#131 Portishead, 'Dummy' (1994)

One of the most interesting and exciting records of the ‘90s, ‘Dummy’ is the debut album by Bristol Trip Hop act, Portishead. Members, Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons, who met on a course in 1991 first started putting their ideas together in Neneh Cherry’s kitchen while Barrow worked on her album, Cameron McVey’s record, ‘Homebrew’ (this is the second time Cherry has popped up on this list without actually having a record include; third if you count the fact that her father, Don Cherry was on Ornette Coleman’s ‘The Shape Of Jazz To Come’). While Portishead didn’t invent Trip Hop, they certainly pioneered and popularized it.