PTX, Vol. III

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PTX, Vol. III
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ReleasedSeptember 23, 2014
Recorded2014
Genre A cappella
Length24:01
LanguageEnglish
French
Label RCA
Producer Ben Bram
Pentatonix chronology
PTX
(2014)
PTX, Vol. III
(2014)
That's Christmas to Me
(2014)

PTX, Vol. III (Volume 3) is the fourth extended play album by the a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released on September 23, 2014 by RCA Records, although it was released earlier in Australia on September 19, 2014. The extended play contains four covers as well as three original tracks ("On My Way Home", "See Through" and "Standing By"). As of October 23, 2015, PTX, Vol. III has sold 201,226 copies. [1]

Contents

Background

In April and May 2014 during their European tour, Pentatonix began working on PTX Vol. III. Since they weren't always in one place at a time, the album was recorded at various tour locations such as Singapore, New York City and Japan. The arrangement and recording process in the album was different to those of previous albums as the songs were pre-arranged and the outline of the song was created before its details were filled in. [2] The song "On My Way Home" was originally written by the British alternative rock band Coldplay for their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams , was given to Pentatonix and left off the final track list. [3] [4] [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."Problem"Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea 2:28
2."On My Way Home"Pentatonix3:15
3."La La Latch"
Naughty Boy/Disclosure featuring Sam Smith [respectively]3:41
4."Rather Be"
Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne 3:32
5."See Through"Pentatonix3:19
6."Papaoutai" (featuring Lindsey Stirling) Paul Van Haver Stromae 3:33
7."Standing By"PentatonixPentatonix4:13
Total length:24:01

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 19
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [7] 8
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [8] 21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] 47
Italian Albums (FIMI) [10] 89
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] 19
US Billboard 200 [12] 5
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [13] 3

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Australia [14] [15] September 19, 2014 CD, digital download RCA Records
United Kingdom [16] September 21, 2014
Canada [17] September 23, 2014
United States [18]

Personnel

Pentatonix

Additional personnel

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