Portishead discography

Portishead discography
Studio albums 3
Live albums 1
Compilation albums 1
Video albums 1
Music videos 11
Singles 10
Remixes 20

The discography of British trip hop group Portishead consists of three studio albums, one live album, one compilation, ten singles and one video album. The Bristol-based band consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
GER
[5]
NLD
[6]
NZ
[7]
NOR
[8]
US
[9]
Dummy
  • Released: 22 August 1994
  • Label: Go! Beat (8285222)
  • Formats: CD, LP
2234515212979
Portishead
  • Released: 29 September 1997[13]
  • Label: Go! Beat (8285222)
  • Format: CD, LP
22657311721
Third
  • Released: 28 April 2008[13]
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
294368967
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
GER
[5]
NZ
[7]
US
[9]
1998 Roseland NYC Live
  • Released: 2 November 1998[13]
  • Label: Go! Beat (5594242)
  • Format: CD, LP
40335823155

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1][15]
AUS
[2]
BEL
[16]
CAN
[17]
FRA
[18]
IRE
[19]
NLD
[20]
NZ
[21]
SWE
[22]
SWI
[23]
US
[24]
US Mod
[25]
1994 "Numb" 213 Dummy
"Sour Times" 13 66 53 5
1995 "Glory Box" 13 96 36 12 12 25
1997 "All Mine" 8 36 29 44 42 Portishead
"Over" 25 159
1998 "Only You" 35 131 37
2008 "Machine Gun" 52 87 62 84 82 Third
"The Rip" 98
"Magic Doors" 83
2009 "Chase the Tear" 164 non-album single
"—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Compilations

  • 1995 Glory Times (the "Glory Box" and "Sour Times" singles combined)
  • 1995 The Rebirth of Cool Phive[26] (Revenge of the Number)

Video albums

Collaborations and miscellaneous releases

  • 1999: Portishead collaborated with Tom Jones on "Motherless Child" from his album of duets Reload. That album also has a cover of Portishead's "All Mine" sung as a duet with Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy.
  • 2003: Geoff Barrow along with Adrian Utley, Clive Deamer, Tim Saul and John Baggott assisted with the production of Stephanie McKay's McKay under the Go! Beat Records label.
  • 2005: Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley produced The Coral's The Invisible Invasion.
  • 2006: Portishead recorded a cover of "Requiem for Anna" on the various artists compilation "Monsieur Gainsbourg revisited".
  • Portishead Interview and Mix CD (Geoff Barrow interviewed by Mark Findlay (INTER HEAD 1) and Mix by Geoff Barrow & Andy Smith with Cowboys (MIX HEAD 1))
  • A track entitled "Acid Jazz & Trip Hop (Remix)" has been circulating the web and Portishead, Massive Attack, or Squarepusher are widely credited as the artist. However, the track is in fact a Portishead remix of an Unkle song that has been given different titles on a number of releases. On Unkle's earliest release, The Time Has Come EP, the track is entitled "If You Find Earth Boring (Portishead Plays U.N.K.L.E Mix)". However, on various compilations and "The Time Has Come" 2005 single by DJ Shadow, the track is entitled "Time Has Come (Portishead Plays Unkle Mix)".

Remixes

  • Depeche Mode – "In Your Room" (The Jeep Rock Mix) (1993)
  • Depeche Mode – "Walking in My Shoes" (Grungy Gonads Mix) (1993)
  • Gabrielle – "Going Nowhere" (Portishead Mix) (1993)
  • Whores of Babylon – "Fall of Agade" (Portishead Remix) (1993)
  • Paul Weller – "Wild Wood" (The Sheared Wood Remix) (1994)
  • Primal Scream – "Give Out but Don't Give Up" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
  • Ride – "Moonlight Medicine" (Portishead's Ride On The Wire Mix) (1994)
  • The Sabres of Paradise – "Planet D" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
  • Gravediggaz – "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere To Hide" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
  • The Federation – "Rusty James" (Portishead Remix) (1994)
  • UNKLE – "The Time Has Come" (Portishead Plays Unkle Mix) (1994)
  • Earthling – "1st Transmission" (Portishead's Earthead Mix) (1994)
  • Earthling – "Nefisa" (Portishead Mix) (1995)
  • Nine – "Whutcha Want?" (Portishead Mix) (1995)
  • Massive Attack – "Karmacoma" (Portishead Experience) (1995)
  • Junkwaffel – "Mudskipper" (Portishead So-So Mix) (1995)
  • My Dying Bride - "Grace Unhearing" (Portishell Mix) (1998)
  • Something for Kate – "Easy" (Mr Barrow and Mr Yates Surfin' For Kate Remix) (1999)
  • Machine Gun Fellatio – "Horny Blonde 40" (Portishead Remix) (2002)

Videography

Music videos

  • "Sour Times" (Hemming): made up of scenes from To Kill a Dead Man
  • "Numb" (dir. Alexander Hemming)
  • "Glory Box" (Hemming) homage to the Basil Dearden film Victim
  • "Wandering Star" (acoustic version)
  • "All Mine" (Dick Caruthers) based on a 1968 Italian talent show and The Outer Limits
  • "Over" (Chris Bran)
  • "Humming" (Ben Waters) A short film noir set to the song of the same name (2003)
  • "Only You" (Chris Cunningham)
  • "Machine Gun" (John Minton)
  • "Magic Doors" (John Minton)
  • "The Rip" (Nick Uff)
  • "We Carry On" (Nick Uff)
  • "SOS" (Unknown director)

Short films

Other use in media

Advertisements

  • "Glory Box" appeared in a Levi's ad celebrating the watch pocket.
  • "Numb" was used in a commercial for the TV series Lost and featured in a commercial for the Nissan Primera.
  • "Roads" was used in TV advertisements for One Campaign as well as for the Alfa Romeo 159.
  • "Machine Gun" was used in the Metro: Last Light teaser trailer.
  • "Chase the Tear" was used in the promotional teaser for the reality series Utopia.

Films

Television

Video games

References

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    • "Sour Times": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 16 Apr 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-06-02. N.B. The HP column displays the highest peak reached.
    • "Glory Box": "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 04 Jun 1995". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 2016-06-02.
    • "Over" and "Only You": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 15 July 2015". Imgur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
    • "Numb": "Response from ARIA re: chart inquiry, received 17 February 2016". Imgur.com. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
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