Glorytimes

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Product Details

Artist : Portishead
Format : Best of
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0766482345120
Label : Universal Music Group
Number of Discs : 2
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1995-06-07
UPC : 766482345120

ASIN : B000005S0Y

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Sour Sour Times
2. Lot More
3. Sheared Times
4. Airbus Reconstruction
5. Theme from To Kill a Dead Man

Disc-2
1. Glory Box [Edit]
2. Glory Box [Mudflap Mix]
3. Scorn
4. Sheared Box
5. Toy Box

Customer Reviews

For hardcore Portishead-heads only (2002-10-17)

I've burned a hole through my "Dummy" and "Portishead" cd's, so it was nice to hear several alternative takes of two of my favorite tracks. However, the list price is rather steep for the amount of music (less than one regular cd, despite the fact that they put it on two), and you really have to be in the right mood to listen to the same lyrics and chord progressions over and over. Overall, the live album is much more satisfying.

Classic songs accompanied by innovative remixes (2002-06-09)

"Glory Box" and "Sour Times" are classic songs and if you can't get enough of them, then you would love Portishead's different interpretations of them. "Airbus Reconstruction" is a grungy rock version of "Sour Times" and I wasn't surprised because Portishead member and producer, Geoff Barrow, has stated that he admired Nirvana. "Lot More" is a grimier urban "Sour Times" while "Sour Sour Times" has an acid jazz feel. "Scorn" takes the Isaac Hayes sample and the dark beat from the part at the end where Beth sings "This is the beginning of forever and ever" and reverses them in the song, so that the Isaac Hayes sample is the break and the dark beat is the main music (You'll understand if you hear it). "Toy Box", "Sheared Box" and Theme from "To Kill A Dead Man" are instrumentals that don't sound anything like "Glory Box" and "Sour Times" but they are good nevertheless. Also, if you don't have Portishead's "Dummy", you're music collection is missing out. "Dummy" is a classic.

Can't Help But LOVE It (2002-02-23)

This imported CD (or CDs, I should say), is a fantastic set of remakes of "Sour Times" and "Glory Box." "Sheared Times" is an upbeat charger, a confident song without lyrics. If you have ever seen the film called "The Craft" (with Neve Campbell and Skeet Ulrich), recall the scene of the lead character, Sarah, running through the woods from Chris after a nightmare date. That song you heard was "Scorn" which is also on this CD. This album is irreplaceable and the icing on the cake of your Portishead collection.

Good but odd choices... (2001-03-02)

This compiles slightly altered versions of the SOUR TIMES and GLORY BOX singles. All in all, it's a good deal-- some funky, scratchy Sour Times remixes from the first disc, and on the second an AMAZING, evil and chilling remix of Glory Box ("Scorn") that manages to completely transform the lyrics and emphasize the dark undercurrents of the original song.

My only complaint is that the theme from "To Kill a Dead Man" is included, a great atmospheric film-noir piece, yet for some reason "A Tribute to Monk and Canatella" is not, which is from the same Sour Times/Numb mini-EP. I'd just buy that, and the Glory Box single.

Teaching old songs new tricks (1999-12-19)

I just got this CD because I LOVE Portishead, and I had to have it! And so do you if you're a P-head fan. All the remixes are great! My favorites are Airbus Reconstruction, the Theme from To Kill a Dead Man, and Toy Box. Especially TKADM. Oh my God, the first time I heard that song, chills crept up my spine. It's so eerie and beautiful, it just captivates you. I recomend listening to it at night before you go to sleep. And see the short film if you can.

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