3.V

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3.V is the third studio album by American hard rock band Zebra, released in May 1986 on Atlantic Records. It was recorded at Atlantic and Unique Recording in New York City, with additional work at Boogie Hotel and Kingdom Sound on Long Island. The album lasts 40 minutes and 26 seconds and was produced by Randy Jackson and Zebra. It did not chart and was Zebra’s last Atlantic release; it went out of print in 1990.

Reissues have followed: in 2007 it was paired on one CD with No Tellin’ Lies as an import; the standalone CD became scarce. In 2013, Japan reissued 3.V with Zebra’s first two albums, and in 2016 Rock Candy Records released a CD version.

Some critics praise 3.V as possibly Zebra’s best album. AllMusic’s Doug Stone gave it 4.5 stars, calling it more than an album and praising it as the work of an “unheralded genius.” Classic Rock Review notes a mix of mediocrity and brilliance but acknowledges some of the band’s finest work. All tracks were written by Randy Jackson.