3rd Door Left

Hacienda | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 2000)
• Original Release Date: November 8, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Infracom
• ASIN: B0000521S5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,633 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Working Class Glamour

2. Sabor

3. Late Lounge Lover

4. Blue Smile

5. Seventy Steps to the 80's

6. Unfinshed and Undone

7. Me da Um Favor

8. Nightflight

9. Mexican Dubweiser

10. Nord-O.S.T.

11. Blind

12. Poème (For the Love of...)

13. Incredible Shocking DJ Updates 03 [Instrumental]

14. Quiet Nights

15. Sabor Reprise

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Less electronic, funkier Hacienda will get more devotees., December 15, 2000

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Guillermo Folco (San Francisco, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3rd Door Left (Audio CD)

This third offering of the german combo is certainly an ensemble of vibes and influences that came as a surprise to me. This is not the sound of Sunday Afternoon or Narrowed Eyes, this is much more in the vein of Jazzanova if anything. Perhaps I would have rated this album better if I hadn't bought Drum and Bossa by Landslide. It's just that the Brazilian saudade gets overused and becomes boring after a while. Nonetheless 3rd door left has great moments and with 17 songs you really can't expect much more. There is only one Amon Tobin that can enthrall you for hours on end without repeating himself in the process. I guess this record will bring Hacienda closer to the mainstream sound and make them far more popular. Not quite sure whether that's good or bad.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AND THESE GUYS ARE FROM GERMANY WITH A NAME LIKE HACIENDA!!!, September 3, 2004

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Darrell L. Lee "dlatrell" (Jackson, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 3rd Door Left (Audio CD)

I just got this CD yesterday and can honestly say after only a few listens this is a dynamic disc from beginning to end! I initially discovered these guys on the Hotel Costes 3 compilation and fell in love with the groovey "Late Lounge Lover"! The cuts on Hacienda's 3rd Door Left are a spectacular mix of downtempo, soul, acid jazz, latin, dub and bossa nova. "Working Class Glamour", "Late Lounge Lover", "Nightflight", "Nord-O.S.T.", "Blind", "Poeme" and "Quiet Nights" are all stand out tracks that really showcase the talents of group members Kadel and Finger. Kinda hard to believe that these guys are from Germany and not Spain like their namesake attests. At any rate, 3rd Door Left comes Highly Recommended!!

4.0 out of 5 stars Hacienda - 3rd Door Left, February 24, 2011

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scoundrel - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3rd Door Left (Audio CD)

3rd Door Left, the third album by German duo Hacienda, finds them speeding up a bit. Gone, for the most part, are the lazy rhythms; instead, we have some crisp breaks and even some house. "Sabor," with its Spanish lyrics, seems a far cry from their other work -- not that it's bad. No, far from it; their embrace of lyrics (even just the little bits in "Late Lounge Lover" gives their songs some pep). "Unfinished and Undone" harkens back to their earlier work, but "Me Da Um Favor" brings you back to the present. "Nord-O.S.T." is all chill, as is the delicate "Poeme." Even though I appreciate and applaud their new direction, I feel their album Narrowed Eyes was still a bit stronger. But don't let that stop you from opening the 3rd Door Left.