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skippybrewskippybrew Posts: 283
edited December 2009 in Other Music
Portishead have a new track they recorded for Amnesty International ("Chase the Tear") and Geoff Barrow has eluded to a new album in 2010.

Their first two albums are personal classics but Third just fell flat for me, even though it got good reviews - Beth doesn't seem to be letting loose vocally the way she used to. I thought they may have been wrapped up as a band (what with Geoff's BEAK> project), but apparently they still have something to say.

Thoughts?
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  • sstuart42sstuart42 Posts: 21
    I agree, not sure what happened on the last album. All those years waiting for that dud album.. I think there days of new songs are over. Keep the old ones around though, they are still classics.
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  • PJGARDENPJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    Thanks for posting about the new track. I'll check it out.

    That's interesting you say that about Third. Before Third came out, I had never listened to Portishead but I heard good things about the band and the album so I decided to check it out. That album blew me away. I went back and bought the first two, and I liked them, but not near as much as Third. That album was hypnotizing.
  • skippybrewskippybrew Posts: 283
    It seems like Third won them a lot of new fans, who then didn't like the older stuff as much. It was definitely a different sound. I'm all for bands trying new things but a lot of it just annoyed me.
  • AndySlashAndySlash Posts: 3,262
    I'm an old fan and Third was just as fantastic as the other two, IMO. One of my top albums of the decade, really. The best part was that it didn't rehash their 90's sound- it was new and fresh.
  • All Those YesterdaysAll Those Yesterdays Posts: 2,723
    First two albums where simply amazing, but I agree about the 3rd album.
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  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    AndySlash wrote:
    I'm an old fan and Third was just as fantastic as the other two, IMO. One of my top albums of the decade, really. The best part was that it didn't rehash their 90's sound- it was new and fresh.

    I really like Third, it was something fresh and had some cool beats

    listen to it alot still and its been out a year
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  • PorchsitterPorchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,078
    Love Portishead and glad to hear a new album may be forthcoming although this all sounds so familiar. ;)

    Personally, I wasn't crazy about Third, but I didn't dislike it either. I haven't listened to it in almost a year. I will go back and listen to it again to see if it hits me differently than the first few times I listened to it. I still throw PNYC in from time to time and listen while I'm cleaning.
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    Third is by far my favorite Portishead album..."The Rip" is one of my favorite songs.
  • skippybrewskippybrew Posts: 283
    Porchsitter wrote:

    Personally, I wasn't crazy about Third, but I didn't dislike it either. I haven't listened to it in almost a year. I will go back and listen to it again to see if it hits me differently than the first few times I listened to it. I still throw PNYC in from time to time and listen while I'm cleaning.

    I did the same. There have been a lot of albums that didn't do anything for me at first, so I put it away for 6 or 9 months, then I dust it off and it finally clicks. Unfortunately Third didn't do that for me...
    tcaporale wrote:
    Third is by far my favorite Portishead album..."The Rip" is one of my favorite songs.

    "The Rip" is a great song. In fact it keeps me trying for the rest of the album. And there are a few other tracks that don't bug the shit out of me, but most of them just sound like they're making noise in lieu of music.

    It is encouraging that they tried to do something different, but it didn't work for me. I don't want them to just rehash their old sound, so hopefully a new album will be somewhere in the middle. I'm willing to give them the benefit of my doubt.
  • loveatreeloveatree Posts: 142
    i don't get p-head, i think they suck!
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  • analogueaddict72analogueaddict72 Posts: 307
    I'd have to say as much as I love Dummy and the 2nd album 3rd is my favourite album, every time it goes on I hear something new.

    Third was probably my album of 2008.

    It does take a few listens but if you haven't got it by the 3rd or fourth it's probably not going to click. Dummy and the S/T became dinner party albums and what you'd call a coffee table album like Zero 7 etc but I'd like to see someone stick 3rd on as an unobtrusive dinner party soundtrack.
  • dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam Posts: 139,721
    this is so so difficult to choose...but if i have too,Dummy gets my vote..
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