3 (Tricot album)

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Tricot 3 Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Tricot
ReleasedMay 17, 2017 (2017-05-17)
Studio
Genre
Length46:00
Label
Tricot chronology
A N D
(2015)		3
(2017)		Black
(2020)
Singles from 3
  1. "Pork Ginger"
    Released: December 24, 2015 [3]
  2. "DeDeDe"
    Released: March 27, 2017 [4]
  3. "Melon Soda"
    Released: April 21, 2017 [5]

3 is the third studio album by Japanese math rock band Tricot. It was released on May 17, 2017 in Japan by the band's own label Bakuretsu Records. [1] The album was released on the same day by Big Scary Monsters Recording Company in the United Kingdom and by Topshelf Records in the United States. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Patrick St. Michel of The Japan Times wrote that 3 showcases Tricot's "ability to strike a balance between complex instrumentation and sudden emotional flourishes." [6] Phil Witmerwrote of Vice opined that "what makes 3 and the rest of Tricot's music transcend the 'experimental' label is a transparent, pop-derived emotional core", while noting 3 to be the band's "heaviest, most challenging album". [7] Chris DeVille of Stereogum described the album's music as "intricate and noodly" but played with "a frantic energy and melodic directness worthy of the Bangles." [1]

AllMusic critic John D. Buchanan found that Tricot, while not innovative, are nonetheless "very good, and in a crowded marketplace they do manage to bring something unique to the table", citing their ability to "infuse their challenging avant-rock with a real pop sensibility". [2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tricot (Motoko Kida, Ikkyu Nakajima and Hiromi Sagane).

No.TitleLength
1."Tokyo Vampire Hotel"2:31
2."Wabi-Sabi"3:06
3."Yosoiki" (よそいき)3:56
4."DeDeDe"3:28
5."Sukima" (スキマ)5:16
6."Pork Side"1:01
7."Pork Ginger" (ポークジンジャー)4:44
8."Echo" (エコー)3:47
9."18, 19"4:01
10."Namu" (南無)2:46
11."Munasawagi"4:12
12."Setsuyakuka" (節約家)4:28
13."Melon Soda" (メロンソーダ)2:44

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [8]

Tricot

Additional musicians

Production

Design

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9] 20
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [10] 31
US World Albums ( Billboard ) [11] 5

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 DeVille, Chris (May 16, 2017). "Stream Tricot 3". Stereogum . Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Buchanan, John D. "3 – Tricot". AllMusic . Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ Tricot. "ポークジンジャー – Pork Ginger" (in Japanese). Bandcamp. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  4. ↑ "tricotの「DeDeDe – Single」" (in Japanese). Japan: Apple Music. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ "tricotの「メロンソーダ – Single」" (in Japanese). Japan: Apple Music. Archived from the original on August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ St. Michel, Patrick (June 27, 2017). "Tricot fine-tunes a formula that got the trio noticed overseas on '3'". The Japan Times . Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ Witmer, Phil (May 16, 2017). "With '3,' Tricot Proves They're the Greatest Trio on Earth". Vice . Retrieved January 11, 2018.
  8. ↑ 3 (liner notes). Tricot. Topshelf Records. 2017. TSR168.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  9. ↑ "3(ミニマルパッケージ盤) | tricot" (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). May 29, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Tricot Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard . Archived from the original on February 1, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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