The Third Rail (sometimes also referred to as Third Rail) is the fourth and final studio album by New York City-based blues rock band Railroad Jerk, released on October 8, 1996 on Matador Records.

Critical reception

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 gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing that "...much of the album rocks harder and better than any of their previous records."[1]

Track listing

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

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