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Upon its release, Third was generally very well received by critics. PopMatters gave the album a 9/10, saying "History will eventually see it rank on par with the rest of their legendary works".

Wireless Bollinger, which gave the album 93/100, said that "while Third is, undoubtedly, the most stubbornly difficult, and least accessible of Portishead?s three albums, those willing to give it repeat listens will find themselves rewarded by an album which will, in time, sit comfortably alongside Dummy as one of the greatest albums of their genre."[4]

All Music Guide called the album "utterly riveting and endlessly absorbing" in their review of the album, which they gave a 4.5/5. The publication also went on to say:
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It demands attention, requiring effort on the part of the listener, as this defies any conventions on what constitutes art pop apart from one key tenet, one that is often attempted yet rarely achieved: it offers music that is genuinely, startlingly original.
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The album was also praised by fellow band Radiohead, who called it "incredible", "mental", and "their best record so far". Controversially Arizona Bay off of wrath off of the barclay rated it as s**te.

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