# Portishead — Every Record We Rank

Portishead appears 4 times in our Trip-Hop, 1994, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 2. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 4
- **Appears on:** Trip-Hop, 1994, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Year:** 1994
- **Highest placing:** No. 2 in Trip-Hop
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/portishead/

## Appears on

### [Glory Box](https://waxonia.com/track/portishead--glory-box/)

*1994 · Go! Beat · No. 2 in [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/)*

An Isaac Hayes loop, a guitar that sounds like a broken theremin, and Beth Gibbons delivering the most desolate vocal of the decade. Grim, gorgeous, unrepeatable.

Also on: [1994](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Portishead%20Glory%20Box) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4qQyUi4zfDs)

### [Roads](https://waxonia.com/track/portishead--roads/)

*1994 · Go! Beat · No. 6 in [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/)*

Barely a beat, a Rhodes, and a string arrangement that arrives like a collapse. The quietest track on this list and easily the most emotionally violent.

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Portishead%20Roads) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=7nxWP9BhI7w)

### [Glory Box](https://waxonia.com/track/portishead--glory-box/)

*1994 · Go! Beat · Picked by [1994](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/)*

Trip-hop had existed for a couple of years and had no centre until Dummy. This is the track that fixed what the genre sounded like — the Isaac Hayes loop, the slowed drums, a voice singing over both as if it were a torch song.

Also on: [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Portishead%20Glory%20Box) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4qQyUi4zfDs)

### [Glory Box](https://waxonia.com/track/portishead--glory-box/)

*1994 · Go! Beat · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)*

An Isaac Hayes loop, a broken-theremin guitar and the most desolate vocal of the decade. Grim, gorgeous, and nobody has repeated it.

Also on: [Trip-Hop](https://waxonia.com/genre/trip-hop/), [1994](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Portishead%20Glory%20Box) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=4qQyUi4zfDs)

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