In case you don't know me (damn you stalker! Just go away so I don't have to write that everytime I start a blog!), I love music. Hell, I'm minoring in music composition, and life without music just kinda sucks. So I think I'll start an "Album Of The Week" thing. And the first entry is Third from one of my favorite nineties bands, Portishead.
Since most of you kids are too young to remember (and so am I, but that didn't stop me from researching the group and listening to their albums), Portishead was a trip-hop group started in the early nineties to much acclaim with their first album, Dummy. Needless to say, Dummy is one of my favorite nineties albums, due to its brooding production and Beth Fucking Orton. Her voice should be studied by vocal teachers across the globe to understand emotional context and subtle markings in the voice.
So now, after about 11 years since their last album (which was only average in my opinion), comes Third. In what I think is the first great comeback in God knows how long, Portishead just keeps on going as if the nineties were coming back (they will dammit) and as if nothing really changed since their last outing. Just note that saying that is near damn impossible for Portishead. So I will just say is that they haven't lost their touch.
I won't go into a review or anything, but I will say that 10/11 songs on the album are amazing and really make the album great. The only song I have a problem with is their first single "Machine Gun". It sounds like they were trying to cobble up some club-funk song that would allow them to reach a larger audience, but it just doesn't fit. To me, Portishead represents organic trip-hop, not the cheesy shit you hear in commercials. And "Machine Gun" is just that. While not a horrible song, it just kinda disappointed me. Other than that, the album is great and you should pick it up!
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