''Not for Threes'' is the second

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by English

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duo

Plaid Plaid () may refer to: Fabric * Full plaid, a cloth made with a tartan pattern, wrapped around the waist, cast over the shoulder and fastened at the front * A synonym for tartan in North America * A plaid shirt, typically of flannel and worn du ...

. It was released on 27 October 1997 by

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. The album was released in the United States on 28 April 1998 by Nothing Records.

Critical reception

In 2017, ''

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'' ranked ''Not for Threes'' at number 36 on its list of the 50 best IDM albums of all time.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's 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") *

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– vocals (on "Lilith") *

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– accordion (on "Rakimou" and "Lilith") *

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– vocals (on "Myopia", "Ladyburst" and "Rakimou") * Nicolette – vocals (on "Extork") Design * Robert Clifford – photography * Think 1 – design

Charts

References

External links

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* 1997 albums Plaid (band) albums Warp (record label) albums Nothing Records albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub