Dummy
by Portishead

Album
Dummy by Portishead
Year: 1994
Release date: 1994-08-22
Overall rank: 64th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
84/100 (from 1,748 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1994 (2nd)
Award Top 20 albums of of the 1990s (12th)
Award Top 100 albums of all time (64th)

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Dummy is ranked as the best album by Portishead.

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- This album (64th)
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Dummy track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Mysterons
Average Rating: 87 (346 votes)Comments: View 6
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Sour Times
Average Rating: 90 (406 votes)Comments: View 3
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Strangers
Average Rating: 84 (309 votes)Comments: View 3
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It Could Be Sweet
Average Rating: 82 (303 votes)Comments: View 2
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Wandering Star
Average Rating: 85 (333 votes)Comments: View 4
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Numb
Average Rating: 82 (307 votes)Comments: View 0
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Roads
Average Rating: 90 (383 votes)Comments: View 3
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Pedestal
Average Rating: 80 (285 votes)Comments: View 0
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Biscuit
Average Rating: 81 (288 votes)Comments: View 1
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Glory Box
Average Rating: 91 (435 votes)Comments: View 3

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Dummy rankings

Dummy rankings summary
Overall rank: 64th | 1990s rank: 12th | 1994 rank: 2nd  Overall chart history
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Dummy ratings

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 !		6 hours ago Siromynian  Ratings distribution  1,75875/100
 
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 !		09/17/2026 00:42 AvalancheGrips  Ratings distribution  78485/100
 
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 !		09/07/2026 07:50 BuddyJimbo  Ratings distribution  4095/100

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Dummy forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 6 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5455): By ThaCrookedSpoke
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ThaCrookedSpoke () 1. by (1970) 2. (1997) 3. by (2012) 4. by by by by (2015) 8. by (1973) 10. by by (1968) 14. (1994) 16. (1966) 17. (1971) 18. (2004) 20. by (1969) 21. (1998) 22. by (2007) 23. by (1959) 24. by (1973) 25. (1996) 26. by…”
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by mianfei () 1. (1976) 2. by (2004) 3. by (1994) 4. (1970) 5. by (1994) 6. (1970) 7. by (1975) 8. by (1979) 9. by (1969) 10. by (2000) 11. by (1974) 12. by (1971) 14. by (1969) 15. by (1992) 16. by (1975) 17. by (1985) 18. by (1968) 20. by…”
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“The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…”
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Dummy comments

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From 12/16/2018 04:49 | #227239 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Beth Gibbons knows how I'm going to die and will only tell me in riddles (Edited)
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From 11/20/2012 12:28 | #55507 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I always wondered why these guys never did a Bond theme? I guess it's probably not a good idea to have a title sequence that's better than the actual movie.
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From 06/14/2018 08:09 | #216710 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
It's A Fire is favourite track from this album. Shame it's not listed here, but I can't listen to the album without that one included.
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From 05/05/2014 01:31 | #110829 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
After being slipped something in her drink, the room continuously transforms into a shape shifting environment with brief glimpses back into reality.
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From 05/07/2011 16:19 | #21262 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
An album that makes you wanna turn off the lights and have sex with your girlfriend. Need more than that?
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