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A1	Cowboys Drums – C.Deamer*Guitar – A.Utley*Vocals [Additional] – S.Atkins*Written-By – B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	4:38
A2	All Mine Guitar, Bass – A.Utley*Horns – A.Hague*, B.Waghorn*, J.Cornick*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	3:59
B1	Undenied Drums [Additional] – C.Deamer*Written-By – B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	4:18
B2	Half Day Closing Drums – G.Barrow*Guitar, Synthesizer [Moog], Bass – A.Utley*Violin – S.Cooper*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	3:49
B3	Over Drums – G.Barrow*Guitar, Bass – A.Utley*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	4:00
C1	Humming Drums – C.Deamer*Synthesizer [Moog] – A.Utley*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	6:02
C2	Mourning Air Guitar, Bass – A.Utley*Trombone – J.Cornick*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	4:11
C3	Seven Months Drums – C.Deamer*Guitar – A.Utley*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	4:15
D1	Only You Drums – G.Barrow*Guitar, Bass, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – A.Utley*Organ – J.Baggot*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, D.Stewart*, G.Barrow*, K.Thorne*, T.Hardson*	4:59
D2	Elysium Guitar – A.Utley*Piano – J.Baggot*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	5:54
D3	Western Eyes Drums – C.Deamer*Piano – A.Utley*Vocals [Additional] – S.Atkins*Written-By – A.Utley*, B.Gibbons*, G.Barrow*	3:57

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Marketed By – PolyGram Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Go! Beat
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Go! Beat
• Recorded At – Air Studios
• Produced At – State Of Art Studios
• Mixed At – Ridge Farm Studios
• Published By – Chrysalis Music
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
• Pressed By – Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.

Credits

• Arranged By [All Strings And Horns] – Adrian Utley, Nick Ingman
• Design [Sleeve Design] – Sarah Sherley-Price
• Engineer – Dave McDonald , Trevor Curwen
• Management [Portishead Is Managed By] – Fruit
• Mastered By – RCE*
• Orchestrated By [All Strings], Conductor [All Strings] – Nick Ingman
• Photography By [Sleeve] – Marc Bessant
• Producer – Adrian Utley, Beth Gibbons, Dave McDonald , Geoff Barrow
• Written-By – Adrian Utley (tracks: A2, B2 to D3), Beth Gibbons, Geoff Barrow

Notes

First 2 x LP USA press. Distinguished from Portishead - Portishead which has Sterling RJ in the runout of Side C (making that a 2000s pressing) and Portishead - Portishead which has TML-M in deadwax and UMG rather than PolyGram on label.

Pre-production at State Of Art.
Tracklaying at Ridge Farm.
Mixing and tracklaying at Moles.
All strings recorded at Air Studios.

Half Day Closing inspired by The United States of America.
Only You samples Ken Thorne from "Inspector Clouseau" courtesy of MCA Classics & The Pharcyde from "She Said" courtesy of EMI Publishing/Delicious Vinyl.
Western Eyes samples Hookers & Gin from the "Sean Atkins Experience" 1957 courtesy of Starfish Records Inc.

Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Records, Inc., New York, New York.
Made in the USA. Sleeve printed in Canada.

© 1997 GO! Beat
℗ 1997 GO! Beat

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (As Printed): 7 314-539189-1 7
• Barcode (Scanned): 731453918917
• Matrix / Runout (Side 1): 314-539-189-1A HUBTV FW/RCE
• Matrix / Runout (Side 2): 314-539-189-1B HUBTV
• Matrix / Runout (Side 3): 314-539-189-1C HUBTV FW/RCE
• Matrix / Runout (Side 4): 314-539-189-1D HUBTV

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
539 435-2	Portishead	Portishead ‎(CD, Album, Dig)	Go! Beat	539 435-2	UK & Europe	1997
539 189-2	Portishead	Portishead ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Go! Beat	539 189-2	Russia	1997
UICY-91265	Portishead	Portishead ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, SHM)	Universal Music	UICY-91265	Japan	2008
539 189-2, ZPH10907	Portishead	Portishead ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial)	Go! Beat , Invisible Halahup	539 189-2, ZPH10907	Russia	2000
539 189-4, none	Portishead	Portishead ‎(Cass, Album)	Go! Beat, PolyGram	539 189-4, none	Bulgaria	1997

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