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's debut album, ''Portakabin Fever'', was released on the Hombre

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in association with

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on 22 April 2003. The album reportedly got its name as it was recorded in a Portakabin. The album's inlay features a cartoon drawn by graphic artist

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, in which Hint is depicted fishing in the (imagined) swamp outside his home. The cartoon prompted a comic strip loosely based on James' lifestyle, which was serialised in Japanese magazine, ''Plus 81''. The album was mixed at State of Art, the Bristol-based studio owned by

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of Portishead.

Track listing

# "Actory" # "The Look Up" # "Words to that Effect" # "Why the Top 10 Sucks in 2002" # "You Little Trooper" # "Re:Percussions" # "Quite Spectacular" # "Plucker" # "Shout of Blue" # "Count Your Blessings" # "Air to Sky"

References

External links

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