It might not be their best album, but it has some great tracks like All Mine, Undenied, and Half Day Closing. What are your favs?
It's only the second or third time I've listened to it. I LOVE Dummy as my older brother used to play it to death back in the mid '90's when I was a kid. Only recently got back in to them so a bit early to have any favourites on Portishead yet. I've also started listening to Massive Attack. My girlfriend is a big fan and we went to see them in London about 3 weeks ago. They put on a hell of a show.
Massive Attack is ruined for me for two reasons, both nonsensical when typed out in public like this:
One, they did the theme song for the show House; it was quite a while later that I realized there were words/vocals in the song. I loved the instrumental bit that served as the show's theme, but the vocals were not to my liking. Strike one.
Two, around the time of... I want to say Marillion.com, and into Anoraknophobia, Mark Kelly started taking to saying that they were more than a "prog" band, and began comparing some of their work to Massive Attack. I even think that one of the working titles from the era - I want to say "House", but that could be my brain making a connection that isn't there; see above - was "Massive Attack Song". As that is my least favorite - by a LONG way - work by Marillion, it has a sour taste in my mouth.
But, fair play, nothing ACTUALLY to do with the band or it's music.