{{short description|2005 album by the Soviettes}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox album | name = LP III | type = studio | artist = The Soviettes | cover = TheSoviettes_LPIII.JPG | alt = | released = June 28, 2005 | recorded = February 2005 at the Terrarium in Minneapolis, Minnesota | venue = | studio = | genre = Punk rock | length = 28:21 | label = Fat Wreck Chords | producer = Jacques Wait | prev_title = LP II | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Rarities | next_year = 2010 }}
'''''LP III''''' is the third album by the Minneapolis punk rock band The Soviettes. It was released on CD and LP on June 25, 2005, to mixed critical reviews.
==Recording and release== ''LP III'' continued the Soviettes' trend of numerically naming their albums (their previous two albums being ''LP'' and ''LP II'').<ref name="ama">{{cite web|title=LP III|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0009ML1TI|publisher=Amazon.com|year=2009|accessdate=March 24, 2009}}</ref> Unlike the previous two which were signed with Adeline Records, this album was signed with Fat Wreck Chords.<ref name="all">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r778243|pure_url=yes}}|title=Review|accessdate=March 25, 2009|last=Loftus|first=Johnny|year=2009|publisher=Allmusic}}</ref> Reflecting on the change, bandmember Maren "Sturgeon" Macosko noted in an interview that "[t]he biggest difference between Adeline and Fat is, well, the size."<ref name="int">{{cite web|title=The Soviettes Speak|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/648/648583p1.html|date=September 7, 2005|accessdate=March 27, 2009|publisher=IGN|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215200357/http://music.ign.com/articles/648/648583p1.html|archivedate=December 15, 2010}}</ref> The second track on the album, "¡Paranoia Cha Cha Cha!", was first released on April 20, 2004, on the ''Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1'' compilation, part of the Rock Against Bush series.<ref name="rab">{{cite web|title=Rock Against Bush, Vol. 1 [ENHANCED]|year=2009|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0001WPSM2|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=March 26, 2009}}</ref> The disc was produced by Fat Wreck Chords, making "¡Paranoia Cha Cha Cha!" the first Soviettes track on the label.<ref name="va">{{cite web|title=V/A Rock Against Bush Vol. 1|url=http://revhq.com/store.revhq?Page=search&Id=FAT675|accessdate=March 26, 2009|publisher=RevHQ|year=2009|archive-date=January 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116053630/http://revhq.com/store.revhq?Page=search&Id=FAT675|url-status=dead}}</ref>
thumb|left|The Soviettes playing at one of their reunion shows in 2010. The other tracks on the album were recorded at the Terrarium Studios in Northeast Minneapolis during February, 2005.<ref name="ter">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-terrarium.com/|title=The Terrarium a Recording Studio|accessdate=March 26, 2009|publisher=The Terrarium}}</ref><ref name="cdu">{{cite web|title=Soviettes LP III CD|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6855118/a/LP+III.htm|publisher=CD Universe|accessdate=March 26, 2009|year=2009}}</ref> As before, Annie Holoien and Maren "Sturgeon" Macosko played guitar, Danny Henry played the drums, and Susy Sharp played the bass guitar while all four bandmembers sang.<ref name="cdu" /><ref name="frc">{{cite web|title=The Soviettes|url=http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/44|year=2006|accessdate=March 26, 2009|publisher=Fat Wreck Chords}}</ref> Every track on the album clocked in at under three minutes in length.<ref name=SPIN>{{cite news|last=Grose|first=Jessica|author-link=Jessica Grose|title=The Soviettes|url=https://www.spin.com/2005/07/soviettes/|accessdate=January 12, 2012|newspaper=Spin|date=5 July 2005}}</ref> The album was released on June 28, 2005, on CD and limited-edition pink vinyl, of which 220 copies were pressed.<ref name="lpi">{{cite web|title=The Soviettes :: LP III|url=http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/693|publisher=Fat Wreck Chords|year=2006|accessdate=March 26, 2009}}</ref> "Roller Girls" was used from 2010 to 2016 as a "hype video" for the Minnesota RollerGirls, the roller derby league which inspired the song, and continued to be used afterward as the skate-out theme for the B-Team Minnesota Nice.
In early September, 2005, Macosko hinted that there would be an ''LP IV'' in the future.<ref name="int" /> This never happened, as the band broke up thereafter.<ref name="cit">{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/bestof/2007/award/best-band-to-break-up-in-the-past-12-months-70159/|title=BEST BAND TO BREAK UP IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS|accessdate=2009-03-27|year=2007|publisher=City Pages|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226124220/http://www.citypages.com/bestof/2007/award/best-band-to-break-up-in-the-past-12-months-70159/|archivedate=2010-02-26}}</ref> Nonetheless, the band reunited in 2010 to play several shows in the Twin Cities and released a fourth album, called ''Rarities''.<ref>{{Cite news| last = Spencer | first = Jack | title = The Soviettes: Then and now | newspaper = A.V. Club | location = Twin Cities | pages = | language = | publisher = | date = March 19, 2010 | url = http://www.avclub.com/twincities/articles/the-soviettes-then-and-now,38779/ | accessdate = 2024-06-03 | archive-date = 2011-06-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629164622/http://www.avclub.com/twincities/articles/the-soviettes-then-and-now,38779/}}</ref>
==Reception== ''LP III'' was met with mixed reviews, although it was professionally reviewed only a few times. It was given a positive review in Allmusic, noting its melodies and harmonies and calling it "the Soviettes' best-performed record yet". The service did note the short length of the album as its downfall, but otherwise had no negative feedback and rated the album as a four out of five.<ref name="all" />
In a review from IGN, the album was noted as a disappointment in comparison to ''LP II'', noting only "Multiply and Divide" and "¡Paranoia Cha Cha Cha!" as bright spots on the album. ("¡Paranoia Cha Cha Cha!" was discounted, however, since it had already been out since the previous year and was thus a repeat.) They gave the album a six and a half out of ten.<ref name="ign">{{cite web|title=The Soviettes - LP III|url=http://music.ign.com/articles/629/629928p2.html|accessdate=March 27, 2009|publisher=IGN|date=June 29, 2005|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527122835/http://music.ign.com/articles/629/629928p2.html|archivedate=May 27, 2011}}</ref>
==Track listing==
===Side one=== #"Multiply and Divide" – 2:47 #"¡Paranoia Cha Cha Cha!" – 2:03 #"Middle of the Night" – 2:14 #"Whoa" – 1:11 #"(Do) The Stagger" – 1:58 #"You Should Know" – 1:27 #"What Did I Do?!" – 1:48
===Side Two=== #"Roller Girls" – 1:43 #"Together" – 2:02 #"Thinking of You" – 2:51 #"Hanging Up the Phone" – 2:18 #"How Do You Like That" – 1:34 #"Photograph" – 1:55 #"Gotta Decide" – 2:30
==Personnel== *Annie Holoien – guitar, vocals *Maren "Stugeon" Macosko – guitar, vocals *Danny Henry – drums, vocals *Susy Sharp – bass guitar, vocals
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115071602/http://www.mtv.com/videos/the-soviettes/57525/multiply-and-divide.jhtml "Multiply and Divide"] music video
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