The Third Power is a 1991 album by the New York based music group Material. The album mixes reggae. funk, dub and rap music. Engineer Martin Bisi claims the album began as a Sly and Robbie record but "Bill really took over... And then, before you know it, the record's done and they're staring at something that they don't recognize... suddenly [they] woke up and were like, 'This is not our record and we don't want it to come out with our name on it,' and Bill just ended up calling it a Material record, The Third Power". "Mellow Mood" is a cover of Bob Marley and The Wailers 1967 single.