III is the third studio album by electronic trio Moderat.[8] It was released on April 1, 2016. III is the third installment to Moderat's album trilogy that includes Moderat and II.

III
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)
Genre
Length42:47
LabelMonkeytown
Moderat chronology
II
(2013)
III
(2016)
More D4ta
(2022)
Singles from III
  1. "Reminder"
    Released: February 19, 2016
  2. "Running"
    Released: May 18, 2016
  3. "Eating Hooks"
    Released: October 7, 2016
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Clash Magazine9/10[2]
Pitchfork Media7.1/10[3]
Resident Advisor[4]
Allmusic[5]
Exclaim!8/10[6]
PopMatters[7]

This was Moderat's final studio album before their initial hiatus at the end of their Berlin Tour in September 2017, before they decided to perform together again in 2021.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Eating Hooks"4:32
2."Running"3:51
3."Finder"5:20
4."Ghostmother"5:57
5."Reminder"3:54
6."The Fool"4:12
7."Intruder"4:38
8."Animal Trails"4:38
9."Ethereal"5:28

Charts

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Chart (2016) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9] 5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[10] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[11] 19
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[12] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 56
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 5
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15] 63
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 30
Italian Vinyl Records (FIMI)[17] 9
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[18] 24
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[19] 5
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 53

Year-end charts

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Chart (2016) Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[21] 147

References

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  1. ^ "Reviews for III by Moderat". Metacritic. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  2. ^ Green, Alex (March 29, 2016). "Moderat - III". Clash. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  3. ^ Howe, Brian (March 29, 2016). "Moderat III (Moderat)". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. ^ Bruce Tantum (April 5, 2016). "Moderat - III". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  5. ^ David Jeffries (April 1, 2016). "Moderat - III". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. ^ Ashley Hampson (March 30, 2016). "Moderat - III". Exclaim!. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  7. ^ Emmanuel Elone (March 31, 2016). "Moderat: III". PopMatters. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Moderat (Modeselektor and Apparat) Announce New Album, World Tour". Pitchfork.
  9. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Moderat – III" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  10. ^ "Ultratop.be – Moderat – III" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  11. ^ "Ultratop.be – Moderat – III" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  12. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Moderat – III" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  13. ^ "Lescharts.com – Moderat – III". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  14. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Moderat – III" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  15. ^ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 14, 2016". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  16. ^ "Album - Classifica settimanale WK 14 (dal 2016-04-01 al 2016-04-07)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  17. ^ "Vinili - Classifica settimanale WK 14 (dal 2016-04-01 al 2016-04-07)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  18. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
  19. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Moderat – III". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  20. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  21. ^ "Jaaroverzichten 2016 Albums". Hung Medien. Retrieved 29 December 2016.