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"Machine Gun" is a song by English band Portishead. The song made its radio and download debut on 24 March 2008, acting as the lead single from their third studio album, Third (2008). It premiered on Zane Lowe 's BBC Radio 1 show and was made available for download on the band's official website.
To create the rhythm on "Machine Gun", Portishead sampled the drum machine in an old electronic organ. The synthesiser outro was inspired by the film soundtracks of John Carpenter. [4] For "Magic Doors", the band added hurdy-gurdy, and saxophone played by Will Gregory of Goldfrapp.
Machine Gun (Portishead song) Magic Doors; N. Numb (Portishead song) O. Only You (Portishead song) Over (Portishead song) R. The Rip (song) S. Sour Times
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Portishead received critical acclaim upon its release. In a rave review for Q, Andrew Harrison said that the album showed Portishead sounding "less and less like a conflation of influences, and more and more like themselves", finding the music "almost cinematic" and the lyrics "more rounded" in perspective than on Dummy. [12]
Dummy is the debut studio album by English electronic music band Portishead, released on 22 August 1994 by Go! Beat Records. [3]The album received critical acclaim and won the 1995 Mercury Music Prize.
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The song was later released in a promotional French language lyrics version. [ citation needed ] Portishead performed the song on American television variety show Saturday Night Live on January 17, 1998.