This is the follow-up to the 1994 debut album Dummy by the 'inventors' of trip hop. This record also sounds very original again due to the recognizable, complaining voice of Beth Gibbons and the colorful collection of sounds that come your way. Many of the samples you think you hear are in fact actually played parts that have been 'treated' and in some cases even put on vinyl first, to make them
… sound as 'sample' as possible. The CD comes across as one long song in which the sometimes threatening and sometimes sweetly singing Gibbons takes you into the world called Portishead. (WvdZ)more
