The Third Hand

This article is about the album from the musician RJD2. For the type of jig used in soldering and craftwork, see Helping hand (tool).
The Third Hand
Studio album by RJD2
Released March 6, 2007 (2007-03-06)
Genre Hip hop, electronic, rock, pop
Length 47:05
Label XL Recordings
Producer RJD2
RJD2 chronology
Since We Last Spoke
(2004)		 The Third Hand
(2007)		 The Colossus
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic60/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The A.V. ClubB-[3]
Billboardmixed[4]
MusicOMH[5]
NME5/10[6]
Pitchfork Media3.7/10[7]
PopMatters[8]
Spinmixed[9]
Stylus MagazineC+[10]

The Third Hand is the third studio album by RJD2.[11] It was released on XL Records on March 6, 2007.[1] The Third Hand Instrumentals, an instrumental version of the album, was also released in 2007.[2][12]

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Third Hand received an average score of 60% based on 28 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[1]

Track listing

No. Title Length
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
16. "The Past Time" (iTunes bonus track) 9:22
17. "The Wilderness" (iTunes bonus track) 3:42

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Billboard 200[13] 190
Independent Albums[14] 23
Heatseekers Albums[15] 5

Reception

  1. 1 2 3 "The Third Hand by Rjd2". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Bush, John. "RJD2 - The Third Hand". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Murray, Noel (March 13, 2007). "RJD2: The Third Hand". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ Vrabel, Jeff (February 27, 2007). "Review: RJD2's 'The Third Hand'". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Hands, Steve (March 5, 2007). "RJD2 – The Third Hand". MusicOMH. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Mackay, Emily (March 2, 2007). "RJD2: The Third Hand". NME. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ Patrin, Nate (March 9, 2007). "RJD2: The Third Hand". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ Heaton, Dave (March 8, 2007). "Rjd2: The Third Hand". PopMatters. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ Harris, Keith (March 15, 2007). "RJD2, ‘The Third Hand’ (XL)". Spin. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ Weiss, Jeff (March 8, 2007). "RJD2 - The Third Hand". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  11. ↑ Kharas, Kev (January 4, 2007). "Album news: RJD2 shows his Third Hand". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  12. ↑ Hamilton, Pierre (August 14, 2007). "RJD2: The Third Hand Instrumentals". Exclaim!. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Rjd2 - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Rjd2 - Chart history - Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Rjd2 - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

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