III (BadBadNotGood album)

III

Studio album by BadBadNotGood

Released

May 6, 2014

Genre

Instrumental hip hop, jazz

Length

48:28

Label

Innovative Leisure, Pirates Blend

Producer

BadBadNotGood, Frank Dukes

BadBadNotGood chronology

BBNG2
(2012)

III
(2014)

Sour Soul
(2015)

III is the third studio album from Canadian jazz instrumental hip hop band BadBadNotGood. It was released on May 6, 2014.^[1] It is the group's first album of completely original material.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100 ^[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
CMJ	favourable^[3]
Exclaim!	8/10^[4]
NME	7/10^[5]
Now	^[6]
PopMatters	7/10^[7]
The 405	7/10^[8]

Upon its release, III received positive reviews. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable".^[2]

The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.^[9]

Track listing

All songs are produced by BADBADNOTGOOD and Frank Dukes

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Triangle"	3:47
2.	"Can't Leave the Night"	4:39
3.	"Confessions" (featuring Leland Whitty)	5:01
4.	"Kaleidoscope"	7:06
5.	"Eyes Closed"	5:58
6.	"Hedron"	5:41
7.	"Differently, Still"	4:43
8.	"Since You Asked Kindly"	4:41
9.	"CS60"	6:52
Total length:		48:28

Rappcats Exclusive Version^[10]
No.	Title	Length
10.	"Sustain"	3:12
Total length:		51:40

Personnel

Matthew Tavares - Composer, Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Main Personnel, Piano, Piano (Electric), Producer, Synthesizer
Chester Hansen - Bass (Upright), Composer, Guitar (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Keyboards, Main Personnel, Producer, Sampling, Synthesizer
Alexander Sowinski - Composer, Drums, Main Personnel, Percussion, Photography, Producer, Sampling, Synthesizer, Wood Block
João Carvalho - Mastering
Frank Dukes - Assistant Engineer, Producer
Stephen Koszler - Engineer, Mixing
Matt Macneil - Assistant Engineer
Leland Whitty - Saxophone, Violin, Viola, Featured Artist^[11]
Tommy Paxton-Beesley - Cello, Violin, Guitar (Electric)

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[12]	90
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)^[13]	10
US Top Jazz Albums (Billboard)^[14]	2

References

↑ Marchand, Francois (May 8, 2014). "Album of the Week: BADBADNOTGOOD". The Vancouver Sun.
1 2 "Critic Reviews for III". Metacritic. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
↑ CMJ review
↑ Exclaim! review
↑ NME review
↑ Now review
↑ PopMatters review
↑ The 405 review
↑ "Polaris Music Prize announces 2014 long list". Aux, June 19, 2014.
↑ "Rappcats Exclusive Version". Rappcats. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
↑ Credits listed on AllMusic
↑ "Ultratop.be – BadBadNotGood – III" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
↑ "Badbadnotgood – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Badbadnotgood. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
↑ "Badbadnotgood – Chart history" Billboard Top Jazz Albums for Badbadnotgood. Retrieved July 19, 2016.

External links

BadBadNotGood
Chester Hansen Alexander Sowinski Matthew A. Tavares Leland Whitty
Studio albums	BBNG BBNG2 III IV
Collaboration albums	Sour Soul (with Ghostface Killah)
Songs	"Lavender" (with Kaytranada)

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