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III is the third studio album from Canadian jazz instrumental hip hop band BadBadNotGood. It was released on May 6, 2014.[1] It is the group's first album of completely original material.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
CMJfavourable[3]
Exclaim!8/10[4]
NME7/10[5]
Now[6]
PopMatters7/10[7]
The 4057/10[8]

Upon its release, III received positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable".[2]

The album is a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[9]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Triangle"3:47
2."Can't Leave the Night"4:39
3."Confessions" (featuring Leland Whitty)5:01
4."Kaleidoscope"7:06
5."Eyes Closed"5:58
6."Hedron"5:41
7."Differently, Still"4:43
8."Since You Asked Kindly"4:41
9."CS60"6:52
Total length:48:28
Rappcats Exclusive Version[10]
No.TitleLength
10."Sustain"3:12
Total length:51:40

Personnel

  • Matthew Tavares - Composer, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Main Personnel, Piano, Piano (Electric), Producer, Synthesizer
  • Chester Hansen - Bass (Upright), Composer, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Main Personnel, Producer, Sampling, Synthesizer
  • Alexander Sowinski - Composer, Drums, Main Personnel, Percussion, Photography, Producer, Sampling, Synthesizer, Wood Block
  • João Carvalho - Mastering
  • Frank Dukes - Assistant Engineer, Producer
  • Stephen Koszler - Engineer, Mixing
  • Matt Macneil - Assistant Engineer
  • Leland Whitty - Saxophone, Violin, Viola, Featured Artist[11]
  • Tommy Paxton-Beesley - Cello, Violin, Guitar (Electric)

References

  1. ^ Marchand, Francois (May 8, 2014). "Album of the Week: BADBADNOTGOOD". The Vancouver Sun.
  2. ^ a b "Critic Reviews for III". Metacritic. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  3. ^ CMJ review
  4. ^ Exclaim! review
  5. ^ NME review
  6. ^ Now review
  7. ^ PopMatters review
  8. ^ The 405 review
  9. ^ "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list". Aux, June 19, 2014.
  10. ^ "Rappcats Exclusive Version". Rappcats. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  11. ^ Credits listed on AllMusic
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