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{{Infobox album
| name       = Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions
| type       = album
| artist     = [[Chet Atkins]]
| cover      = chet_atkins_three_dimensions1.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 1955
| recorded   = October 1955 in [[Nashville, TN]]
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]], [[Pop music|pop]], [[Classical music|classical]]
| length     = 26:25
| label      = [[RCA Victor]] LPM-1197 (Mono)
| producer   = [[Steve Sholes]]
| chronology = Chet Atkins
| prev_title = [[Stringin' Along with Chet Atkins (LP version)]]
| prev_year  = 1955
| next_title = [[Finger Style Guitar]]
| next_year  = 1956
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'''''Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions''''' is the fifth studio album recorded by [[United States|American]] guitarist [[Chet Atkins]]. The recording mixes unique arrangements of traditional tunes, pop songs, and classical arrangements (hence the three dimensions of the title). Atkins stated in his 1974 autobiography that this album was the first time he strayed away from country, even though he had been fired numerous times from various radio shows for "not sounding country enough".<ref>Atkins, Chet and Neely, Bill. (1974). "Country Gentleman". Chicago. Harry Regnery Company. {{ISBN|0-8092-9051-0}}.</ref>

A 7-inch [[Extended play|EP]] (EPA-687) was released with the same title in 1956. The tracks were listed as "Minuet and Prelude No. 2", "Intermezzo", "Schon Rosmarin", "[[Minute Waltz]]"

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref name="AM">{{cite web |first=Richard S. |last= Ginell |title= ''Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions'' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r91690 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref>
}}
In his review for [[Allmusic]], critic Richard S. Ginell wrote Atkins "... tries to transcend categories and stereotypes, dividing the album into three distinct sections... An all-encompassing record like this was the envy of every open-minded guitarslinger of the time."<ref name="AM" />

==Reissues==
* ''Chet Atkins in Three Dimensions'' was later packaged with ''[[Mister Guitar (Chet Atkins album)|Mister Guitar]]'' and released on CD in 1998 by [[One Way Records]].

==Track listing==

===Side one===
# "Arkansas Traveler" (Roy Lanham) – 2:18
# "[[Londonderry Air]]" (Traditional; arranged by Chet Atkins) - 3:05
# "[[Dark Eyes (Russian song)|Ochi Chornya (Dark Eyes)]]" (Traditional; arranged by Chet Atkins) – 2:41
# "La Golondrina" (Traditional; arranged by Chet Atkins) – 2:42
# "[[Blues in the Night]]" ([[Harold Arlen]], [[Johnny Mercer]]) – 2:23
# "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:20

===Side two===
# "Little Rock Getaway" ([[Carl Sigman]], Joe Sullivan) – 2:10
# "[[Tiptoe Through the Tulips|Tiptoe Through the Tulips With Me]]" ([[Joe Burke (composer)|Joe Burke]], [[Al Dubin]]) – 2:18
# "Johann Sebastian Bach Medley" ([[J.S. Bach]]) – 2:25
# "Intermezzo" (Robert Henning, Heinz Provost) – 2:29
# "[[Schön Rosmarin]]" ([[Fritz Kreisler]]) – 1:57
# "[[Minute Waltz]]" ([[Frédéric Chopin]]) – 1:42

==Personnel==
*Chet Atkins – [[guitar]]
*Jerry Byrd – guitar
*Ray Edenton – guitar
*Ernie Newton – bass
*Marvin Hughes – piano
*[[Buddy Harman]] – drums

==References==
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