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{{For|the group originally called "The Disco 3"|Fat Boys}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Disco 3
| type       = remix
| artist     = [[Pet Shop Boys]]
| cover      = Pet Shop Boys - Disco 3.png
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2003|2|3|df=yes}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
* [[Sony Music Studios|Sony]] (London){{efn|Tracks 1 and 7; vocals on track 10}}
* Chillout (Berlin){{efn|Tracks 2, 5 and 10}}
* Hoedown City (London){{efn|Tracks 2 and 3; remix on track 6; engineering on track 8}}
* Clashbackk/602{{efn|Track 4}}
* Spacedust ([[Düsseldorf]]{{efn|Remix on track 9}}
* Bob Music (Berlin){{efn|Track 10}}
| genre      =
| length     = 51:54
| label      = [[Parlophone]]
| producer   =
* Pet Shop Boys
* Chris Zippel
| prev_title = [[Release (Pet Shop Boys album)|Release]]
| prev_year  = 2002
| next_title = [[PopArt: The Hits]]
| next_year  = 2003
}}
{{Music ratings
| noprose = yes
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r624669|ab=review |label="Pet Shop Boys: ''Disco 3'' > Review" |first=Tim |last=DiGravina |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
| rev2score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3224/reviews/6098-pet-shop-boys-disco-3 |title=Pet Shop Boys: Disco 3 |first=Mark |last=Reed |date=14 February 2003 |website=[[Drowned in Sound]] |access-date=30 September 2011 |archive-date=17 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117070253/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/3224/reviews/6098-pet-shop-boys-disco-3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Jam!]]''
| rev3score = Mixed<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Pet_Shop_Boys/AlbumReviews/2003/02/17/771640.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712213744/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/P/Pet_Shop_Boys/AlbumReviews/2003/02/17/771640.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=12 July 2012 |title=Disco 3 |first=Jane |last=Stevenson |date=17 February 2003 |website=[[Jam!]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev4score = 9/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/pet-shop-boys/6972 |title=Pet Shop Boys : Disco 3 |first=Peter |last=Robinson |date=18 February 2003 |magazine=[[NME]] |issn=0028-6362 |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>
| rev5 = [[PlayLouder]]
| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playlouder.com/review/+685petshopboys/ |title=''Disco 3'': Pet Shop Boys |first=Iain |last=Moffat |date=31 January 2003 |website=[[PlayLouder]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030825200404/http://www.playlouder.com/review/+685petshopboys/ |archive-date=25 August 2003}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[PopMatters]]''
| rev6score = Mixed<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/p/petshopboys-disco3.shtml |title=Pet Shop Boys: Disco 3 |first=David |last=Medsker |date=10 March 2003 |website=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Release Magazine]]''
| rev7score = 9/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orpetshopboysd3.htm |title=Pet Shop Boys: Disco 3 |first=Niklas |last=Forsberg |date=5 February 2003 |website=[[Release Magazine]] |access-date=30 September 2011}}</ref>
}}

'''''Disco 3''''' is the third [[remix album]] by English [[synth-pop]] duo [[Pet Shop Boys]], released on 3 February 2003 by [[Parlophone]]. The album consists of five remixes of songs and [[A-side and B-side|B-side]]s from their previous album, ''[[Release (Pet Shop Boys album)|Release]]'', three new tracks, a new recording of "Positive Role Model" from their 2001 musical ''[[Closer to Heaven (musical)|Closer to Heaven]]'', and a [[cover version]] of "Try It (I'm in Love with a Married Man)", originally by [[Oh Romeo]], the band of former Pet Shop Boys producer [[Bobby Orlando]]. "Positive Role Model" also appeared on the Germany-only single "[[London (Pet Shop Boys song)|London]]" in 2002 as a B-side.

"If Looks Could Kill" and "Try It..." debuted during a 2002 [[John Peel|Peel Session]], along with "A Powerful Friend", a song that remained unreleased until it was uploaded to the "Exclusives Tracks" section of the band's official website.<ref name="peel">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2002/Oct02petshopboys/ |title=02/10/2002 – Pet Shop Boys |work=Keeping It Peel |publisher=[[BBC Radio 1]] |access-date=16 June 2006}}</ref> It was also released as the B-side to their 2010 single "Love Life".

As of May 2006, the album had sold 42,000 copies in the United States.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58342/ask-billboard |title=Ask Billboard: Pet Shop Shopping |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=23 May 2006 |access-date=5 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520051754/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58342/ask-billboard |archive-date=20 May 2018}}</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Time on My Hands
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[Neil Tennant]]|[[Chris Lowe]]}}
| extra1 = [[Pet Shop Boys]]
| length1 = 3:53

| title2 = Positive Role Model
| writer2 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe|[[Barry White]]|Anthony Sepe|Peter Sterling Radcliffe}}
| extra2 = {{hlist|Pet Shop Boys|Chris Zippel}}
| length2 = 4:02

| title3 = Try It (I'm in Love with a Married Man)
| writer3 = [[Bobby Orlando]]
| extra3 = Pet Shop Boys
| length3 = 4:47

| title4 = [[London (Pet Shop Boys song)|London]]
| note4 = [[Felix da Housecat|Thee Radikal]] Blaklite edit
| writer4 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe|Zippel}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|[[Felix da Housecat]]{{ref|a|[a]}}|Zippel{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length4 = 5:44

| title5 = Somebody Else's Business
| writer5 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Zippel|Pet Shop Boys}}
| length5 = 3:28

| title6 = Here
| note6 = PSB new extended mix
| writer6 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe}}
| extra6 = Pet Shop Boys{{ref|c|[c]}}
| length6 = 6:13

| title7 = If Looks Could Kill
| writer7 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe}}
| extra7 = Pet Shop Boys
| length7 = 4:11

| title8 = Sexy Northerner
| note8 = [[Tom Stephan|Superchumbo]] mix
| writer8 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe}}
| extra8 = {{hlist|[[Tom Stephan]]{{ref|a|[a]}}|Pet Shop Boys{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length8 = 8:36

| title9 = [[Home and Dry (Pet Shop Boys song)|Home and Dry]]
| note9 = [[Blank & Jones]] remix
| writer9 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|[[Blank & Jones|Piet Blank]]{{ref|a|[a]}}|[[Blank & Jones|Jaspa Jones]]{{ref|a|[a]}}|Andy Kaufhold{{ref|a|[a]}}|Pet Shop Boys{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length9 = 6:36

| title10 = London
| note10 = Genuine Piano mix
| writer10 = {{hlist|Tennant|Lowe|Zippel}}
| extra10 = Zippel
| length10 = 4:16
}}

===Notes===
* {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies a remixer and additional producer
* {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} signifies an original producer
* {{sup|{{note|c|[c]}}}} signifies a main producer and remixer

===Sample credits===
* "Positive Role Model" includes a sample of "[[You're the First, the Last, My Everything]]" by Barry White.

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Disco 3''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Disco 3 |type=liner notes |others=[[Pet Shop Boys]] |publisher=[[Parlophone]] |year=2003 |id=7243 5 82140 2 4}}</ref>

===Pet Shop Boys===
* [[Neil Tennant]]
* [[Chris Lowe]]

===Additional musicians===
* Pete Gleadall – programming {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5–7, 9)}}
* Chris Zippel – programming {{small|(tracks 2, 5)}}; additional keyboards {{small|(track 2)}}
* [[Christian Hayes]] – guitars {{small|(track 7)}}
* [[Mark Refoy]] – guitars {{small|(track 7)}}
* Robert Matt – [[Steinway piano]] {{small|(track 10)}}

===Technical===
* [[Pet Shop Boys]] – production {{small|(tracks 1–3, 5–7)}}; remix {{small|(track 6)}}; original production {{small|(tracks 8, 9)}}
* [[Bob Kraushaar]] – mixing, engineering {{small|(tracks 1, 7)}}
* Pete Gleadall – engineering {{small|(tracks 1, 3, 6, 8, 9)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 3, 4)}}; vocal recording {{small|(track 10)}}
* Chris Zippel – production, engineering {{small|(tracks 2, 5, 10)}}; original production, original engineering {{small|(track 4)}}; mixing {{small|(tracks 5, 10)}}
* Florian Richter – mixing {{small|(track 2)}}
* Kai Diener – mixing {{small|(track 2)}}
* [[Felix da Housecat]] – remix, additional production {{small|(track 4)}}
* [[Tom Stephan]] – remix, additional production {{small|(track 8)}}
* [[Blank & Jones|Piet Blank]] – remix, additional production {{small|(track 9)}}
* [[Blank & Jones|Jaspa Jones]] – remix, additional production {{small|(track 9)}}
* Andy Kaufhold – remix, additional production {{small|(track 9)}}

===Artwork===
* [[Scott King (artist)|Scott King]] – sleeve art direction, design
* [[Wolfgang Tillmans]] – photography

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''Disco 3''
! scope="col"| Chart (2003)
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://i.imgur.com/wNqpwR0.jpg |title=Response from ARIA re: Pet Shop Boys ARIA chart history, received 29 May 2018 |access-date=26 April 2020 |via=[[Imgur]]}} N.B. The "NAT" column displays the release's peak position on the national chart.</ref>
| 153
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Dance Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue678.pdf |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080222222424/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20030307-0000/Issue678.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-02-22 |title=ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 17th February 2003 |journal=[[The ARIA Report]] |issue=678 |page=13 |date=17 February 2003 |access-date=26 April 2020 |via=[[National Library of Australia]]}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 17
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|24|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Disco 3|rowheader=true|access-date=25 April 2020}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/00s/03/MM-2003-02-22-OCR-Page-0008.pdf |title=European Top 100 Albums |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=21 |issue=9 |date=22 February 2003 |page=8 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 59
|-
{{album chart|Germany|33|id=9866|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Disco 3|rowheader=true|access-date=25 April 2020}}
|-
! scope="row"| Japanese Albums ([[Oricon Albums Chart|Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/152447/ranking/cd_album/ |title=ペット・ショップ・ボーイズのアルバム売り上げランキング |trans-title=Pet Shop Boys album sales ranking |publisher=[[Oricon]] |language=ja |access-date=26 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104092101/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/152447/ranking/cd_album/ |url-status=live |archive-date=4 January 2015}}</ref>
| 196
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|57|date=20030209|rowheader=true|access-date=25 April 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|43|artist=Pet Shop Boys|album=Disco 3|rowheader=true|access-date=25 April 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|36|date=20030209|rowheader=true|access-date=25 April 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|188|artist=Pet Shop Boys|rowheader=true|access-date=25 April 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardDanceElectronic|1|artist=Pet Shop Boys|rowheader=true|access-date=25 April 2020}}
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:2003 remix albums]]
[[Category:Parlophone remix albums]]
[[Category:Pet Shop Boys remix albums]]
[[Category:Sequel albums]]