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Roseland NYC Live

Roseland NYC Live
Artist
Portishead
Release date
02 Nov 1998
Format
Vinyl (LP, Album, Reissue)
Genres
Electronic

Tracklist

  1. Humming
  2. Cowboys
  3. All Mine
  4. Mysterons
  5. Only You
  6. Half Day Closing
    Favourite track
  7. Over
  8. Glory Box
  9. Sour Times
  10. Roads
  11. Strangers

Liner notes

Your favorite live version of a song.

I'll probably need to wait for this prompt to come around a few times—there are so many great picks just off the top of my head. But top of my list must be the sinister-sounding performance of Half Day Closing from Portishead's Roseland NYC Live album, building and swirling to that extraordinary eldritch howl. The audience response at the end says it all. They knew they were party to something special that night.

In the days, the golden days
When everybody knew what they wanted
It ain't here today
Dreams and belief have gone
Time, life itself goes on

View on Crucial Tracks

Half Day Closing (Live / Remastered 2023)

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