Third
by Portishead

Third by Portishead
Year: 2008
Release date: 2008-04-28
Overall rank: 293rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 846 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 2008 (3rd)
Award Top 50 albums of the 2000s (43rd)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (293rd)

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Portishead bestography

Third is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Portishead on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Portishead is Dummy which is ranked number 65 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,236.

Portishead album bestography « Higher ranked (65th)
Dummy
This album (293rd)
Third
Lower ranked (995th) »
Portishead

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Third track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 89 (209 votes)Comments: View 0
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Third rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 293rd | 2000s rank: 43rd | 2008 rank: 3rd
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2026Cheboygan74Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s17/10017
2026 HaydenTop 90 Music Albums of 20088/905
2026 covecoveTop 100 Music Albums of 20085/1005
2026SD100852Top 15 Music Albums of 20081/155
2026cicadelicAll Music Guide Albums of the Year 2008 Pop New Releases49/64 -
2026cicadelicJunkmedia Best Albums 20083/23 -
2026fabm0Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s97/1001
2026sweetnessTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s99/1000
2026 ExTeaSeaTop 100 Greatest Music Albums35/10066
2026 zags7000Overall 401-50052/100 -
2026 LebowskiRamsTop 16 Music Albums of 20081/165
2026 PurplepashTop 43 Music Albums of 20087/434
2026 KalosTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s41/10012
2026cicadelicHeineken.es Mejores Discos internacionales 20081/20 -
2026 ssteveTop 43 Music Albums of 20082/435
2026 Graeme2Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s34/10013
2026cicadelicEfe Eme Lo Mejor de 2008: Discos internacionales7/20 -
2026 BachTop 8 Music Albums of 20081/85
2026Johnnyo2008 by DDD15/40 -
2026cicadelicDelusions Of Adequacy Top 50 of 20083/51 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 748
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 5,614
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Third ratings

Average Rating: 
81/100 (from 846 votes)
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85/100
 
06/08/2026 16:44 covecove  Ratings distribution  6,64074/100
 
75/100
 
05/28/2026 14:48 TheWongs  Ratings distribution  76871/100
 
75/100
 
05/12/2026 16:46 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
90/100
 
04/22/2026 19:01 btener11  Ratings distribution  3,91380/100
 
50/100
 
04/08/2026 20:53 araidernomore  Ratings distribution  46170/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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Third comments

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100/100
From 09/29/2022 00:46 | #290034
Not for everyone. I can see that. But for me , this might be their best album.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
60/100
From 07/25/2022 20:26 | #287818
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Rating:  
75/100
From 01/28/2022 13:58 | #280222
Good for wrist slicing. Dark as hell
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40/100
From 01/08/2022 11:49 | #278827
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80/100
From 08/25/2021 23:43 | #272844
Mais experimentalistas, valeu a pena!
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Rating:  
90/100
From 08/08/2021 12:18 | #272342
Portishead's take on Tago Mago.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
100/100
From 02/19/2021 02:10 | #266493
Such a savage and even traumatic album. Love the Krautrock vibes.
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Rating:  
65/100
From 12/16/2020 18:45 | #262773
For me their only accessible album.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 08/31/2020 11:13 | #257606
Fav. Tracks: The Rip, We Carry On, Deep Water, Machine Gun, Threads.
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100/100
From 11/18/2019 21:43 | #244979
One of the most criminally underrated albums ever
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