Not for Threes

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/not-for-threes-mw0000045303 |title=Not for Threes – Plaid |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=10 November 2017 |last=Cooper |first=Sean}}

| rev2 = Muzik

| rev2score = 7/10{{cite magazine |title=Plaid: Not for Threes |magazine=Muzik |issue=30 |date=November 1997 |last=Peggs |first=Tobias |page=99}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001287reviews.html |title=Plaid – Not For Threes |magazine=NME |date=22 November 1997 |access-date=10 November 2017 |last=Willmott |first=Ben |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817185455/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980101001287reviews.html |archive-date=17 August 2000 |url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = Pitchfork

| rev4score = 7.5/10{{cite web |url=http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20910/Plaid_Not_For_Threes |title=Plaid: Not For Threes |website=Pitchfork |access-date=10 November 2017 |last=Schreiber |first=Ryan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010825173035/http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/plaid/not-for-threes.shtml |archive-date=25 August 2001 |url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Spin

| rev5score = 8/10{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ij4Wc-5krxYC&pg=PA136 |title=Plaid: Not for Threes |magazine=Spin |volume=14 |issue=6 |date=June 1998 |access-date=1 May 2021 |last=Micallef |first=Ken |pages=136, 138}}

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In 2017, Pitchfork ranked Not for Threes at number 36 on its list of the 50 best IDM albums of all time.{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10011-the-50-best-idm-albums-of-all-time/?page=2 |title=The 50 Best IDM Albums of All Time |website=Pitchfork |date=24 January 2017 |access-date=10 November 2017 |page=2}}

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Plaid (Ed Handley and Andy Turner), except where noted

| title1 = Abla Eedio

| length1 = 7:56

| title2 = Kortisin

| length2 = 5:23

| title3 = Headspin

| length3 = 5:34

| title4 = Myopia

| length4 = 4:32

| title5 = Lat

| length5 = 0:46

| title6 = Extork

| writer6 = {{hlist|Plaid|Nicolette}}

| length6 = 4:11

| title7 = Prague Radio

| length7 = 4:46

| title8 = Fer

| length8 = 4:35

| title9 = Ladyburst

| length9 = 4:19

| title10 = Rakimou

| writer10 = {{hlist|Plaid|Mara|Benet}}

| length10 = 6:02

| title11 = Ol

| note11 = omitted from US edition

| length11 = 4:55

| title12 = Seph

| length12 = 1:36

| title13 = Lilith

| writer13 = {{hlist|Plaid|Björk}}

| length13 = 4:38

| title14 = Forever

| length14 = 1:16

| title15 = Getting

| writer15 = {{hlist|Plaid|Leila Arab}}

| length15 = 2:55

| title16 = Milh

| length16 = 5:24

| total_length = 68:48

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{{Track listing

| headline = US edition bonus tracks

| title16 = Undoneson

| length16 = 4:16

| title17 = Spudink

| length17 = 4:43

| total_length = 72:52

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Not for Threes |others=Plaid |publisher=Warp |year=1997 |id=WARPCD54 |type=liner notes}}

Plaid

• Ed Handley – production
• Andy Turner – production, vocals (on "Ladyburst")

Additional musicians

• Benet – guitar (on "Kortisin", "Rakimou" and "Lilith"), violin (on "Rakimou" and "Lilith")
• Björk – vocals (on "Lilith")
• Coba – accordion (on "Rakimou" and "Lilith")
• Mara – vocals (on "Myopia", "Ladyburst" and "Rakimou")
• Nicolette – vocals (on "Extork")

Design

• Robert Clifford – photography
• Think 1 – design

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• [https://warp.net/releases/115908-plaid-not-for-threes Not for Threes] at Warp
• {{Discogs master|6739|Not for Threes}}

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