Portishead's Dummy

by R.J. Wheaton

Book Overview

An album which distilled a genre from the musical, cultural, and social ether, Portishead's Dummy was such a complete artistic achievement that its ubiquitous successes threatened to exhaust its own potential. RJ Wheaton offers an impressionistic investigation of Dummy that imitates the cumulative structure of the album itself, piecing together interviews, impressions of time and place, cultural criticism, and a thorough exploration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441194495
• ISBN13: 9781441194497
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 6.5"