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Glory Times
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Compilation album by
Released7 June 1995
Recorded1994
Genre Trip hop
Length46:49
LanguageEnglish
Label Go! Discs/London
Producer Portishead, Adrian Utley
Portishead chronology
Dummy
(1994)
Glory Times
(1995)
Portishead
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Glory Times is a 1995 compilation album by English band Portishead which contains mixes of songs from Dummy as well as the theme from their short film To Kill a Dead Man . The two discs are the same as the respective singles for "Sour Times" and "Glory Box".

Track listing

Disc one
  1. "Sour Sour Times" – 4:07
  2. "Lot More" – 4:21
  3. "Sheared Times" – 4:17
  4. "Airbus Reconstruction" – 5:08
  5. "Theme from To Kill a Dead Man" – 4:25
Disc two
  1. "Glory Box" (edit) – 3:35
  2. "Glory Box" (Mudflap Mix) – 5:28
  3. "Scorn" – 6:04
  4. "Sheared Box" – 3:30
  5. "Toy Box" – 5:43

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