Out of Season (Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man album)


Out of Season is a studio album by vocalist Beth Gibbons and bassist Paul Webb. 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 folk album with jazz leanings, with Gibbons and Webb drawing more directly on the influences of Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Nick Drake, at which Portishead's work in trip hop only hinted. Out of Season also features contributions from Gibbons' fellow Portishead bandmate Adrian Utley 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 and in Wim Wenders' Palermo Shooting from 2008. The album achieved a silver certification from the BPI.

Track listing

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

    Charts

The album charted in some countries, peaking at #28 in the UK, #13 in Germany, #36 in Switzerland, #54 in Austria, #19 in France, #77 in Netherlands, #6 in Norway and #39 in Denmark.
"Tom the Model" was released as a single on March 3, 2003, and reached #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.
Re-released in October 2019 on vinyl and entered the British charts at #24

Personnel