Third (Portishead album)

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Third
Third cover
Studio album by Portishead
Released 28 April 2008
Recorded 2005–2008
Genre Electronic, Trip hop, Experimental rock
Length 49:13
Language English
Label Island
Producer Portishead
Professional reviews
Portishead chronology
Portishead
(1997)		 Third
(2008)
Singles from Third
  1. "Machine Gun"
    Released: 18 March 2008
  2. "The Rip"
    Released: 9 June 2008
  3. "Magic Doors"
    Released: 24 November 2008

Third is the third studio album by English musical group Portishead, released on 28 April 2008, on Island Records in the United Kingdom, the following day on Mercury Records in the United States, and on 30 April 30 2008 on Universal Music Japan in Japan. It is their first release in 10 years, and their first studio album in eleven. Third entered the UK Album Chart at #2,[1] and became the band's first-ever American Top 10 album on the Billboard 200, reaching #7[2] in its entry week. By October 2008, it had sold more than 1.5 million copies.[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Promotion

In December 2007, during the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in Minehead, England, Portishead played their first full live set in 10 years, featuring five new songs: "Hunter", "Machine Gun", "Wicca" (retitled as "Silence"), "Mystic" (retitled as "The Rip"), and "Peaches" (retitled as "We Carry On"), all of which appear on Third.[3]

On 21 April, all of Third was made available as a free web stream on Last.fm.[4]

[edit] Reception

Upon its release, Third earned widespread critical acclaim, and was ranked as one of the best albums of 2008 by several publications. PopMatters gave the album a 9/10, saying "History will eventually see it rank on par with the rest of their legendary works".[5]

Allmusic called the album "utterly riveting and endlessly absorbing" in their review of the album. The publication also went on to say, "It demands attention, requiring effort on the part of the listener, as this defies any conventions on what constitutes art pop apart from one key tenet, one that is often attempted yet rarely achieved: it offers music that is genuinely, startlingly original."[6]

Thom Yorke and Ed O'Brien of Radiohead have also praised the album, calling it "beautiful," "mental," and "their best record so far."[7]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Silence" – 4:59
  2. "Hunter" – 3:57
  3. "Nylon Smile" – 3:16
  4. "The Rip" – 4:30
  5. "Plastic" – 3:27
  6. "We Carry On" – 6:27
  7. "Deep Water" – 1:39
  8. "Machine Gun" (Barrow/Gibbons) – 4:43
  9. "Small" – 6:45
  10. "Magic Doors" (Barrow/Gibbons/John Baggot) – 3:32
  11. "Threads" – 5:47
  • "Magic Doors" (Live on Current TV) (Barrow/Gibbons/Baggot) – 2:44 (UK digital download bonus track)
  • "We Carry On" (Live on Current TV) – 6:15 (UK iTunes Store bonus track)
  • "Threads" (Live on Current TV) – 6:29 (US iTunes Store pre-order bonus track)
  • "Ade's House / Machine Gun" – 10:36 (Japan Enhanced CD bonus video)

[edit] Release history

Third album has been released on various formats.[8][5]

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 28 April 2008 Island LP 1764104
LP box set[9] 1766390
CD 1764013
United States 29 April 2008 Mercury CD B0011141-02
LP B0011141-01
Japan 30 April 2008 Universal Music Japan CD UICI-1069

[edit] Charts

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian Album Chart 9[citation needed]
Austrian Album Chart 4[citation needed]
Belgian Album Chart (FL) 3[citation needed]
Belgian Album Chart (WA) 6[citation needed]
Canadian Album Chart[10] 3
Danish Album Chart 2[citation needed]
Dutch Album Chart[11] 6
Finnish Album Chart 9[citation needed]
French Album Chart 3[citation needed]
German Album Chart 6[citation needed]
Greek Album Chart 2[citation needed]
Italian Album Chart 8[citation needed]
Japanese Album Chart 28[citation needed]
Mexican Album Chart 76[citation needed]
New Zealand Album Chart 9[citation needed]
Norwegian Album Chart 6[citation needed]
Portuguese Album Chart 5[citation needed]
Spanish Album Chart 16[citation needed]
Swedish Album Chart 18[citation needed]
Swiss Album Chart 2[citation needed]
UK Albums Chart[1] 2
US Billboard 200[2] 7

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b http://www.theofficialcharts.com/top40_albums_last.php?week=58&end=04/05/2008%20-%2010/05/2008
  2. ^ a b Hasty, Katy (2008-05-07). "Madonna Leads Busy Billboard 200 With 7th No. 1". Billboard magazine. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003799874. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. 
  3. ^ Setlist from ATP concert (.jpg)
  4. ^ "Portishead launch album online". BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat. http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7346000/7346662.stm. Retrieved on 2008-04-27. 
  5. ^ a b Holmes, Filmore Mescalito. "Portishead: Third < Music PopMatters". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/57159/portishead-third/. Retrieved on 2008-05-09. 
  6. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfqxztjld0e~T1
  7. ^ http://www.gigwise.com/news/42759/Radiohead-Give-Portishead-Some-Loving
  8. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Third album review". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hxfqxztjld0e. Retrieved on 2008-05-09. 
  9. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Third album review". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gnfrxzejldae. Retrieved on 2008-05-09. 
  10. ^ Williams, John (2008-05-07). "Madonna's 'Candy' hits No. 1". Canoe.ca. http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/M/Madonna/2008/05/07/5496976-ca.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. 
  11. ^ http://www.kinkfm.com/weblog/4/Droomlijst/786/Droomlijst_van_10_mei

[edit] External links

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Geoff Barrow · Beth Gibbons · Adrian Utley
Studio albums
Dummy · Portishead · Third
Live albums
Compilations
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Singles
"Numb" · "Sour Times" · "Glory Box" · "All Mine" · "Over" · "Only You" · "Machine Gun"  · "The Rip"  · "Magic Doors"
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