Three (Joel Plaskett album)

Three is the third solo album by Canadian indie rock musician

Three
Joel Plaskett, released on March 24, 2009.[2] Plaskett produced
and recorded the album himself at his own Scotland Yard studio
in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

In addition to being released as a triple album, the number three

is reflected in several other aspects of the album. Each disc has
nine songs on it, many of which are titled with a single word or
phrase repeated three times. The album's release date of 3/24/09
also consists of numbers divisible by three, the cover features an
image of Plaskett holding three fingers up, and preorders through
MapleMusic were distributed with access to exclusive tickets,
priced at $66, which would entitle the purchaser to a seat in the Studio album by Joel Plaskett
first twelve rows of Plaskett's concert at Toronto's Massey Hall Released March 24, 2009
the night before the album's release.[2] According to Plaskett, the Studio Scotland Yard,
discs tell a story of "going away, being alone and coming home", Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
with each disc representing one of those three themes.[3]
Genre Indie rock
Guest musicians on the album include singers Ana Egge and Folk rock
Rose Cousins, who were at the Folk Alliance festival in Memphis Folk
in 2007. The three of them tried jamming at Easley McCain Length 104:56
Recording in Memphis, and Plaskett decided he wanted to have Label MapleMusic
them on his new album and write parts for them.[4] Plaskett's
Producer Joel Plaskett
father Bill was also a significant contributor to the album,
offering songwriting and arranging, vocals, and playing Joel Plaskett chronology
bouzouki, acoustic guitar, tenor guitar, and piano.[3] Ashtray Three EMERGENCYs,
Rock (2009) false alarms,
The album was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize.[5][6] (2007) shipwrecks,
It won Contemporary Album of the Year at the 2009 Canadian castaways,
Folk Music Awards. fragile
creatures,
In June 2009, Plaskett released a follow-up EP, entitled Three special
More, which contained three songs not featured on the original features,
album. demons and
demonstrations
In 2010, Plaskett released a condensed version of Three called (2011)
Three to One primarily for the non-Canadian market.[7]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Contents Source Rating

Track listing PopMatters (6/10)[1]

Three More
Three to One
 References

Track listing
All tracks are written by Joel Plaskett, except where noted.

Disc one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Every Time You Leave" 2:20
2. "Through & Through & Through" 4:25
3. "You Let Me Down" 2:22
4. "Pine, Pine, Pine" 2:09
5. "Wait, Wait, Wait" N. Neville 2:27
6. "Drifters Raus" Matthew Grimson 3:06
7. "Gone, Gone, Gone" 3:56
8. "Wishful Thinking" 7:14
9. "Run, Run, Run" 5:12
Disc two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Safe in Your Arms" 4:05
2. "Shine On, Shine On, Shine On" Joel Plaskett; ending: 4:11
Traditional, "The Verdant Braes
of Skreen"
3. "Sailors Eyes" 3:20
4. "Heartless, Heartless, Heartless" Joel and Bill Plaskett 4:20
5. "In the Blue Moonlight" 3:27
6. "Down, Down, Down" 2:22
7. "Beyond, Beyond, Beyond" 4:40
8. "Demons" 3:33
9. "New Scotland Blues" 3:45
Disc three
No. Title Length
1. "Rewind, Rewind, Rewind" 2:09
2. "Precious, Precious, Precious" 1:19
3. "Deny, Deny, Deny" 2:30
4. "One Look" 3:14
5. "Our Place in the Sun" 3:18
6. "Lazy Bones" 5:22
7. "All the Way Down the Line" 4:26
8. "Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'" 3:15
9. "On & On & On" 12:29

Three More
No. Title Length
1. "Compete with Loneliness"
2. "Spinning for You"
 3. "Stay, Stay, Stay"

Three to One
No. Title Length
1. "Deny, Deny, Deny"
2. "Through and Through and Through"
3. "You Let Me Down"
4. "Rewind, Rewind, Rewind"
5. "Precious, Precious, Precious"
6. "Run, Run, Run"
7. "Safe in Your Arms"
8. "Sailors Eyes"
9. "New Scotland Blues"
10. "One Look"
11. "All the Way Down the Line"
12. "Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'"
13. "Wishful Thinking"

References
1. PopMatters review (http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/72883-joel-plaskett-three/)
2. Thiessen, Brock (January 27, 2009). "Joel Plaskett Is Obsessed With the Number Three (htt
p://exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?
csid1=129&csid2=844&fid1=36091)". Exclaim!. Retrieved on 2009-03-12.
3. Flinn, Sean (May 28, 2009). "Joel Plaskett: Three for the road (http://www.thecoast.ca/halifa
x/joel-plaskett-three-for-the-road/Content?oid=1130704)", The Coast. Retrieved on 2009-
07-18.
4. Rayner, Ben (May 23, 2009). "The Joel Plaskett Emergency: this good music comes in 3s (h
ttps://www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/638413)", Toronto Star. Retrieved on
2009-07-18.
5. Brophy, Aaron (July 7, 2009). "Joel Plaskett Talks Polaris 2009 Nomination (http://www.chart
attack.com/news/71914/joel-plaskett-talks-polaris-2009-nomination)", Chartattack.com.
Retrieved on 2009-07-18.
6. "Fucked Up Win Polaris Prize" (https://web.archive.org/web/20120312043151/http://www.cli
ckmusic.com/news/article/fucked-up-win-polaris-prize). Clickmusic. 2009-09-23. Archived
from the original (http://www.clickmusic.com/news/article/fucked-up-win-polaris-prize) on
2012-03-12. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
7. BBC review of Three to One (https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/gnrj)

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