Third Law
by Roly Porter

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Third Law by Roly Porter
Year: 2016
Release date: 2016-01-22
Overall rank: 15,603rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 25 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2016 (318th)
Award Top albums of of the 2010s (3,266th)
Award Best albums of all time (15,603rd)

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Roly Porter bestography

Third Law is ranked as the best album by Roly Porter.

Roly Porter album bestography « Higher ranked
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Third Law track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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4101
Average Rating: 78 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
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In System
Average Rating: 73 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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Mass
Average Rating: 79 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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Blind Blackening
Average Rating: 75 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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High Places
Average Rating: 73 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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In Flight
Average Rating: 74 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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Departure Stage
Average Rating: 76 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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Known Space
Average Rating: 75 (8 votes)Comments: View 0

Third Law rankings

Third Law rankings summary
Overall rank: 15,603rd | 2010s rank: 3,266th | 2016 rank: 318th  Overall chart history
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Third Law ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 25 votes)
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 !		01/18/2026 22:51 DommeDamian  Ratings distribution  7,83748/100
 
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 !		02/10/2023 09:56 ssteve  Ratings distribution  2,62876/100

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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.


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Third Law forum mentions

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From Grzywa 03/07/2016 11:39 in What album are you listening to right now?
“What album are you listening to right now?”
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From Tap 02/13/2016 08:58 in Taplog
“2/10/16 1. by Matmos 2. by Roly Porter 3. by Shapednoise 5. by Joe McPhee (FL) 6. by Matmos 7. by John Wiese (LTY) _____________________ 2/11/16 1. by Not Waving (FL) 2. (LTY) 3. by Kanye West (FL16) 4. by Noah Howard (LTY) 5. (FL) 6. by Nick Forté (LTY) 7. Earnest Rubbish by Matthew Revert &…”
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From Anti 02/07/2016 18:06 in Just Remember What The Ass Do In A Sundress
“February 6th at 6:52p.m. I'll wait for my ALC entry to talk about this one. Rating: 90/100 It's dope af that's all you need to say. It's my AOTY so far (admittedly, only a month in) It is. My extremely short review on it is "sheer suspense." My AOTY so far as well.”
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From 07/15/2019 17:21 | #239607
The only thing I can remember Tri Angle putting out this year, and it’s more than enough. From the cover and song titles, it’s clear there’s a 2001: A Space Odyssey influence at play, but Porter’s doing more than merely referencing. He’s exploiting the full gamut of sound technology and music theory to fuck us up and it’s working.

Best track: Mass. Admit it, you’re picturing planet Earth bouncing against a cosmic mirror aren’t you. That’s so you.
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From 02/06/2016 23:32 | #158910
Sheer suspense.
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