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Portishead has been played on NTS over 150 times, featured on 149 episodes and was first played on 17 May 2012.

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,…

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Machine Gun
Portishead
Island Records2008
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It Could Be Sweet
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Go! Beat1994
It Could Be Sweet
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The Rip
Portishead
Island Records2008
The Rip
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Numb
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Go! Beat1994
Numb
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Strangers
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Go! Beat1994
Strangers
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Roads
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Go! Beat1994
Roads
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Sour Times
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Go! Beat1994
Sour Times
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Only You
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Go! Beat1998
Only You
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Glory Box
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Go! Beat1994
Glory Box
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Portishead
Island Records2008
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