''Out of Season'' is a

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Beth Gibbons Beth Gibbons (born 4 January 1965) is an English singer and songwriter. She is the singer and lyricist for the band Portishead, who have released three albums. She released an album with fellow English musician Rustin Man, '' Out of Season'', ...

(of Portishead) and bassist

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(under the pseudonym Rustin Man, formerly of

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). It was released on 28 October 2002 in the United Kingdom and on 7 October 2003 in the United States. ''Out of Season'' is largely a

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leanings, with Gibbons and Webb drawing more directly on the influences of

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, and

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, at which Portishead's work in

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only hinted. ''Out of Season'' also features contributions from Gibbons' fellow Portishead bandmate

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and Webb's former bandmate Lee Harris. The first track of the album, "Mysteries", appears on the original soundtrack of the French movie '' Les Poupées Russes'' (''The Russian Dolls''), and in

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' '' Palermo Shooting'' from 2008. The album achieved a silver certification from the BPI.

Commercial performance

The album charted in some countries, peaking at number 28 in the UK, number 13 in Germany, number 36 in Switzerland, number 54 in Austria, number 19 in France, number 77 in Netherlands, number 6 in Norway and number 39 in Denmark. "Tom the Model" was released as a single on March 3, 2003, and reached number 70 in the UK. A video for the song was directed by Chris Bran and it featured Gibbons performing in front of a theatre crowd. The album was re-released in October 2019 on vinyl and entered the British charts at number 24.

Track listing

All songs written by Beth Gibbons and Paul Webb, except where noted otherwise. #"Mysteries" – 4:39 #"Tom the Model" – 3:41 #"Show" (Gibbons) – 4:26 #"Romance" – 5:09 #"Sand River" (Webb) – 3:48 #"Spider Monkey" – 4:10 #"Resolve" – 2:51 #"Drake" – 3:54 #"Funny Time of Year" – 6:48 #"Rustin Man" – 4:20 ;American edition bonus track #

" Candy Says" (live) (

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) – 5:20

Personnel

Musicians *Beth Gibbons – acoustic guitar, arrangements, vocals, vocoder *Paul Webb – percussion, piano, accordion, arrangements, electric guitar, keyboards, backing vocals *Rebecca Lublinski – flute *Rachel Samuel – cello *John Baggott – piano,

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*Gary Baldwin – organ *John Barclay –

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*Martyn Barker – percussion,

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*Mark Berrow – violin *Rachael Brown – backing vocals * Lurine Cato – backing vocals *Ben Chappell – cello *

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– drums,

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*Philip Dukes –

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*Simon Edwards – bass guitar, double bass * Mark Feltham –

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*Andrew Findon – alto flute *

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– acoustic guitar * Leo Green – horn Section * Lee Harris – drums *Nick Ingman – conductor, orchestration *Mitchell John – backing vocals *Patrick Kiernan – violin *Boguslaw Kostecki – violin *Peter Lale – viola *Martin Loveday – cello *Neill MacColl – acoustic guitar,

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*Perry Mason – violin *Lorraine McIntosh – backing vocals *

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– vibraphone *Eddie Roberts – violin *Nina Robertson – alto flute *Joy Rose – backing vocals *Mary Scully – double bass *Chris Tombling – violin *Jonathan Tunnell – cello *

– organ, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, electric guitar,

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, Ebow, baritone guitar *Bruce White – viola *Dave Woodcock – violin *

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– violin *Warren Zielinski – violin Production *Frank Arkwright – mastering *Ryan Art – design *Mark Bishop – mixing assistant, assistant *Phill Brown – engineer, mixing *Peter Dickinson – photography *Niven Garland – engineer *Beth Gibbons – producer, engineer *Andy Montgomery – engineer *Neil Perry – engineer *Albert Pinheiro – assistant *Adrian Utley – additional production, engineer, effects *Eva Vermandel – photography *Paul Webb – producer, mixing, effects

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