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3rd (The Baseball Project album)

{{Infobox album

| name = 3rd

| type = Studio

| artist = The Baseball Project

| cover = 3rd-Basebeall Project.png

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2014|03|25}}

| recorded = Type Foundry Studio, Portland, Oregon, United States

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Indie rock

| length = {{Duration|m=61|s=33}}

| label = Yep Roc Records

| producer = The Baseball Project and Adam Selzer

| prev_title = The Broadside Ballads

| prev_year = 2011

| next_title =Grand Salami Time

| next_year =2023

}}

3rd is the third album by American indie rock supergroup the Baseball Project. It was released on March 25, 2014, on Yep Roc Records.

Reviews

{{Music ratings

|MC=77%{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/3rd/the-baseball-project | title=3rd Reviews | work=Metacritic | access-date=25 October 2014}}

|rev1=AllMusic

|rev1score={{rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/3rd-mw0002617049 | title=3rd Review | work=AllMusic | access-date=25 October 2014 | author=Deming, Mark}}

|rev4=PopMatters

|rev4score=8/10{{cite web | url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/180892-the-baseball-project-3rd/ | title=The Baseball Project: 3rd | work=PopMatters | date=23 April 2014 | access-date=25 October 2014 | author=Koch, Jeff}}

|rev2=Robert Christgau

|rev2score=A−{{cite web | url=https://medium.com/cuepoint/robert-christgau-expert-witness-25b726055213 | title=Baseball Project / Hamell on Trial / Richmond Fontaine / Delines /Stick Against Stone /Ry Cooder / Modern Baseball | publisher=Medium | date=24 October 2014 | access-date=25 October 2014 | author=Christgau, Robert}}

|rev3=Lincoln Journal Star

|rev3score=B+{{cite web | url=http://journalstar.com/entertainment/music/album-reviews/review-rd-the-baseball-project/article_dfaec146-f041-5a15-bd00-c52369dcdd0c.html | title=Review: '3rd,' The Baseball Project | work=Lincoln Journal Star | date=31 March 2014 | access-date=25 October 2014 | author=Wolgamott, L. Kent}}

}}

3rd has received positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator site Metacritic has given it a 77%, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

{{ordered list

|"Stats" (Wynn) – 1:39

|"From Nails to Thumbtacks" (McCaughey) – 2:56

|"¡Hola America!" (Wynn) – 3:56

|"13" (Wynn) – 4:08

|"The Day Dock Went Hunting Heads" (McCaughey) – 4:35

|"To the Veterans Committee" (Mills) – 2:19

|"Monument Park" (Wynn) – 4:28

|"Box Scores" (McCaughey) – 4:05

|"They Don't Know Henry" (McCaughey) – 3:30

|"The Babe" (McCaughey) – 3:38

|"They Are the Oakland A's" (McCaughey) – 3:14

|"Pascual on the Perimeter" (Wynn) – 3:33

|"The Baseball Card Song" (Wynn) – 3:18

|"Extra Inning of Love" (McCaughey) – 4:17

|"Larry Yount" (Wynn) – 3:42

|"A Boy Named Cy" (Wynn) – 2:27

|"They Played Baseball" (McCaughey) – 4:53

|"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (Norworth/Von Tilzer, public domain, arr. McCaughey/Wynn/Pitmon) – 1:04

}}

;Bonus tracks from YepRoc.com

{{ordered list|start=19

|"C'mon Prince (Stay in Milwaukee)" – 2:52

|"I Shan't Be Back" – 2:36

|"Spring Training in New Orleans" – 3:32

|"Why Melky Why" – 2:19

}}

Personnel

The Baseball Project

Guests

  • Josh Kantor – piano and organ (7); Panda organ
  • Alex Gonzalez (Escoba) – trumpet (3, 4)

Production

Produced by The Baseball Project and Adam Selzer.

Recorded by Adam Selzer at Type Foundry, Portland OR.

Additional recording by:

  • Scott McCaughey (Dungeon Of Horror, Portland)
  • John Keane (John Keane Studios, Athens GA)
  • David Barbe (Chase Transduction, Athens)
  • David Westner (Woolly Mammoth, Waltham MA)
  • Gabriel Lopez at T-Vox Records (Mexico City, Mexico)

Mixed by:

  • Mitch Easter (Fidelitorium Studios, Kernersville, NC)
  • Sam Bell (Large Portions, L.A.)
  • Scott McCaughey (Dungeon Of Horror, Portland)

Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound NYC

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.thebaseballproject.net/ Homepage]

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Category:The Baseball Project albums

Category:Yep Roc Records albums

Category:2014 albums