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Sour Times by Portishead
Portishead
Artist Biography For Portishead
Portishead Are An English Band Formed In 1991 In Bristol. Portishead Are Named After Portishead Somerset Eight Miles West Of Bristol Along The Coast. The Band Comprises Vocalist Beth Gibbons Producer Geoff Barrow And Musician Adrian Utley. Portishead's Debut Album Dummy 1994 Fused Hip Hop Production With An Atmospheric Cinematic Style Reminiscent Of Spy Film Soundtracks. The Album Was Met With Commercial And Critical Acclaim Quickly Becoming A Landmark Album In The Emerging Trip Hop Genre. However The Band Disliked Being Associated With The Term And Would Consciously Step Away From That Sound On Later Releases. Two Other Studio Albums Have Been Issued Portishead In 1997 And Third In 2008 Both Of Which Received Similar Acclaim. In 1998 The Band Released A Concert Album Roseland NYC Live.
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Sour Times
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"Sour Times" Is A Song By English Trip Hop Group Portishead From Their Debut Album "Dummy". It Was Written By All Three Members Of The Band. It Was Released By Go! Beat Records In 1994 As A CD Single Accompanied By Three Bonus Tracks "It's A Fire" "Pedestal" And "Theme From 'To Kill A Dead Man'". NME Ranked It Number 32 In Their List Of The 50 Best Songs Of 1994. Slant Magazine Placed It At Number 77 In Their Ranking Of "The 100 Best Singles Of The 1990s" In 2011. The Song Uses A Sample From Argentine Composer Lalo Schifrin's "Danube Incident" From The 1967 Album "More Mission Impossible". Portishead Sped Up The Sample To A Desired Tempo Which Took Schifrin's Arrangement Up Nearly A Semitone Giving The Song A Dissonant Kind Of "hip-Hop Tuning”. Samples Danube Incident
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Portishead Are An English Band Formed In 1991 In Bristol. Portishead Are Named After Portishead Somerset Eight Miles West Of Bristol Along The Coast. The Band Comprises Vocalist Beth Gibbons Producer Geoff Barrow And Musician Adrian Utley. Portishead's Debut Album Dummy 1994 Fused Hip Hop Production With An Atmospheric Cinematic Style Reminiscent Of Spy Film Soundtracks. The Album Was Met With Commercial And Critical Acclaim Quickly Becoming A Landmark Album In The Emerging Trip Hop Genre. However The Band Disliked Being Associated With The Term And Would Consciously Step Away From That Sound On Later Releases. Two Other Studio Albums Have Been Issued Portishead In 1997 And Third In 2008 Both Of Which Received Similar Acclaim. In 1998 The Band Released A Concert Album Roseland NYC Live.
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"Sour Times" is a song by English trip hop group Portishead, from their debut album "Dummy". It was written by all three members of the band. It was released by Go! Beat Records in 1994 as a CD single, accompanied by three bonus tracks: "It's a Fire", "Pedestal", and "Theme from 'To Kill a Dead Man'". NME ranked it number 32 in their list of the 50 best songs of 1994. Slant Magazine placed it at number 77 in their ranking of "The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s" in 2011.
The song uses a sample from Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin's "Danube Incident", from the 1967 album "More Mission: Impossible". Portishead sped up the sample to a desired tempo which took Schifrin's arrangement up nearly a semitone, giving the song a dissonant kind of "hip-hop tuning”.
Samples: Danube Incident
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