Portishead - Portishead

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.