Portishead - Dummy (1994)
Cover Front Album
Artist/Composer Portishead
Length 49:11
Format CD
Genre Trip-Hop/Acid Jazz
Label Go! Discs Ltd.
In Collection Yes
Musicians
Unlisted Instrument Adrian Utley
Track List
01 Mysterons Inside your pretending Crimes have been swept aside Somewhere where they can forget Divine upper reaches Still holding on This ocean will not be grasped All for nothing Did you really want Did you really want Did you really want Did you really want Instrumental Refuse to surrender Strung out until ripped apart Who dares, dares to condemn All for nothing Did you really want Did you really want Did you really want Did you really want 05:06
02 Sour Times To pretend no one can find The fallacies of morning rose Forbidden fruit, hidden eyes Curtises that I despise in me Take a ride, take a shot now Cos nobody loves me Its true Not like you do Covered by the blind belief That fantasies of sinful screens Bear the facts, assume the dye End the vows no need to lie, enjoy Take a ride, take a shot now CHORUS Who oo am I, what and why Cos all I have left is my memories of yesterday Ohh these sour times CHORUS After time the bitter taste Of innocence decent or race Scattered seeds, buried lives Mysteries of our disguise revolve Circumstance will decide .... CHORUS Cos nobody loves me Its true Not like you Nobody loves.. me Its true Not, like, you.. do 04:14
03 Strangers Written by I-chéle © 1992 I-chéle greentree Arranged by Alice Di Micele and SHelley phillips with Circle of Women: Humble yoursealf in the sight of your sister, bend down low and humble yoursealf in the sight of your brother, Ask him what he knows and (chorus) We shall lift each other up, higher and higher we shall lift each other up Humble yousealf in the sight of the children, bend down low and humble yoursealf in the sight of our children, we need to know what they know and, (chorus) Humble yoursealf in the sight of love, bend down low and humble yoursealf in the sight of Jah Love and let your love light show, (Chorus) 03:58
04 It Could Be Sweet I don't want to hurt you For no reason have I but fear And I ain't guilty of the crimes you accuse me of But I'm guilty of fear I'm sorry to remind You but I'm scared of what we're creating This life ain't fair You don't get something for nothing, turn now Mmmm gotta try a little harder It could be sweet Like a long forgotten dream And we don't need them to cast the fate we have Love don't always shine thru Cos I don't wanna lose What we had last time your leaving this life ain't fair You don't get something for nothing, turn now Mmmm gotta try a little harder It could be sweet..... But the thoughts we try to deny Take a toll upon our lives We struggle on in depths of pride Tangled up in single minds Cos I don't wanna lose What we had last time your leaving this life ain't fair You don't get something for nothing, turn back Mmmm gotta try a little harder Cos I don't wanna lose What we had last time your leaving this life ain't fair You don't get something for nothing, turn back Mmmm gotta try a little harder It could be sweet 04:19
05 Wandering Star Please could you stay awhile to share my grief For its such a lovely day To have to always feel this way And the time that I will suffer less Is when I never have to wake Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever ... Those who have seen the needles eye, now tread Like a husk, from which all that was, now has fled And the masks, that the monsters wear To feed, upon their prey Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever INSTRUMENTAL (always) doubled up inside Take awhile to shed my grief (always) doubled up inside Taunted, cruel.... ... Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever Wandering stars, for whom it is reserved The blackness of darkness forever 04:53
06 It's a Fire It's a fire These dreams they pass me by This salvation I desire Keeps getting me down Cos we need to Recognise mistakes For time and again So let it be known for what we believe in I can see no reason for it to fail.... ... Cos this life is a farce I can't breathe through this mask Like a fool So breathe on, sister breathe on INSTRUMENTAL From this oneself Testify or tell Its fooling us now So let it be known for what we believe in I can see no reason for it to fail... Cos this life is a farce I can't breathe through this mask Like a fool So breathe on, little sister, breathe on Ohh so breathe on, little sister, like a fool 03:49
07 Numb Unable so lost I can't find my way Been searching, but I have never seen A turning, a turning from deceit Cos the child roses like Try to reveal what I could feel I can't understand myself anymore But I m still feeling lonely Feeling so unholy Cos the child roses like Try to reveal what I could feel But this loneliness It just won't leave me alone I'm fooling somebody A faithless path to roam Deceiving to breath this secretly This silence, a silence I can't bear Cos the child roses like Try to reveal what I could feel And this loneliness It just won't leave me alone And this loneliness, It just won't leave me alone, ohh no A lady of war A lady of war 03:57
08 Roads Ohh, can't anybody see We've got a war to fight Never found our way Regardless of what they say How can it feel, this wrong From this moment How can it feel, this wrong Storm.. in the morning light I feel No more can I say Frozen to myself I got nobody on my side And surely that ain't right And surely that ain't right Ohh, can't anybody see We've got a war to fight Never found our way Regardless of what they say How can it feel, this wrong From this moment How can it feel, this wrong INSTRUMENTAL How can it feel, this wrong This moment How can it feel, this wrong Ohh, can't anybody see We've got a war to fight Never found our way Regardless of what they say How can it feel, this wrong From this moment How can it feel, this wrong 05:05
09 Pedestal How can I believe this miracle Where the wind blows dry Thru the force of a man Undenied by his eye You abandoned me How I suffer Ridicule breathes a sigh You abandoned me Lost forever Hush, can you hear..... Enter and rejoice this pedestal Where the rainbows hide EXTT8=nYour destiny MnYour destiny Mystery of all time No time make or reason Ridicule breathes a sigh No time make or reason Hush, hear him cry.... No time, make or reason No time, make or reason No time, make or reaso 03:41
10 Biscuit I'm lost, exposed Stranger things will come your way Its just I'm scared Got hurt along time ago I can't make myself heard no matter how hard I scream Ohh sensation Sin, slave of sensation Full fed yet I still hunger Torn inside Haunted I tell myself, yet I still wander Down, inside, its tearing me apart Ohh sensation Sin, slave of sensation INSTRUMENTAL Ohh sensation Sin, slave of sensation At last, relief A mothers son has left me sheer The shores I seek Are crimson tastes devine I can't make myself heard, no matter how hard I scream Ohh sensation Sin slave of sensation 05:04
11 Glory Box I'm so tired, of playing Playing with this bow and arrow Gonna give my heart away Leave it to the other girls to play For I've been a temptress too long Just. . Give me a reason to love you Give me a reason to be ee, a woman I just wanna be a woman From this time, unchained We're all looking at a different picture Thru this new frame of mind A thousand flowers could bloom Move over, and give us some room CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL So don't you stop, being a man Just take a little look from our side when you can Sow a little tenderness No matter if you cry Give me a reason to love you Give me a reason to be ee, a woman Its all I wanna be is all woman For this is the beginning of forever and ever Its time to move over 05:05
Personal
Rating 70%
Details
Spars DDD
Rare No
Sound Stereo
UPC 042282855329
Notes
Heinz Sauer: saxes, synthesizers
Stefan Lottermann, trombone
Markus Becker, piano
Stephan Schmolck, bass
Steve Argüelles; drums

Recorded at Alte Oper, Frankfurt, January 30th, 1993
free flow music production, ffm 059
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