Sour Times

"Sour Times"
Single by Portishead
from the album Dummy
Released1 August 1994 (1994-08-01)
Genre
Length4:14
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Portishead singles chronology
"Numb"
(1994)
"Sour Times"
(1994)
"Glory Box"
(1995)

"Sour Times" is a song by English trip hop group Portishead, from their debut album, Dummy (1994). It was written by all three members of the band and released as a single by Go! Beat Records in August 1994, accompanied by three bonus tracks: "It's a Fire", "Pedestal", and "Theme from To Kill a Dead Man".[2] Its music video was directed by Alexander Hemming. NME and Spin ranked "Sour Times" number 32 and two in their lists of the 50 best songs of 1994 and 20 best singles of 1995.[3][4] In 2011, Slant Magazine ranked it number 77 in their "The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s".[5]

  1. ^ a b "The 100 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1994: Portishead, "Sour Times"". Spin. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ^ Portishead Sour Times UK Cd. Vinyl Tap. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Albums and Tracks of the Year". NME. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Spin Magazine End Of Year Lists". www.rocklistmusic.co.uk. 1995. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  5. ^ "The 100 Best Singles of the 1990s". Slant Magazine. 9 January 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2021.