Pnyc by Portishead

Pros: I only have 15 words - best live album I've ever heard!

Cons: Although the best album to introduce - if you're not fan, you may not like.

The Bottom Line: Out of Lynus' limited 500 music library - this is one of his favorites (best).

Review: The biggest problem with Portishead is that they are so often misunderstood. Quite like the Cocteau Twins their music isn’t meant to exist on the normal dimension but on the explorative one. Their music draws you, their music questions you, their ...

Pros: It's great

Cons: none whatsoever

The Bottom Line: Buy the album and get ready to be blown away

Review: Dear Epinionated, I am glad to inform you all that this album is excellent. Excellent not in a "hey, only the 11.5 people that know this band will like their music" but Gratuitously excellent: Anyone who knows or doesn't know Portishead can pick up ...

Pros: A definitive moment in modern music

Cons: None

Review: Lauryn Hill plumbed the deep, rich mines of African American music--from Motown doo-wop soul to Clav-chirping ghetto funk, from old-school hip-hop to trad-reggae toasting (itself a postmodern emulation of American rock'n'roll). She then assimilated this...

Pros: It's live!

Cons: Makes you want more

Review: Live production recordings are still considered rare and are often highly priced because they are most likely bootlegs. This one is made through the record company itself, and I must say the production department did an amazing job!

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Pros: Amazing live music

Cons: none

Review: In brilliant fusion of Jazz infused Hip-Hop, Portishead's live PNYC album boldly goes where Trip-Hop has never gone before. In a daring live set, paced by New York's Symphony Orchestra, Portishead shines in its original style with enchanting lead...

Pros: lush; languorous; and, at its best, transcendent

Cons: too depressing for many

Review: Excepting, perhaps, Red House Painters, there may be no band on this planet more in need of a gallon of Prozac and a couple cups of sunshine than Bristol, England’s Portishead. At the very least, these disconsolately despondent trip-hoppers’ CDs should...

Pros: Original sound

Cons: Some of the tracks seem a little flat (off key)

The Bottom Line: If you decide to buy this album, listen to it once. After some time has passed, listen to it again-- you might find a new appreciation for it

Review: This was an interesting compilation of songs from previous albums. Some of the songs are given new life through the orchestra's performance, however the orchestra didn't show its full potential. In my opinion, the DJ should have stuck to the basics...

Pros: As ever, musicians at the top of their craft, but...

Cons: Why only half the show?

Review: My dislike for the album comes not from a dislike of the content, 11 haunting renditions of tracks from 'Dummy' and 'Portishead' by the full band and backed up with a string section that gives them a lusher feel without detracting from the ever-stunning...

Pros: its Portishead

Cons: its nothing new...songs sound the same as on other CD's

Review: I have been a fan of Portishead since about 93 or 94...and when this CD first came out, I was excited to add it to my (short) collection. When I saw it in the store, I was a little confused, because it seemed to have the same songs...but it was a live...

Pros: Orchestral accompaniment to all of your favorite Portishead songs live

Cons: Orchestra and all of its benefits were not fully exploited.

The Bottom Line: PNYC falls short of the expectations fans may have, without a single new song (can anyone say Money Hungry?), failing to exploit the wealth of sound an orchestra can provide.

Review: Portishead's Dummy revolutionized music for me, with the sexy, mournful, trip-hop injected arrangements, and anguished vocals(which incidentally went on to define the said musical genre). Thus, it was with great anticipation that I approached this album....