Third Law
by Roly Porter
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Third Law is ranked as the best album by Roly Porter.
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Third Law track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/18/2026 22:51 |  DommeDamian | 7,627 | 48/100 |
| ! | 09/20/2024 00:24 | PapaShiz86 | 11,618 | 79/100 |
| ! | 02/10/2023 09:56 |  ssteve | 2,577 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/25/2022 08:53 |  drstuey | 2,709 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/13/2022 12:17 |  Kalos | 1,171 | 77/100 |
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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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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.
Anti 02/06/2016 23:32 | #158910
Sheer suspense.
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