{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = 3rd from the Sun | type = studio | artist = Chrome | cover = Chrome - 3rd From the Sun.jpeg | alt = | released = May 26, 1982 | recorded = Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, California, United States | venue = | studio = | genre = * Gothic rock * space rock<ref name=Quietus/> | length = 35:12 | label = Don't Fall Off the Mountain | producer = {{flatlist| * Helios Creed * Damon Edge }} | prev_title = Blood on the Moon | prev_year = 1981 | next_title = Chrome Box | next_year = 1982 | misc = {{Singles | name = 3rd from the Sun | type = studio | single1 = Firebomb"/"Shadows of a Thousand Years | single1date = 1982 }} }}

'''''3rd from the Sun''''' is the sixth studio album by the experimental rock band Chrome. It was released May 26, 1982 by Don't Fall Off the Mountain.

== Musical style == ''The Quietus'' described the album's musical style as "gothic space rock".<ref name=Quietus>{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/15609-live-report-chrome |title=Live Report: Chrome |last=Banks |first=Joe |date=June 25, 2014 |work=The Quietus |access-date=November 23, 2014}}</ref>

== Reception == {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/3rd-from-the-sun-mw0000820871 |title=''3rd from the Sun'' – Chrome : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Raggett |first=Ned |work=AllMusic |publisher=AllRovi |access-date=April 24, 2013}}</ref> }}

AllMusic gave ''3rd from the Sun'' the highest rating of any Chrome album, while ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' called the album "magnificent".<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Frampton|first1=Scott|title=Reviews|journal=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=July 1995|page=34|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6SwEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22chrome%22+%223rd+from+the+sun%22&pg=PT33|access-date=November 23, 2014}}</ref>

== Track listing ==

{{track listing | headline = Side A | all_writing = Helios Creed and Damon Edge | title1 = Firebomb | length1 = 3:43 | title2 = Future Ghosts | length2 = 5:19 | title3 = Armageddon | length3 = 8:35 }} {{track listing | headline = Side B | title1 = Heart Beat | length1 = 5:05 | title2 = Off the Line | length2 = 4:32 | title3 = 3rd from the Sun | length3 = 4:41 | title4 = Shadows of a Thousand Years | length4 = 3:37 }}

== Personnel == ; Chrome

* Helios Creed&nbsp;– vocals, guitar, production * Damon Edge&nbsp;– vocals, Moog synthesizer, production, mixing * Hilary Stench&nbsp;– bass guitar * John Stench&nbsp;– drums

; Additional personnel

* Fabienne Shine&nbsp;– backing vocals on "Off the Line" and "Shadows of a Thousand Years"

; Technical

* Gary Mankin&nbsp;– recording * Bernie Grundman&nbsp;– mastering

== References ==

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== External links ==

* {{Discogs master|23289|3rd from the Sun}}

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Category:1982 albums Category:Beggars Banquet Records albums Category:Chrome (band) albums Category:Gothic rock albums by American artists Category:Space rock albums