The Third Rail (album)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	(favorable)[2]
Spin	7/10[3]
The Stanford Daily	[4]
The Village Voice	B+[5]

Chris Nelson, of Addicted to Noise, ranked The Third Rail as his fourth favorite album of 1996.^[6] Writing in the Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave the album a B+ grade, writing that on it, the band's frontman Marcellus Hall "represents Manhattan art-slackerdom like the proud denizen he is."^[5] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that "...much of the album rocks harder and better than any of their previous records."^[1]

1. Clean Shirt – 4:07
2. Objectify Me – 3:11
3. You Forgot – 3:48
4. Natalie – 4:20
5. You Bet – 4:32
6. Well – 4:45
7. Dusty Knuckle – 4:01
8. Middle Child – 3:13
9. This Is Not to Say I Still Miss You – 3:14
10. Another Nite at the Bar – 2:54
11. (I Can't Get) No Sleep – 3:47
12. Sweet Librarian – 1:57
13. Untitled – 0:33