Portishead - It Could Be Sweet

"Gotta try a little harder, it could be sweet, like a long forgotten dream."

Album: Dummy [debut album]
Recorded: Bristol, England
Genre: Trip Hop, Lounge
Album Release: August 22nd 1994
Length: 4.18
Producer: Portishead
Vocalist: Beth Gibbons [age 29]
Label: Go! Discs

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Spotify: Over 23 million
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Credits

Piano

Details

• Not released as a single. 
  
• The first finished track from Dummy.
• Beth Gibbons had a nearly finished version of the song before she met the rest of the band.
  
  
• "It Could Be Sweet. When I first heard it I could not believe it. I mean the sound of it but also Beth's voice just completely blew me away. It was a massive moment in life for me that I still remember. As the door opened into the main studio I heard this voice and I thought "wow, that's amazing!" (Adrian Utley talking to KEXP) 
  

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