3.V is the third studio album by American hard rock band Zebra, released in 1986 by Atlantic Records. The album failed to chart – it would be the group's last studio album for Atlantic before being dropped from the label, and their last full-length studio album for 17 years, until Zebra IV in 2003. The album went out-of-print by early 1989. It was reissued in 2007 as an import paired on one CD with No Tellin' Lies, another deleted title, as the stand-alone compact disc version became a scarce collector's item in the meantime. 3.V, along with the first two Zebra albums, was reissued on CD again in Japan in 2013. In 2016 Rock Candy Records reissued the album on CD.
Reception Some critics have heralded this to be the best Zebra album, even better than their debut. Doug Stone from AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars, saying "3.V has that certain something extra: more than an album, 3.V opens the mind of an unheralded genius." Classic Rock Review wrote that the album was "plagued by clusters of both mediocrity as well as pure brilliance" but "includes some of the band's finest work".
Track listing All tracks were written by Randy Jackson
Personnel Randy Jackson – guitar, lead vocals, Prophet 5 synthesizer Felix Hanemann – bass, backing vocals, keyboards Guy Gelso – drums, backing vocals, percussion
Production Arranged & Produced by Randy Jackson & Zebra Stephen Benben, Jamie Chaleff, Ken Collins, Ellen Fitton, Ira McLaughlin, Dan Nash - engineers Mitchell Frondelli, Dan Nash – mixing
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