Out of place is saying it nicely but yes, it has not place on that album IMO. It's not particularly bad, though it isn't by any means great, but is so abhorrently different than everything else on third.

Magic Doors would probably be my favorite right now, but it changes every week.

So its abhorrent (wrong word surely?) why? Because its acoustic? It retains the same mood and evokes the same emotion as the rest of the album, if anything i love the contrast between it and Machine Gun, i think it works really well.

Really? Deep Water is markedly different from the rest of the album, but I feel it still maintains the theme/mood/sound of the album.

It's just me nitpicking, but it sounds like something I'd here walking into a 3 star Hawaiian hotel.

This is actually the first Portishead album I've listened to. I really didn't know what to expect on my first listen. After finishing it I thought it was great, different style of trip hop. "Machine Gun" is definitely one of the best songs released in 2008 in my oppinion. Her vocals are really haunting, but it's a fear I like to embrace.

In hindsight this is probably the best release of 08 in my opinion.

Glad to see you've come around. Easily the best of 08, with or without Deep Water, which I've warmed up to a bit. It's really amazing to go back and listen to Dummy, another A+ album, and hear how different it really sounds.

I still prefer Dummy, but this band has been consistent over their 15 years or so with creating some of the best dark, ominous music out there.

'Consistent' seems a little odd as they've really only released 3 albums. But whatever. Very good album, still.