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Music : Third
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Rating: 
- I really wanted to like this album...
But the truth is that I will probably never listen to it in the future. If I want to hear Portishead, I'll listen to one of the old albums. It's not that the album is bad, it's that it's boring. To me, in trying to sound "different" from their old stuff, they ending up sounding generic. I feel like I've heard all of this music, the actual instrumentation, before. They sound like someone trying to imitate Portishead, or trying to make Portishead into industrial, but there's is something very definitely missing from the equation.
I bought the record the day it came out, I listened to it four times, and I probably won't play it again. It's so disappointing.
Rating:
- Portishead - trip hop = still Portishead
You probably can't call it "trip-hop" anymore, but it's still unmistakenly Portishead. The only real difference from the two albums they made a decade ago is that instead of beats and scratches, Beth Orton's haunted vocals and melancholy melodies are dressed in more organic fare. It's all still a little creepy, a little trippy and really, really sexy. And I still really, really dig it.
Rating: - Portishead Goes Organic
Overall Impression
The CD arrived yesterday in the mail, and it did not disappoint me. I liked it a lot from the get go, and I think it will become a permanent fixture in my car's CD player for a long time.
How does it sound?
ORGANIC is the best word that I can use to describe this Portishead release differentiating it from the other 2 Portishead albums. It is eerie, haunting, dark, but so are the other albums. In this release, the vocals are mixed harder than the drum&bass tracks. Also, most of the drums and drum samples sound less electronic and less like loops than before. The bass, in turn, tends to sound like a vintage 70's synth.
What can you compare it to?
Imagine if the James Bond movies from the 60's and 70's had been directed by David Lynch. The songs in Third would be great themes for the films. If you are familiar with Artie Shaw's music, imagine him producing a Portishead CD and you will hear Third.
Rating:
- hell good
this is the best portishead album ever. creepy and progressive. you are probably stupid if you dont like it.
Rating:
- Interesting
There are 2 tracks I really like on their new work.
The song "Hunter" has the most going on musically, very smooth music.
The "Rip" is also good because it builds on some good lyrics and continues to build with actual beats and rhythm.
If you are expecting this to be anything like the old Portishead it's not.
I would have to label it more experimental at this point.
There are many songs like, "Machine Gun" that takes the same 7 second sample and loops it for 4 minutes while the singer tries to put a melody over it. There are many songs just like this, they don't really build towards anything or have a structure.
Is the song "Magic Doors" an accidental rip off of the Bjork song "I have seen it all" because it carries the same exact melody as her chorus. You can hear it in the samples on Amazon if you search for it.
Even after repeat listening sessions, the album as a whole is interesting and makes me hope they put out more work.
This is something only the diehard Portishead fans will love. The ones who don't care if they played one note on a keyboard for 6 minutes while the singer did her thing.
There are a few songs that are worth individual download, but I can't recommend this album beyond that.
- I really wanted to like this album...But the truth is that I will probably never listen to it in the future. If I want to hear Portishead, I'll listen to one of the old albums. It's not that the album is bad, it's that it's boring. To me, in trying to sound "different" from their old stuff, they ending up sounding generic. I feel like I've heard all of this music, the actual instrumentation, before. They sound like someone trying to imitate Portishead, or trying to make Portishead into industrial, but there's is something very definitely missing from the equation.
I bought the record the day it came out, I listened to it four times, and I probably won't play it again. It's so disappointing.
Rating:
- Portishead - trip hop = still PortisheadYou probably can't call it "trip-hop" anymore, but it's still unmistakenly Portishead. The only real difference from the two albums they made a decade ago is that instead of beats and scratches, Beth Orton's haunted vocals and melancholy melodies are dressed in more organic fare. It's all still a little creepy, a little trippy and really, really sexy. And I still really, really dig it.
Rating:
- Portishead Goes OrganicOverall Impression
The CD arrived yesterday in the mail, and it did not disappoint me. I liked it a lot from the get go, and I think it will become a permanent fixture in my car's CD player for a long time.
How does it sound?
ORGANIC is the best word that I can use to describe this Portishead release differentiating it from the other 2 Portishead albums. It is eerie, haunting, dark, but so are the other albums. In this release, the vocals are mixed harder than the drum&bass tracks. Also, most of the drums and drum samples sound less electronic and less like loops than before. The bass, in turn, tends to sound like a vintage 70's synth.
What can you compare it to?
Imagine if the James Bond movies from the 60's and 70's had been directed by David Lynch. The songs in Third would be great themes for the films. If you are familiar with Artie Shaw's music, imagine him producing a Portishead CD and you will hear Third.
Rating:
- hell goodthis is the best portishead album ever. creepy and progressive. you are probably stupid if you dont like it.
Rating:
- InterestingThere are 2 tracks I really like on their new work.
The song "Hunter" has the most going on musically, very smooth music.
The "Rip" is also good because it builds on some good lyrics and continues to build with actual beats and rhythm.
If you are expecting this to be anything like the old Portishead it's not.
I would have to label it more experimental at this point.
There are many songs like, "Machine Gun" that takes the same 7 second sample and loops it for 4 minutes while the singer tries to put a melody over it. There are many songs just like this, they don't really build towards anything or have a structure.
Is the song "Magic Doors" an accidental rip off of the Bjork song "I have seen it all" because it carries the same exact melody as her chorus. You can hear it in the samples on Amazon if you search for it.
Even after repeat listening sessions, the album as a whole is interesting and makes me hope they put out more work.
This is something only the diehard Portishead fans will love. The ones who don't care if they played one note on a keyboard for 6 minutes while the singer did her thing.
There are a few songs that are worth individual download, but I can't recommend this album beyond that.