Critical reception
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".[1]
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."[3] 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."[8]
Track listing
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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 |
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16. | "The Past Time" | 9:22 |
17. | "The Wilderness" | 3:42 |
Total length: | 60:09 |
Reception
- 1 2 3 "The Third Hand by Rjd2". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- 1 2 Bush, John. "RJD2 - The Third Hand". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- 1 2 Murray, Noel (March 13, 2007). "RJD2: The Third Hand". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ Vrabel, Jeff (February 27, 2007). "Review: RJD2's 'The Third Hand'". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ Hands, Steve (March 5, 2007). "RJD2 – The Third Hand". MusicOMH. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ Mackay, Emily (March 2, 2007). "RJD2: The Third Hand". NME. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ Patrin, Nate (March 9, 2007). "RJD2: The Third Hand". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- 1 2 Heaton, Dave (March 8, 2007). "Rjd2: The Third Hand". PopMatters. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ Harris, Keith (March 15, 2007). "RJD2, 'The Third Hand' (XL)". Spin. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ Weiss, Jeff (March 8, 2007). "RJD2 - The Third Hand". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ↑ Kharas, Kev (January 4, 2007). "Album news: RJD2 shows his Third Hand". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- 1 2 "Rjd2: Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- 1 2 "Rjd2: Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- 1 2 "Rjd2: Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
- ↑ Hamilton, Pierre (August 14, 2007). "RJD2: The Third Hand Instrumentals". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 28, 2016.