The Third Hand

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The Third Hand
Rjd2.jpg
Studio album by
RJD2
ReleasedMarch 6, 2007 (2007-03-06)
Genre
Length47:05
Label XL Recordings
Producer RJD2
RJD2 chronology
Magnificent City
(2006)		The Third Hand
(2007)		 The Colossus
(2010)
Singles from The Third Hand
  1. "You Never Had It So Good"
    Released: 2007
  2. "Work It Out"
    Released: 2007

The Third Hand is the third studio album by RJD2. [1] It was released on XL Records on March 6, 2007. [2] It peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200 chart, [3] number 5 on the Heatseekers Albums chart, [4] and number 23 on the Independent Albums chart. [5] The Third Hand Instrumentals, an instrumental version of the album, was also released in 2007. [6] [7]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 60/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The A.V. Club B− [8]
Billboard mixed [9]
MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
NME 5/10 [11]
Pitchfork 3.7/10 [12]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin mixed [14]
Stylus Magazine C+ [15]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, based on 28 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [2]

Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B−, saying: "About half of The Third Hand is given over to dub exercises and soundtrack-ready soundscapes, while the other half pushes fairly conventional alt-pop, heavy on the Beatles-esque flourishes." [8] Dave Heaton of PopMatters gave the album 5 stars out of 10, saying: "You may have to listen past a few layers to be satisfied, but there is a level of satisfaction to be found." [13]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro"1:00
2."You Never Had It So Good"4:04
3."Have Mercy"3:18
4."Reality"3:01
5."Work It Out"3:26
6."Laws of the Gods"2:10
7."Get It"3:30
8."Someday"1:22
9."The Bad Penny"4:04
10."Beyond the Beyond"3:57
11."Sweet Piece"4:00
12."Rules for Normal Living"4:03
13."Paper Bubbles"2:49
14."Just When"3:28
15."The Evening Gospel"2:53
Total length:47:05
iTunes edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
16."The Past Time"9:22
17."The Wilderness"3:42
Total length:60:09

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 190
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [4] 5
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [5] 23

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