![]() ![]() It is set in the 1950s, featuring lead singer Beth Gibbons as a jazz singer at a club while various office workers watch her perform. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Alexander Hemming and released on 14 November. David Sinclair from The Times noted, "This is a strange, shimmering affair, which mixes a scratchy hip-hop rhythm track, descending bass line (a la Python Lee Jackson's " In a Broken Dream"), wailing blues guitar and the icily seductive vocals of Beth Gibbons into a highly addictive concoction." Music video Potent vocals reminiscent of Cowboy Junkies and intense guitar energy and dub bass amplify the power of "Glory Box"." Andy Beevers from Music Week rated it four out of five, describing it as "another highly original and atmospheric song that is probably too downbeat and leftfield for daytime radioplay, but will still sell well". Based on a sample from Isaac Hayes's Isaac Moods it's 'suspense dance'." Maria Jimenez from the magazine's Short Grooves wrote: "This bluesy, emotional and hypnotic number is set to a very mellow, minimalistic and spacious hip hop musical backdrop. A reviewer from Music & Media commented: "Put the violin of the late Papa John Creach on top of it, and you get the Jefferson Airplane for the '90s. In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton said that "Glory Box" "is definitely one of the more gloriously slinky indie records released in ages". It samples " Ike's Rap II" by Isaac Hayes and peaked at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart. " Glory Box" is a song by English electronic band Portishead, released on 2 January 1995 as the third and final single from their debut album, Dummy (1994).
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