The Third Hand is the third studio album by RJD2.[1] It was released on XL Records on March 6, 2007.[2] It peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200 chart,[3] number 5 on the Heatseekers Albums chart,[4] and number 23 on the Independent Albums chart.[5]The Third Hand Instrumentals, an instrumental version of the album, was also released in 2007.[6][7]
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, based on 28 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[2]
Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave the album a grade of B−, saying: "About half of The Third Hand is given over to dub exercises and soundtrack-ready soundscapes, while the other half pushes fairly conventional alt-pop, heavy on the Beatles-esque flourishes."[8] Dave Heaton of PopMatters gave the album 5 stars out of 10, saying: "You may have to listen past a few layers to be satisfied, but there is a level of satisfaction to be found."[13]
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