The Deviants 3 is the third and final album by the UK underground group the Deviants, released in 1969. Lead vocalist Mick Farren regards the album as the beginning of a divergence between himself and his fellow musicians, stating "I had one idea and the rest of them wanted to be a kind of Led Zeppelin guitar band". Soon after the band would split, with Farren going on to record the Mona – The Carnivorous Circus album. Farren eventually left the music business, while his ex-bandmates continued as the Pink Fairies.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called 3 "harder-rocking and spacier" than the previous albums. Perfect Sound Forever called the album "a much more consistent collection of songs than Disposable", writing that "musically, it tends to be more focused and you can hear that the playing is more solid, which can be good at times, but it also means that the musicians occasionally slip into bland '60's electric blues formalities". Uncut wrote that the Deviants "were beginning to sound like just another heavy rock band".

Track listing

All tracks arranged by The Deviants and composed by Paul Rudolph except where noted.

Personnel

Release history