Threes

Threes is the third studio album by American rock band Sparta. It was released on October 24, 2006, and peaked at number 83 on the Billboard 200. It is their first album with new guitarist Keeley Davis, previously of Engine Down and Denali. The album was made available for streaming several days before its release on the band's MySpace site. A leaked copy of the album surfaced on the internet as well during early October 2006. Initial reviews were mixed, ranging from average to excellent. The album is generally considered to be darker and more complex than previous offerings, differing greatly from previous material in some places with callbacks in others. Jim Ward explains the meaning of Threes. "Threes is a reference to the number 3 being important in my life. A lot of intersections happen involving that number, this record was a big changing point for me. The artwork is left to be interpreted by the viewer, you get a lot of interesting ideas form [sic] folks, I like it." On April 9, 2008, an official blog was posted on Sparta's Myspace page announcing the release of Threes on double vinyl after being in development for some time. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threes_...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)