Third Party (album)

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Third Party
Studio album by
Blue Sky Black Death & Alexander Chen
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2010 (2010-09-07)
GenreHip hop
Length44:09
LabelFake Four Inc.
ProducerBlue Sky Black Death
Blue Sky Black Death chronology
Slow Burning Lights
(2008) 		Third Party
(2010) 		Noir
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]
HipHopDX3.5/5 stars[2]
Potholes in My Blog3.5/5 stars[3]
Spectrum Culture2.5/5[4]
URB3.5/5 stars[5]

Third Party is a collaborative studio album by American hip hop production duo Blue Sky Black Death and singer Alexander Chen. It was released by Fake Four Inc. in 2010.

Critical reception[]

Rick Anderson of AllMusic gave the album 3.5 stars out of 5, saying, "The songs are desultory but strangely attractive; the singing is cold and lackluster, but oddly comforting."[1] He added: "The overall sound is something like '80s synth pop with the turntable set at too low a speed, and it's weird and dreamy and pretty and just slightly annoying all at the same time."[1] Trav Glave of URB said, "the vocals do a nice job of painting more sound and layering it all together."[5]

Track listing[]

No.TitleLength
1."Carl Sagan"4:54
2."Absentee"3:58
3."Call to Arms"5:21
4."Set Fire"2:37
5."Institution"5:57
6."Cynic's Cough"4:45
7."Slow Years"2:26
8."Rerun"4:35
9."Threads of Gold"3:29
10."Scandal"6:05

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Anderson, Rick. "Third Party - Blue Sky Black Death". AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  2. ^ Gary, Kevin S. (September 4, 2010). "Blue Sky Black Death - Third Party". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  3. ^ Cole, Zach (September 25, 2010). "Album Review: Blue Sky Black Death – Third Party". Potholes in My Blog. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  4. ^ Kangas, Chaz (September 16, 2010). "Blue Sky Black Death: Third Party". Spectrum Culture. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Glave, Trav (October 15, 2012). "Blue Sky Black Death – Third Party". URB. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2014.

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