# Portishead — Glory Box

Portishead’s Glory Box (1994) appears on 3 of our lists — Trip-Hop, 1994, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 2 in Trip-Hop. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1994
- **Label:** Go! Beat
- **On:** Trip-Hop, 1994, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **ISRC:** GBAQT9400066
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Portishead](https://waxonia.com/artist/portishead/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/portishead--glory-box/

## What 3 lists say

### 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.

### 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.

### 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.

## Listen

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

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