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1	Mysterons Theremin – Adrian Utley	5:06
2	Sour Times Electric Piano [Rhodes], Organ [Hammond] – Neil SolmanWritten-By – H Brooks*, L Schifrin*, O Turner*	4:13
3	Strangers Written-By – W Shorter*	3:58
4	It Could Be Sweet Drum Programming – Richard Newell	4:19
5	Wandering Star Written-By – M Dickerson*, C W Miller*, HR Brown*, J Goldstein*, L Oskar*, L Jordan*, S Allen*	4:56
6	It's A Fire Bass – Adrian UtleyDrums – Geoff BarrowOrgan [Hammond] – Gary BaldwinWritten-By – A Utley*, B Gibbons*, G Barrow*	3:48
7	Numb Drums – Geoff BarrowOrgan [Hammond] – Gary Baldwin	3:57
8	Roads Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Andy Hague, Geoff BarrowElectric Piano [Rhodes] – Neil SolmanFlute [Nose] – Dave McDonald Strings – Strings Unlimited	5:09
9	Pedestal Trumpet – Andy Hague	3:41
10	Biscuit Written-By – J Ray*	5:04
11	Glory Box Organ [Hammond] – Adrian UtleyWritten-By – I Hayes*	5:06

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Polydor K.K.

Credits

• Bass – Adrian Utley (tracks: 6 to 8)
• Drums – Clive Deamer (tracks: 1, 3, 5 to 9)
• Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Geoff Barrow (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9)
• Engineer – Dave McDonald
• Guitar – Adrian Utley (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 10)
• Management – Fruit
• Producer – A Utley*, Portishead
• Programmed By – Geoff Barrow (tracks: 2, 5 to 8, 10)
• Vocals – Beth Gibbons
• Written-By – A Utley* (tracks: 1 to 3, 6 to 8, 10), B Gibbons*, G Barrow*

Notes

Track 6 is a Bonus Track for Japan.

All tracks recorded at State of Art and Coach House Studios, Bristol with additional mixing at Moles Studio, Bath.

Special Thanks:
Adrian Utley & Drew McDonald for their unerring judgment in the line of fire. Ferdy for his unrelenting persistance & faith. Rich Newell & Fiona Bowyer for their inspiration on tracks 4 & 5 respectively.

Track 2 contains samples from Lalo Schifrin's "Danube Incident" a percussion sample from Smokey Brooks' "Spin-It Jig".
Track 3 contains samples Weather Report's "Elegant People".
Track 5 contains samples from Eric Burdon & War's "Magic Mountain"
Track 10 contains samples from Johnnie Ray's "I'll Never Fall In Love Again"
Track 11 contains samples from Isaac Hayes' "Ike's Rap III".

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4988005153845

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
828 522-1	Portishead	Dummy ‎(LP, Album)	Go! Beat	828 522-1	UK & Europe	1994
19099	Portishead	Dummy ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Go! Beat	19099	Russia	Unknown
828 553 - 2, 828 553-2	Portishead	Dummy ‎(CD, Album)	Go! Beat, Go! Beat	828 553 - 2, 828 553-2	Europe	1994
422 828 553 4	Portishead	Dummy ‎(Cass, Album)	London Records, Go! Discs	422 828 553 4	US	1994
828 553-2	Portishead	Dummy ‎(CD, Album)	Go! Discs, Polydor, PolyGram	828 553-2	Australasia	1994

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