Portishead discography
The discography of British trip hop group Portishead consists of three studio albums, one live album, one compilation, ten singles and one video album. The Bristol-based band consists of Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley.
Compilations
- 1995 Glory Times
- 1995 ''The Rebirth of Cool Phive''
Video albums
- 1998 Roseland NYC Live
- 2002 ''Roseland NYC Live''
Collaborations and miscellaneous releases
- 1999: Portishead collaborated with Tom Jones on "Motherless Child" from his album of duets Reload. That album also has a cover of Portishead's "All Mine" sung as a duet with Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy.
- 2003: Geoff Barrow along with Adrian Utley, Clive Deamer, Tim Saul and John Baggott assisted with the production of Stephanie McKay's McKay under the Go! Beat Records label.
- 2005: Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley produced The Coral's The Invisible Invasion.
- 2006: Portishead recorded a cover of "Requiem for Anna" on the various artists compilation Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited.
- Portishead Interview and Mix CD and Mix by Geoff Barrow & Andy Smith with Cowboys )
- A track entitled "Acid Jazz & Trip Hop " has been circulating the web and Portishead, Massive Attack, or Squarepusher are widely credited as the artist. However, the track is in fact a Portishead remix of an Unkle song that has been given different titles on a number of releases. On Unkle's earliest release, The Time Has Come EP, the track is entitled "If You Find Earth Boring ". However, on various compilations and "The Time Has Come" 2005 single by DJ Shadow, the track is entitled "Time Has Come ".
Remixes
- Depeche Mode – "In Your Room"
- Depeche Mode – "Walking in My Shoes"
- Gabrielle – "Going Nowhere"
- Whores of Babylon – "Fall of Agade"
- Paul Weller – "Wild Wood"
- Primal Scream – "Give Out but Don't Give Up"
- Ride – "Moonlight Medicine"
- The Sabres of Paradise – "Planet D"
- Gravediggaz – "Nowhere to Run, Nowhere To Hide"
- The Federation – "Rusty James"
- UNKLE – "The Time Has Come"
- Earthling – "1st Transmission"
- Earthling – "Nefisa"
- Nine – "Whutcha Want?"
- Massive Attack – "Karmacoma"
- Junkwaffel – "Mudskipper"
- My Dying Bride - "Grace Unhearing"
- Something for Kate – "Easy"
- Machine Gun Fellatio – "Horny Blonde 40"
Videography
Music videos
- "Sour Times" : made up of scenes from To Kill a Dead Man
- "Numb"
- "Glory Box" homage to the Basil Dearden film Victim
- "Wandering Star"
- "All Mine" based on a 1968 Italian talent show and The Outer Limits
- "Over"
- "Humming" A short film noir set to the song of the same name
- "Only You"
- "Machine Gun"
- "Magic Doors"
- "The Rip"
- "We Carry On"
- "SOS"
- "Roads"
Short films
Other use in media
Advertisements
- "Glory Box" appeared in a Levi's ad celebrating the watch pocket.
- "Numb" was used in a commercial for the TV series Lost and featured in a commercial for the Nissan Primera.
- "The Rip" was used in a TV commercial for the Gucci Bloom line of perfumes.
- "Roads" was used in TV advertisements for One Campaign as well as for the Alfa Romeo 159.
- "Machine Gun" was used in the Metro: Last Light teaser trailer.
- "Chase the Tear" was used in the promotional teaser for the reality series Utopia.
Films
- Nadja
- Assassins
- Le Confessional
- Go Now
- Little Criminals
- Tank Girl
- The Craft
- Mars Attacks!
- Stealing Beauty
- When the Cat's Away
- Nowhere
- B Monkey
- Cheaters
- The Watcher
- Sous le sable
- Lord of War
- Sharkwater
- Jake Blauvelt: Naturally
- Wild
- ''High-Rise''
Television
- The Vice theme song
- MTV Downtown – "Insomnia", "Night Shift"
- Crossing Jordan – "Born to Run"
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – "Chaos Theory", – "Leave Out All The Rest"
- The L Word – "Limb from Limb"
- Skins "Maxxie and Anwar", – "Effy"
- Rescue Me – "Zombies", – "Thaw"
- Warehouse 13 – "Elements", – "Time Will Tell"
- Numb3rs – "And the Winner Is..."
- Ringer – "If You Ever Want a French Lesson"
- Defiance – "The Cord and the Ax"
- Gotham – "Selina Kyle"
- Person of Interest – "Nautilus"
- The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story – "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"
- American Horror Story: Apocalypse – "Could It Be... Satan?"