Studio Album · No. 1
Dummy Songwriting Credits by Portishead
Produced by Portishead, Adrian Utley · Engineered by Dave McDonald
Go! Beat
Trip HopDowntempo
100%
Authorship
Holds writing credit on 11 of 11 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 11 / 11 documented
Who wrote the songs?
Scored across the 11 tracks with documented writers, by whether Portishead carries a lyricist or composer credit.
11 trackswritten by Portishead
0 tracksoutside writers
Portishead's roles on this album
Share of the 11 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
Lyricist100%
Composer100%
Producer100%
Performer100%
By the Numbers
11
Tracks
3
Lyricists
2
Producers
1994
Released
Data Insight
All eleven tracks are credited to the three of them, and nine carry nobody else. The two that do bring in the writers of the records they sample. A debut written entirely by a trio who had never made an album, and it won the biggest prize in British music.
Dummy came out on Go! Beat in August 1994 and won the Mercury Prize the following year. "Glory Box", "Sour Times" and "Roads" all came off it.
Track Listing & Credits 11 tracks
Written by the artist
Written by outside writers
Songwriter & Credit Spotlight 4 contributors
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Frequently Asked Questions Dummy
Who wrote Dummy?
Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley on all eleven tracks. Two carry sample writers alongside them.
Did it win anything?
The Mercury Prize in 1995.
How did it sell?
The discography's sales and certification columns are both blank for this album.
Did any single chart?
No single from the album entered the Billboard Hot 100. "Sour Times" and "Glory Box" both charted in the United Kingdom.
Who engineered it?
Dave McDonald.
Where does the name come from?
Portishead, the town near Bristol where Geoff Barrow grew up.
How long is the album?
49:00 across eleven tracks.