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3 Songs (Fugazi EP)

Field	Value
name	3 Songs
type	EP
artist	Fugazi
cover	Fugazi - 3 Songs cover.jpg
released	December 1989/January 1990
recorded	July 1989 at Inner Ear Studios
genre	Post-hardcore
length	7:27
label	Sub Pop, Dischord
producer	Ted Niceley
prev_title	13 Songs
prev_year	1989
next_title	Repeater
next_year	1990

3 Songs is a 7-inch EP by Washington, D.C., post-hardcore band Fugazi. It was originally released in a collectors edition of 2,000 copies (800 on black vinyl, 1,200 in green vinyl) by Sub Pop Records as the December 1989 issue of their Singles Club. Dischord Records gave the record wider release one month later with different cover and label art. Later that year Dischord coupled the 3 Songs EP with the LP Repeater to make up the Repeater + 3 Songs CD.

"Song #1" was covered by Magnapop on their single "Slowly, Slowly".

Critical reception

New Musical Express gave 3 Songs a positive review, writing that "the Washington serious hardcore giants bring us a tiny slab of life. 'Song #1' is the best thing here, a sexy metal riff with brains under the fine line, 'song number one is not a fuck you song,' and a rock tune, reminiscent, indeed, of the better days of punk rock."

Sounds named 3 Songs its "single of the week" for January 13, 1990. Its critic remarked that "'Song #1' finds Washington's finest in a wonderfully lurching mood, the MacKaye/Picciotto guitar team exploring a riff that lunges in a style not unlike "Wild Thing," while the vocal lashes out at youth culture and blind worship of rock 'n rollers."

A positive review in the punk fanzine Flipside referred to "Song #1" as a "great song" with an "infectious chorus," before declaring "you already know that [3 Songs] is a must have." Ernest Drudge of Alternative Press also reviewed the EP positively, noting that "Song #1" is "the rare kind of song that keeps rock music from choking on its own tail. [...] The music is an indescribable mix of punk, funk, and the Beastie Boys."

A review in Melody Maker was more mixed, with its critic describing the single as "a clipped noise, no sprawl in sight. Fugazi stay buttoned-up. It's a punky rant on somewhat addled themes. [...] It may be drivel, but at least they're urgent, up on their nerves and the balls of their feet."

A retrospective review from AllMusic was favorable, noting:

Track listing

Personnel

Ian MacKaye – vocals, guitar & piano
Guy Picciotto – vocals
Joe Lally – bass
Brendan Canty – drums

References

Kellman, Andy. "Fugazi – ''3 Songs'': Review".
"FUGAZI / JOE #1 / BREAK IN / SONG #1 - SP052". Sub Pop Records.
"SP52 Fugazi". Pette Discographies.
"Fugazi: Repeater + 3 Songs". Dischord Records.
"Magnapop - Slowly, Slowly".
(1990-02-10). "Fugazi: Three Songs (Dischord)". New Musical Express.
(1990-01-13). "Single of the Week". Sounds.
(Spring 1990). "Reviews". Flipside.
(Summer 1990). "Fugazi - Three Songs". Alternative Press.
(1990-01-20). "Fugazi - 3 Songs (Dischord)". Melody Maker.
"3 Songs - Fugazi {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic".

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