Artist
Portishead
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
Appears on
Glory Box
1994 · Go! Beat
Ranked No. 2 in 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, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Glory Box
1994 · Go! Beat
Picked by 1994
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, The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Glory Box
1994 · Go! Beat
Picked by The Waxonia 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.