3 (Shakespears Sister album)

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#3
Studio album by Shakespears Sister
Released	2004
Recorded	1995-1997
Genre	Pop
Length	41m 45s
Label	siobhanfahey.com [1]
Producer	Siobhan Fahey David A. Stewart Alan Moulder Flood Andy Wright
Shakespears Sister chronology
Hormonally Yours (1992) #3 (2004) The Best of Shakespear's Sister (2004)

#3 is the third album released by British pop music act Shakespears Sister. Following the release and subsequent success of the duo's prior album Hormonally Yours, band member Marcella Detroit left the act. Thus #3 is technically a solo record by remaining member Siobhan Fahey. Although her intention was to release the album as a solo project, Fahey was pressured to release #3 as the third Shakespears Sister album by her then-record company, London Records.

Co-written by Fahey, her ex-husband David A. Stewart and members of Fahey's new backing band, #3 was produced by Fahey, Stewart, Hormonally Yours-producer Alan Moulder, Andy Wright and Flood throughout 1995, 1996 and 1997. The musical style of #3 ventured away from the polished pop of Sacred Heart and Hormonally Yours and featured a more lo-fi and rock music feel.

The album's initial single, the Beatlesque "I Can Drive", charted at number thirty on the UK singles chart and was considered a disappointment by London Records, who chose to shelve the project. Fahey, who eventually went on to record music as a solo artist, spent years attempting to retrieve the ownership rights of #3. In 2003, the label relented and Fahey independently distributed the record through her website the following year, much to the praise of fans (who had been passing around low-quality bootlegs for eight years).

Upon renewed interest in Shakespears Sister material, a CD/DVD greatest hits package was released by London Records later the same year.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Go" (Fahey/Stewart/Hodgens)
2. "I Can Drive" (Fahey/Hodgens/Stewart)
3. "Do I Scare You?" (Fahey/Hodgens)
4. "Opportunity Knockers" (Fahey/Muller)
5. "Can U Wait That Long?" (Fahey/Stewart)
6. "Oh Dear" (Fahey/Muller)
7. "Excuse Me John" (Fahey/Hodgens)
8. "The Older Sister" (Fahey/Muller)
9. "Singles Party" (Fahey/Hodgens)
10. "I Never Could Sing Anyway" (Fahey/Hodgens)

v • d • e Shakespears Sister Siobhan Fahey | Marcella Detroit Albums Sacred Heart | Hormonally Yours | #3 Compilations The Best of Shakespear's Sister | Long Live the Queens! Singles "Break My Heart (You Really)" | "Heroine" | "You're History" | "Run Silent" | "Dirty Mind" | "Goodbye Cruel World" | "Stay" | "I Don't Care" | "Hello (Turn Your Radio On)" | "My 16th Apology" | "I Can Drive"