Portishead - S.O.S. (Abba Cover)

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Info: Portishead formed in Bristol, England in 1991 and is credited with being one of the first bands to popularize the trip-hop genre. Their seminal 1994 album, Dummy, brought trip-hop to the British mainstream and introduced the music to the American "alternative" scene. The band is named after the West Coast shipping town where Geoff Barrow grew up. Barrow formed Portishead with vocalist Beth Gibbons, guitarist Adrian Utley and drummer Dave MacDonald. The band's first project was the short film To Kill a Dead Man. Barrow and Gibbons wrote and acted in the film; Portishead provided the soundtrack. Portishead's first album was Dummy, released in 1994. The record was a commercial success despite a lack of radio support. In America, the Dummy sold over 150,000 copies without any live Portishead shows to promote it. In mid-1995, Dummy won the prestigious Mercury Music Prize as England's top album. Portishead's self-titled second album came out in September 1997. Portishead was followed by Glory Times, an album of remixes, and the live album PNYC, issued in November 1998. The self-titled record finally appeared in September 1997. Portishead went on hiatus starting in 1999, and Barrow, Utley and Gibbons worked on their own projects. Portishead reconvened in 2005. In 2008, a decade after their last album, Portishead returned with Third, the trio's most challenging, unpredictable work yet.