Third is the third studio album by the English band Portishead. It was released on April 28, 2008 in the United Kingdom by Island Records and a day later in the United States by Mercury Records. Portishead's first studio album in eleven years, Third moved away from the trip hop style they had popularised, incorporating influences such as krautrock, surf rock, doo wop and the film soundtracks of John Carpenter. Read more on Last.fm.
Portishead are an English band formed in 1991 in Bristol. Portishead are named after Portishead, Somerset, eight miles west of Bristol, along the coast. The band comprises vocalist Beth Gibbons, producer Geoff Barrow and musician Adrian Utley.
Portishead's debut album, Dummy (1994), fused hip hop production with an atmospheric, cinematic style reminiscent of spy film soundtracks. The album was met with commercial and critical acclaim, quickly becoming a landmark album in the emerging trip hop genre. Read more on Last.fm
After an agonizingly long hiatus, Portishead’s THIRD album wanders on from Cold War and cowboys to 60s Silver Apples psychedelia, offering a little more pleasantry, but still holding firm to the dark, ominous, reverb-drenched sound that built their fan base.