Tracks
Side A
- 11994Mysterons5:05D minor
- 21994Sour Times4:12C♯ minor
- 31994Strangers3:58E major
- 41994It Could Be Sweet4:17C♯ major
- 51994Wandering Star4:53B major
Side B
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of Dummy
Dummy sounds more acoustic and calmer than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 133 bpm.
Quietest track: It Could Be Sweet · most energetic: Strangers
Across 10 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
The three members of Portishead around the time of Dummy, with the years they belonged to the group. This is the band line-up around that time, not necessarily who is heard on the album. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Beth Gibbons
Geoff Barrow
Adrian Utley1995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Still a member
Frequently asked questions
When was Dummy by Portishead released?
Dummy came out in 1994.
How many tracks are on Dummy?
Dummy has ten tracks, 46 minutes in total, spread over two vinyl sides.
Which tracks from Dummy made the Dutch Top 40?
One track from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Glory Box. It got to number 31 in week 11 of 1995.
Which category is Dummy in?
Dummy is filed under studio albums. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Portishead.
Who was in Portishead when Dummy came out?
In 1994, Portishead consisted of Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley. That is the line-up of the group in that year, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of Dummy mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play Dummy?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
Keep exploring
If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.