Portishead is the second album by English band Portishead, released in 1997. The album reached No. 2 on the UK Album Chart and No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart. Portishead received critical acclaim upon it’s release. Spin praised the record and noted that the band created a ‘gothic’, ‘deadly’ and ‘trippy’ atmosphere. Commenting the textures of the music, music journalist Barry Walters observed that the group got ‘darker, deeper and more disturbing’ in comparison to their previous effort Dummy.





