The Third Rail (album)

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The Third Rail
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Studio album by
Railroad Jerk
ReleasedOctober 8, 1996 (1996-10-08)
Genre Alternative rock, blues rock
Length44:22
Label Matador
Producer Railroad Jerk, Settly
Railroad Jerk chronology
One Track Mind
(1995)		The Third Rail
(1996)

The Third Rail (sometimes also referred to as Third Rail) is the fourth and final studio album by New York City-based blues rock band Railroad Jerk, released on October 8, 1996, on Matador Records.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club (favorable) [2]
Spin 7/10 [3]
The Stanford Daily Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Village Voice B+ [5]

Chris Nelson, of Addicted to Noise , ranked The Third Rail as his fourth favorite album of 1996. [6] Writing in the Village Voice , Robert Christgau gave the album a B+ grade, writing that on it, the band's frontman Marcellus Hall "represents Manhattan art-slackerdom like the proud denizen he is." [5] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "...much of the album rocks harder and better than any of their previous records." [1]

Track listing

  1. Clean Shirt – 4:07
  2. Objectify Me – 3:11
  3. You Forgot – 3:48
  4. Natalie – 4:20
  5. You Bet – 4:32
  6. Well – 4:45
  7. Dusty Knuckle – 4:01
  8. Middle Child – 3:13
  9. This Is Not to Say I Still Miss You – 3:14
  10. Another Nite at the Bar – 2:54
  11. (I Can't Get) No Sleep – 3:47
  12. Sweet Librarian – 1:57
  13. Untitled – 0:33

References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Third Rail - Railroad Jerk". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ jgarden (March 29, 2002). "Railroad Jerk: The Third Rail". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ Wolk, Douglas (December 1996). "Records". Spin. Vol. 12, no. 9. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 143–4.
  4. ↑ Flores, Angel (November 14, 1996). "More Music". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Christgau, Robert (June 2, 1998). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice.
  6. ↑ Nelson, Chris (January 8, 1997). "ATN Critic's Picks: Chris Nelson's Top 10 for '96". MTV News. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.


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