|
| Third | 
 enlarge
| Artist: Portishead
Label: Mercury
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
Buy New: $6.19
You Save: $7.79 (56%)
New (53) Used (17) from $6.19
Avg. Customer Rating:  167 reviews
Sales Rank: 401
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 001114102
UPC: 602517664005
EAN: 0602517664005
ASIN: B0016HNOXQ
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Customer Reviews:
 What's so wrong about wanting more of the same????? April 30, 2008
21 out of 32 found this review helpful
Everyone keeps praising this album for having a fresh sound. Yes "Third" does sound different then past albums, and everyone praises them for that. However personally I want more of the old style. That is the Portishead I can bob my head to. Their first two albums is what brought me to love and appreciate the band(and you other fans too!), so why is it so wrong for them to make another album like them?? I would love another album of fantastic songs that I can listen to from beginning to end.
I'm not saying the album isn't without merit. However A lot of the album has the feel of Beth/rustin man project, "Out of Season". The recipe of their songs on the last two albums worked so well. If you are expecting the same groove that you loved about their first two albums, you will be let down. If you really loved "Out of Seasons" and mixed in some(a small bit) of the portishead feel, then you might be happy. That being said, I would have welcomed More of the Same from such a wonderfully talented group!
 This is not the Portishead that I enjoy so much. May 2, 2008
18 out of 31 found this review helpful
I still keep the first two Portishead albums with me on an MP3 player.. They are commonly playing when I go to sleep at night. But Third is just not the Portishead that I know and love. The deep bass heavy beats of the first album are dead and gone and this album is starting to sound even more industrial than the last. The warmth is gone and what is left over is just not something I am interested in.
If you are a fan of the first two albums, take a good long listen to the track samples before you buy Third. You may end up saving yourself some money.
 My favorite band ever dissapoints May 1, 2008
17 out of 31 found this review helpful
Apparently 3 times was not a charm for Portishead. I still listen to Dummy and Portishead every few months even 10 years later. I even popped in the Roseland VHS to watch for the umpteenth time less than a year ago. When I found our Portishead was finally going to release their 3rd album, I was elated! I had very high expectations. Unfortunately, so far, Im just not feeling it at all. Beths voice are still perfection, but the tracks just aren't up to par with their previous releases. Its not as smooth, its not as haunting(as humming), and its not as catchy! Overall, its a big big disappointment for me. Still its too early to call it my all time biggest musical disappointment ever! The two tracks that dont seem like total duds are silence and plastic. The latter sort of sounds like Beth when she was with Rustin Man. But even then none of the tracks on this album compare to mysteries from that album. Perhaps, there is nothing that can touch the genious of the first two albums. Im still waiting! Maybe fourth ;)
Mediocre April 30, 2008
16 out of 29 found this review helpful
I thought it was mediocre, and like most, I have been awaiting this release for a decade. I pretty much had the other cds on repeat over the last 5 years, so maybe it is just my anticipation that killed it. I thought Beth's vocals were hollow but not in the great way that made other Portishead albums memorable. In the "dilluted and weakened" sense. I'm sorry but I have to be honest here, it seems like they went a little too deep into their imagination and pulled out melodies without much weight. Perhaps it will get better with additional listening, but other than a few choice tracks, I don't hold this album up to the standard of their previous 3.
 SO DIFFERENT BUT OH SO SCRUMPTIOUS! April 29, 2008
15 out of 27 found this review helpful
I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THIS THIRD ALBUM FOR MANY MONTHS NOW AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN. SURE IT HAS MANY NEW SOUNDS BUT IT PUSHES PORTISHEAD INTO A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF GREAT MUSIC. PORTISHEAD A SEXY ROCK BAND? YOU BE THE JUDGE! AFTER MANY YEARS OF WAITING FOR ANYTHING NEW THEY TRULY DELIVER THE GOODS. BE SURE TO GIVE IT MORE THAN JUST ONE LISTEN BECAUSE LIKE ANYTHING GREAT IT GROWS ON YOU AND NEVER LET'S GO. IF YOU LOVE PORTISHEAD LIKE I DO YOU MUST CLICK YES! :)
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
