Third
by Portishead
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Portishead bestography
Third is ranked 2nd best out of 7 albums by Portishead on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Portishead is Dummy which is ranked number 64 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,220.
(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
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Third rankings
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Third ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/16/2026 11:55 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/12/2026 16:12 | liquidbottle | 775 | 82/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2026 16:44 |  covecove | 6,670 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/28/2026 14:48 | TheWongs | 807 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2026 16:46 | Jakor | 5,437 | 70/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
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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Not for everyone. I can see that. But for me , this might be their best album.
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Jboy56 01/28/2022 13:58 | #280222
Good for wrist slicing. Dark as hell
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VictorVale 08/25/2021 23:43 | #272844
Mais experimentalistas, valeu a pena!
teague 08/08/2021 12:18 | #272342
Portishead's take on Tago Mago.
AvalancheGrips 02/19/2021 02:10 | #266493
Such a savage and even traumatic album. Love the Krautrock vibes.
For me their only accessible album.
Timestarter 08/31/2020 11:13 | #257606
Fav. Tracks: The Rip, We Carry On, Deep Water, Machine Gun, Threads.
LebowskiRams 11/18/2019 21:43 | #244979
One of the most criminally underrated albums ever
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