Third

~ Release by Portishead (see all versions of this release, 17 available)

Tracklist

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1▼12" Vinyl
#	Title	Rating	Length
A1	Silence engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey guest cello: Charlotte Nicholls (UK cellist, aka Chipper) additional guest spoken vocals: Claudio Campos vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: Silence writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.4	5:01
A2	Hunter engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: Hunter writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.7	3:59
A3	Nylon Smile engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: Nylon Smile writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.45	3:20
B1	The Rip engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey guest bassoon: Wendy Bertram vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: The Rip writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.95	4:31
B2	Plastic engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey guest clarinet: Team Brick vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: Plastic writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.45	3:31
B3	We Carry On engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: We Carry On writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.45	6:28

2▼12" Vinyl
#	Title	Rating	Length
C1	Deep Water engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey additional guest vocals: David Poore, Ben Salisbury and Team Brick vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: Deep Water writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.3	1:33
C2	Machine Gun vocals: Beth Gibbons recording of: Machine Gun writer: Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons	4.05	4:46
C3	Small engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: Small writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.45	6:47
D1	Magic Doors engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey guest hurdy gurdy: Stu Barker guest Rhodes piano: John Baggott guest saxophone: Will Gregory (saxophonist and member of Goldfrapp) vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: Magic Doors writer: John Baggott, Geoff Barrow and Beth Gibbons	3.35	3:32
D2	Threads engineer: Rik Dowding, Stuart Matthews (engineer), John Pickford (engineer) and Adrian Utley producer: Portishead mixer: Geoff Barrow and Craig Silvey guest cello: Charlotte Nicholls (UK cellist, aka Chipper) guest drums (drum set): Clive Deamer guest saxophone: Will Gregory (saxophonist and member of Goldfrapp) guitar: Beth Gibbons vocals: Beth Gibbons phonographic copyright (℗) by: Go! Discs Ltd. (company credits only; do NOT use as release label) (in 2008) recording of: Threads writer: Geoff Barrow, Beth Gibbons and Adrian Utley	3.7	5:48

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Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1320059 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Machine Gun The Rip The Rip

part of:	Sue: Vuosikymmenen levyt, ulkomaiset (2000s) (number: 23) (order: 23) Fact Magazine: The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s (number: 28) (order: 28)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/5496 [info]
reviews:	https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/c8p2 [info] https://www.soundonsound.com/people/adrian-utley-recording-third [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/portishead/third/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000784007 [info]
Wikidata:	Q571394 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 602517641044
Format:: 2×12" Vinyl
Length:: 49:16

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: Gatefold Cover
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Island
1764104

Release events

Europe
2008-04-28

Release group rating

4.1 (see all ratings)

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