- trip hop, electronic, folk rock, experimental rock
- 49 min
- 11 tracks
- Go! Discs
Third is the third studio album by the English band Portishead. It was released on 28 April 2008 in the UK by Island Records and a day later in the US by Mercury Records. Portishead's first studio album in eleven years, Third moved away from their earlier trip hop style, incorporating influences such as krautrock and the film soundtracks of John Carpenter.
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Character
Character-led, grave, spare and contemplative.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemplativerelentless
- resolvedopen-ended
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Metacritic 85/100
- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork8.8/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
- Spin4.5/5 ★
- The Times4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Silence5:01
- 2Hunter3:59
- 3Nylon Smile3:20
- 4The Rip4:31
- 5Plastic3:31
- 6We Carry On6:28
- 7Deep Water1:33
- 8Machine Gun4:46
- 9Small6:47
- 10Magic Doors3:32
- 11Threads5:48
11 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Portishead
- Label
- Go! Discs
- Released
- 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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