III (BadBadNotGood album)

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III
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Studio album by
BadBadNotGood
ReleasedMay 6, 2014
StudioRevolution Recording (Toronto)
Studio 69 (Toronto)
Genre
Length48:28
Label Innovative Leisure, Pirates Blend
Producer BadBadNotGood, Frank Dukes
BadBadNotGood chronology
BBNG2
(2012)		III
(2014)		 Sour Soul
(2015)

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.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
CMJ favourable [4]
Exclaim! 8/10 [5]
NME 7/10 [6]
Now Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
PopMatters 7/10 [8]
The 4057/10 [9]

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]

In the review for AllMusic, James Pearce claimed that "III captures the raw energy, togetherness, and musicianship of a live concert, at points drifting off at a tangent and then rejoining to climactic chord structures and beautiful jazz melodies.''

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize. [10]

''Can't Leave the Night'' was used as the opening theme music for the 2023 Netflix series Lockwood & Co.

Track listing

All songs are produced by BADBADNOTGOOD and Frank Dukes.

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 [11]
No.TitleLength
10."Shame (Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – BBNG Remix)"3:12
Total length:51:40

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [12]

BADBADNOTGOOD

Additional contributors

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [14] 90
US Top Dance Albums (Billboard) [15] 10
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard) [16] 2
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard) [17] 1
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 10

References

  1. ↑ Marchand, Francois (May 8, 2014). "Album of the Week: BADBADNOTGOOD". The Vancouver Sun.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Critic Reviews for III". Metacritic . Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ "AllMusic review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  4. ↑ "CMJ review". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-05-19.
  5. ↑ Exclaim! review
  6. ↑ NME review
  7. ↑ Now review
  8. ↑ PopMatters review
  9. ↑ "The 405 review". Archived from the original on 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-05-09.
  10. ↑ "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list" Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine . Aux , June 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Rappcats Exclusive Version". Rappcats. Archived from the original on May 10, 2014. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  12. ↑ "BadBadNotGood - III". Discogs. 6 May 2014. Retrieved 2020-06-27.
  13. ↑ Credits listed on AllMusic
  14. ↑ "Ultratop.be – BadBadNotGood – III" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Badbadnotgood Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Badbadnotgood Chart History (Top Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  17. ↑ "Badbadnotgood Chart History (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Badbadnotgood Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
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