Beth Gibbons
Beth Gibbons (born January 4, 1965 in Exeter , Great Britain ) is the singer of the British trip-hop group Portishead , composer and film music composer.
Life
She grew up on a farm with her mother and two sisters. Gibbons liked the tough farming life and, above all, the strong family ties that resulted from it. As a teenager, she preferred to spend the evenings at home with her mother listening to records rather than partying with friends in the nearby town. At the age of 22 she went to Bristol to assert herself as a singer. It was there in 1991 that she met Geoff Barrow , her future partner at Portishead. Together with jazz guitarist Adrian Utley they recorded their first demo and were signed by the music label Go! Beat.
Together with Paul Webb of Talk Talk , Beth Gibbons gained recognition outside of Portishead as "Beth Gibbons and Rustin 'Man". She also wrote a song for Joss Stone's album Mind, Body & Soul .
Beth Gibbons composed the soundtrack for the French film L'Annulaire by Diane Bertrand .
Discography
With Portishead
- 1994: Dummy
- 1997: Portishead
- 1998: Roseland NYC Live
- 2008: Third
solo
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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| 2002 | Out of season |
DE13 (8 weeks) DE |
AT54 (2 weeks) AT |
CH36 (5 weeks) CH |
UK28  (3 weeks)UK |
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
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| 2019 |
Henryk Górecki : Symphony No. 3 - Symphony of Sorrowful Songs op.36 |
DE25 (1 week) DE |
AT58 (1 week) AT |
CH44 (2 weeks) CH |
UK35 (1 week) UK |
Beth Gibbons and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Krzysztof Penderecki
|
More albums
- 2003: Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man - Acoustic Sunlight
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
|
UK
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| 2002 | Tom the Model |
UK70 (2 weeks) UK |
Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man
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literature
- Konrad Heidkamp: Nice silence . In: Die Zeit , No. 2/2003; Portrait.
- Pinky Rose: Beth Gibbons: And she sings again. In: Zeit.de March 28, 2019 .
Web links
- Website
- Beth Gibbons in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Beth Gibbons at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portishead Biography, in: Eventim website
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK1 (with Rustin Man) UK2 (with Polish NRSO)
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gibbons, Beth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th January 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Exeter , UK |