PTX, Vol. III

Not to be confused with PTX, Vols. I–III.

PTX, Vol. III (Volume 3) is the fourth extended play album by the a cappella group Pentatonix. It was released on September 23, 2014 by RCA Records, although it was released earlier in Australia on September 19, 2014. The extended play contains four covers as well as three original tracks ("On My Way Home", "See Through" and "Standing By"). As of October 23, 2015, PTX, Vol. III has sold 201,226 copies.^[1]

PTX, Vol. III
EP by Pentatonix
Released	September 23, 2014
Recorded	2014
Genre	A cappella
Length	24:01
Language	English French
Label	RCA
Producer	Ben Bram
Pentatonix chronology
PTX (2014) PTX, Vol. III (2014) That's Christmas to Me (2014)

Background

In April and May 2014 during their European tour, Pentatonix began working on PTX Vol. III. Since they weren't always in one place at a time, the album was recorded at various tour locations such as Singapore, New York City and Japan. The arrangement and recording process in the album was different to those of previous albums as the songs were pre-arranged and the outline of the song was created before its details were filled in.^[2] The song "On My Way Home" was originally written by the British alternative rock band Coldplay for their seventh studio album, A Head Full of Dreams, was given to Pentatonix and left off the final track list.^[3][4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Problem"	Max Martin Savan Kotecha Ilya Salmanzadeh Amethyst Kelly	Ariana Grande featuring Iggy Azalea	2:28
2.	"On My Way Home"	Guy Berryman Jonny Buckland Will Champion Chris Martin Jordan Johnson Sam Martin Marcus Lomax Jason Evigan Stefan Johnson Clarence Coffee	Pentatonix	3:15
3.	"La La Latch"	James Murray Shahid Khan James Napier Mustafa Omer Jonathan Coffer Al-Hakam El Kaubaisy Frobisher Mbabazi Sam Smith Guy Lawrence Howard Lawrence	Naughty Boy/Disclosure featuring Sam Smith [respectively]	3:41
4.	"Rather Be"	James Napier Jack Patterson Grace Chatto Nicole Marshall	Clean Bandit featuring Jess Glynne	3:32
5.	"See Through"	Kerli Kõiv Thomas Kirjonen Joonas Angeria	Pentatonix	3:19
6.	"Papaoutai" (featuring Lindsey Stirling)	Paul Van Haver	Stromae	3:33
7.	"Standing By"	Pentatonix	Pentatonix	4:13
Total length:				24:01

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6]	19
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[7]	8
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[8]	21
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[9]	47
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[10]	89
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[11]	19
US Billboard 200^[12]	5
US Digital Albums (Billboard)^[13]	3

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
Australia^[14]^[15]	September 19, 2014	CD, digital download	RCA Records
United Kingdom^[16]	September 21, 2014
Canada^[17]	September 23, 2014
United States^[18]

Personnel

Pentatonix

• Mitch Grassi – tenor lead and backing vocals, rapping on "Problem"
• Scott Hoying – baritone lead and backing vocals, vocal bass and bass backing vocals on "Standing By"
• Kirstin Maldonado – alto lead and backing vocals
• Avi Kaplan – vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals
• Kevin Olusola – vocal percussion, cello on "Papaoutai", rapping on "Problem"

Additional personnel

• Lindsey Stirling – violin on "Papaoutai"
• Ben Bram – production

References

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5. Cris. "On My Way Home was written by Coldplay and more" (in Polish). Coldplace.eu.
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7. "Pentatonix Chart History (Canadian Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
8. "Danishcharts.dk – Pentatonix – PTX Vol. III". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
9. "Pentatonix: PTX Vol. III" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved September 29, 2014.
10. (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
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13. "Pentatonix Chart History (Digital Albums)".^{[dead link]} Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
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