to the song I see everything by La Dispute very very very emotional post hardcore you need to read the lyrics along

[@_CoasterNinja]

Great reaction!

[@sodem2810]

Also, you should listen to Maxinequaye by Tricky. The perfect companion piece to this masterpiece.

[@rekx_rokx]

From 1994...music today can't match this...

[@voiceover2191]

Any guy wearing the Joy Division Unkown Pleasures t-shirt is allright by me! :)