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 three for 3....... April 29, 2008
muzic mania (dearborn mi)
21 out of 30 found this review helpful
been a long time, i didnt even know if they were still together, but they are, by far the best two song on this long awaited cd are WE CARRY ON and MACHINE GUN, some of the other songs, well, kinda dull the cd need some more of what these two tracks have. But, i feel i have heard this kinda sound before.....YES, if you like this kinda sound then check out the first two cd by the group flying lizzards the lizzards where way before there time, I am not saying this is not good, it has to grow on you. I just think if they would have done a few more songs like the two best track, it would have been a 4 for 3. god knows they have had enough time to make this cd great. It seems like they were too afraid to make it too pop. Like i said before, if you like this, take the time to check out the first cd release by the flying lizzards, yes its got the cover song MONEY. But after all these years for them, it still holds up. hope 3 can do the same as time goes on.
What's so wrong about wanting more of the same????? April 30, 2008
Jeffy Pop (KCMO)
21 out of 32 found this review helpful
Everyone keeps praising this album for having a fresh sound. Yes "Third" does sound different then past albums, and everyone praises them for that. However personally I want more of the old style. That is the Portishead I can bob my head to. Their first two albums is what brought me to love and appreciate the band(and you other fans too!), so why is it so wrong for them to make another album like them?? I would love another album of fantastic songs that I can listen to from beginning to end.
I'm not saying the album isn't without merit. However A lot of the album has the feel of Beth/rustin man project, "Out of Season". The recipe of their songs on the last two albums worked so well. If you are expecting the same groove that you loved about their first two albums, you will be let down. If you really loved "Out of Seasons" and mixed in some(a small bit) of the portishead feel, then you might be happy. That being said, I would have welcomed More of the Same from such a wonderfully talented group!
 My favorite band ever dissapoints May 1, 2008
Elio D. Querze III (Boston, MA United States)
17 out of 31 found this review helpful
Apparently 3 times was not a charm for Portishead. I still listen to Dummy and Portishead every few months even 10 years later. I even popped in the Roseland VHS to watch for the umpteenth time less than a year ago. When I found our Portishead was finally going to release their 3rd album, I was elated! I had very high expectations. Unfortunately, so far, Im just not feeling it at all. Beths voice are still perfection, but the tracks just aren't up to par with their previous releases. Its not as smooth, its not as haunting(as humming), and its not as catchy! Overall, its a big big disappointment for me. Still its too early to call it my all time biggest musical disappointment ever! The two tracks that dont seem like total duds are silence and plastic. The latter sort of sounds like Beth when she was with Rustin Man. But even then none of the tracks on this album compare to mysteries from that album. Perhaps, there is nothing that can touch the genious of the first two albums. Im still waiting! Maybe fourth ;)
 This is not the Portishead that I enjoy so much. May 2, 2008
B. Augustine (Austin, TX USA)
17 out of 30 found this review helpful
I still keep the first two Portishead albums with me on an MP3 player.. They are commonly playing when I go to sleep at night. But Third is just not the Portishead that I know and love. The deep bass heavy beats of the first album are dead and gone and this album is starting to sound even more industrial than the last. The warmth is gone and what is left over is just not something I am interested in.
If you are a fan of the first two albums, take a good long listen to the track samples before you buy Third. You may end up saving yourself some money.
Mediocre April 30, 2008
T. Oneal (La Verne, CA, USA)
16 out of 29 found this review helpful
I thought it was mediocre, and like most, I have been awaiting this release for a decade. I pretty much had the other cds on repeat over the last 5 years, so maybe it is just my anticipation that killed it. I thought Beth's vocals were hollow but not in the great way that made other Portishead albums memorable. In the "dilluted and weakened" sense. I'm sorry but I have to be honest here, it seems like they went a little too deep into their imagination and pulled out melodies without much weight. Perhaps it will get better with additional listening, but other than a few choice tracks, I don't hold this album up to the standard of their previous 3.
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