Portishead

Uncle Krunkus

Just a quick post to declare that I think this is in my top 5 albums of all time. Others may not agree, but anyone who knows it will have a lot better insight into what makes Uncle Krunkus tick.

BTW I've had this album for ages, and just realised how much it moves me.

mono-poly · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:53 am Post subject:

I did see them a few days a go live.
Great band yeah!

v-un-v · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

Dummy is definiately one of my top 200. Andrew, have you heard the portishead remix of The time has come e.p. too?

elektro80 · Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject:

I agree. Portishead is a great band and Dummy is an excellent piece of work.

BobTheDog · Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:51 am Post subject:

Top 10 for me, very fond memories of when many tracks from this album where played in chill-out rooms from the many illegal raves I went to around that time.

Sigh

jkn · Joined: Mar 14, 2004 Posts: 469 Location: La Porte, IN, USA

Definitely a great album!

BobTheDog · Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:21 pm Post subject:

Anyone got the new album yet?

dualphin · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:19 am Post subject:

I used to own the album. It never moved me very much. But I think I understand what you mean about "just realizing" how much the album affects you. I feel the same way about Depeche Mode's Violator. ("Enjoy the silence" is playing right now in my living room.) It was one of my first CD's, and I bought it as one of my free cd's for joining BMG. The video for "Enjoy" blew me away when I was in junior high, and it still does. I had not listened to Violator for years when I found myself singing "Halo" one night. I bought the album again a few days later. It is the fourth or fifth copy I have owned. To my ears it still sounds incredibly fresh. The tight, claustrophobic moods do not seem dated to me at all.

Anyway, I know this is a Dummy thread, and not a Violator thread, but I understand rediscovering an album, and realizing it is one of your very favorites—it is amazing how we don't realize these things, sometimes!

d

p.s. A shout out to my boy Alan Wilder!

dualphin · Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 9:22 am Post subject:

Wait! I forgot! I LOVE the song Wandering Star! I LOVE it!

d

BobTheDog · Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:22 pm Post subject:

For those who can get BBC2, 10 o'clock tonight, portishead live with some of the songs from the new album.