Dot Allison Album: Afterglow Rating: * * * * Release Date: Aug 24, 1999 Label: Heavenly Tracklist: 1 Colour Me Allison 4:32 2 Tomorrow Never Comes Allison 4:29 3 Close Your Eyes Allison 4:05 4 Message Personnel Allison 6:25 5 I Wanna Feel the Chill Allison 3:19 6 Morning Sun Allison 8:17 7 Did I Imagine You? Allison 4:20 8 Mo' Pop Allison 4:01 9 Alpha Female Allison 3:45 10 In Winter Still Allison 3:40 Bonus Track *11 Message Personnel [Arab Strap Remix] 6:47 *= nicht vorhanden ein Mensch hört Portishead...ein Mensch hört sie !, 31 Januar 2000 Rezensent Ein schwerfaelliger Drumbeat rumpelt in Zeitlupe unter einer abhebenden hellen Maedchenstimme herum und hypnotisiert. Filmbilder flimmern vorbei, verwaschen, so unkonkret wie die naechtlichen Strassenrandbilder von Dot auf dem Cover. Twin Peaks, oder so... Ihre Plattenfirma versucht, sie als Singer/Songwriterin zu verkaufen, weil auch Beth Orton hier unter Vertrag ist. Aber ich hoere viel mehr die flirrende Unbestimmtheit und Melancholie von Portishead aus diesen Songs. Was mir gefaellt, ist die Anwesenheit von echten Instrumenten wie Klavier, Cello, Cymbalom, Trompete neben den Loops und programmierten Sound-Schnipseln. Prima. Scream-Leute haben hier die Finger mit drin, aber sie lassen der Saengerin die Raeume, ihre Stimme aeandern zu lassen. Hat was. Credits: Chris Allison Producer, Engineer, Mixing Dot Allison Guitar, Piano, Arranger, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Programming, Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Vocoder, Tubular Bells, String Arrangements, Mixing, Squeezebox Arab Strap Remixing Mark Berrow Violin Will Blanchard Drums Rachel Bolt Viola Victor Boullet Photography Simon Chamberlain Piano Barney Chase Programming, Engineer B.J. Cole Pedal Steel Nick Cooper Cello Dermot Crehan Violin Hal David Lyricist Jason Famous Engineer Richard Fearless Producer Magnus Fiennes Piano, Harmonium, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Fender Rhodes, Mixing Flowchart Pascal Gabriel Programming Niven Garland Engineer, Mixing, String Engineer Brian Gascoigne String Arrangements Miffy Hirsch Violin Tim Holmes Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Jim Hunt Saxophone Jonathan Evans Jones Violin Greg Knowles Cymbalom Liz Layton Violin Stephen Lironi Producer, Mixing Ged Lynch Percussion, Drums Duncan Mackay Trumpet Kate Musker Viola Henry Olsen Bass, Guitar (Bass) Andy Parker Viola Ralph Salmins Drums Frank Schaefer Cello Mary Scully Cello, Bass Cello Kevin Shields Guitar, Producer Sonia Slany Violin Paul Statham Programming Stephen Tees Viola Cathy Thompson Violin Jonathan Tunnell Cello Paul Willey Violin Dave Woodcock Violin Gavin Woods Guitar