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{{Infobox album
| name = Sequins 3
| type = EP
| artist = [[Róisín Murphy]]
| cover = Sequins3.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2005|5|2|df=yes}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = The Dairy (London)
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[alternative dance]], [[avant-pop]], [[electronica]], [[nu jazz]], [[Glitch music|glitch]]
| length =
| label = [[Echo Records|Echo]] <small>(ECSY #162)</small>
| producer = [[Matthew Herbert]], Róisín Murphy
| prev_title = [[Sequins 2]]
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = [[Ruby Blue (album)|Ruby Blue]]
| next_year = 2005
}}
'''''Sequins 3''''' is a limited edition [[extended play]] by [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] singer [[Róisín Murphy]]. It was released by [[Echo Records]] on [[12-inch single|12-inch vinyl]] in April 2005.<ref>[http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/singer_300/329_roisin_murphy.html "Biography"]. [[AskMen.com]]. Retrieved 20 November 2008.</ref>

==Songs==
The [[opening track]] "[[If We're in Love]]" is a [[downtempo]] song featuring a [[boogie]] [[swing rhythm]] and sharp brass parts, opening with [[phaser (effect)|phased]] vocals and closing with a [[call and response (music)|call and response]] between brass and keyboard parts.<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/30629-if-were-in-love "Róisín Murphy: 'If We're in Love' [Track Review]"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021062537/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/track_review/30629-if-were-in-love |date=2008-10-21 }}. [[Pitchfork Media]]. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 8 October 2007.</ref> Following "Sinking Feeling", which uses a beat constructed from clicking sounds,<ref name="stylus">Oculicz, Edward. [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3157 "Róisín Murphy - Ruby Blue - Review"]. ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]''. Retrieved 22 March 2007.</ref> is "Ramalama (Bang Bang)", which contains a chorus of [[onomatopoeic]] lyrics<ref name="stylus" /> delivered over a tribal [[rhythm]].<ref name="AMG">Phares, Heather. [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r786200|pure_url=yes}} "Ruby Blue > Overview"]. [[Allmusic]]. Retrieved 23 March 2007.</ref> The extended play closes with "The Closing of the Doors", a [[cabaret]]-style [[ballad (music)|ballad]] driven by the piano.<ref name="stylus" />

==Cover artwork==
The cover of ''Sequins 3'' was painted by [[Simon Henwood]]. Murphy met Henwood in a pub, and Henwood, who was known for his simplified paintings of teenagers, thought that she would be a good subject for a painting.<ref name="guardian">Sullivan, Caroline. [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1492584,00.html "Her time is now"]. ''[[The Guardian]]''. 27 May 2005. Retrieved 7 October 2007.</ref><ref name="fused">Pearson, Gemma. [http://www.fusedmagazine.com/Past_Issues/Issue_23/ROISIN_MURPHY.aspx "Roisin Murphy"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101201722/http://www.fusedmagazine.com/Past_Issues/Issue_23/ROISIN_MURPHY.aspx |date=2008-11-01 }}. ''Fused'', issue 23. Retrieved 7 October 2007.</ref> Henwood came to Murphy's house the next week and, while they were looking through her wardrobe, decided to have her dressed in [[sequin]]s.<ref name="guardian" /> Murphy positioned her body in abstract shapes for Henwood to paint.<ref name="fused" /> She developed a character, which Henwood described as a "disco electro pop diva with a 1940s look".<ref>"Sleeve Graphics". ''[[Design Week]]'', volume 20, issue 30, page 14. July 28, 2005.</ref> His canvases were displayed at The Hospital in [[Victoria, London]],<ref>[http://www.uk.chrysalismusic.co.uk/core/roster.cfm?scope=101426 "Roisin Murphy"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20090709172150/http://www.uk.chrysalismusic.co.uk/core/roster.cfm?scope=101426 |date=2009-07-09 }}. [[Chrysalis Music]]. 2005. Retrieved 9 October 2007.</ref> and Murphy purchased them "for [her] kids so they can see what [she] once looked like."<ref name="fused" />
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|title = "If We're in Love" (2005)
|description = The song features brass sections and a boogie rhythm.
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==Track listing==
All tracks written and composed by Róisín Murphy and [[Matthew Herbert]].

# "[[If We're in Love]]" – 4:31
# "Sinking Feeling" – 3:32
# "Ramalama (Bang Bang)" – 3:35
# "The Closing of the Doors" – 3:29

==Personnel==
The following people contributed to ''Sequins 3'':<ref>''Sequins 3'' (LP liner notes). [[Echo Records]]. 14 February 2005.</ref>
*Róisín Murphy – [[singing|vocals]], [[Record producer|production]]
*Matthew Herbert – [[piano]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], production
*Dave O'Higgins – [[saxophone]]
*Trevor Mires – [[trombone]]
*Pete Wraight – [[trumpet]], [[flute]]
*Max De Wardener – [[Bass guitar|bass]]
*Phil Parnell – piano
*Simon Henwood – [[art director|art direction]]
*Steffan Macmillan – design

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.roisinmurphyofficial.com/ Official website]
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Sequins 3 - Revision history

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