# Total 3

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{{Infobox album
| name       = [Kompakt](/source/Kompakt): Total 3
| type       = Compilation album
| artist     = Various Artists
| cover      = Kompakt Total 3.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 31 July 2001
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Microhouse](/source/Microhouse), [minimal techno](/source/minimal_techno)
| length     = 1:13:31
| label      = Kompakt
| producer   =
| chronology = Kompakt Total series
| prev_title = [Total 2](/source/Total_2)
| prev_year  = 2000
| next_title = [Total 4](/source/Total_4)
| next_year  = 2002
}}
'''''Kompakt: Total 3''''' or '''''Total 3''''' was released on 31 July 2001. The album is the third installment of the influential [Cologne](/source/Cologne)-based [microhouse](/source/microhouse) label's annual [compilation](/source/compilation_album) of vinyl releases and exclusives from its biggest artists and most promising newcomers. Vinyl and CD editions are quite different since only six songs are included on both formats. All tracks on the vinyl format were previously unreleased when the compilation came out. "Departures" was since included on Closer Musik's album [After Love](/source/After_Love_(Closer_Musik_album)), "So Weit Wie Noch Nie" was since released on 12 inch, both on Kompakt in 2002. It was this album that introduced the worldwide [electronic music](/source/electronic_music) scene to the [Cologne](/source/Cologne) [minimal](/source/microhouse) sound which was to be dominated by [Kompakt](/source/Kompakt) releases.

==Reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/total-3-mw0000460693|title=Total 3 – Various Artists|publisher=[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)|accessdate=28 September 2018|last=Kellman|first=Andy}}</ref>
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The music [online magazine](/source/online_magazine) ''[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))'' placed ''Total 3'' at number 175 on its list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7710-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-20-1/?page=2|title=The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s|work=[Pitchfork](/source/Pitchfork_(website))|date=28 September 2009|accessdate=1 October 2009|author=''Pitchfork'' staff|page=2}}</ref>

== Track listing : Vinyl Edition ==
A1 [Closer Musik](/source/Closer_Musik) – "Departures" (7:58)

A2 [The Modernist](/source/The_Modernist) – "Abi '81" (6:58)

B1 [Jürgen Paape](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Paape) – "[So Weit Wie Noch Nie](/source/So_Weit_Wie_Noch_Nie)" (5:39)
 	
B2 [Peter Grummich](/source/Peter_Grummich) – "Schwimmen & Tauchen" (6:29)
	
B3 [Superpitcher](/source/Superpitcher) – "Stealing Beauty" (4:46)

C1 [M. Mayer](/source/Michael_Mayer_(musician)) – "Hush Hush Baby" (6:44)
	
C2 [Reinhard Voigt](/source/Reinhard_Voigt_(musician)) – "In Aller Freundschaft" (4:20)

C3 [Sascha Funke](/source/Sascha_Funke) – Kuschelrock (5:44)

D1 [Schaeben](/source/Thomas_Schaeben) & [Voss](/source/Heiko_Voss) – "Montoya" (5:47)

D2 [Dettinger](/source/Dettinger) – "Tranquilizer" (5:49)

D3 Lawrence – "French Fries" (5:54)

Tracks B2, B3, C3, D1 and D3  are exclusive to vinyl version.

== Track listing : CD Edition ==
# Sascha Funke – "Drei Auf Drei" (6:12)
# Schaeben & Voss – "Ach Komm" (5:55)
# [M. Mayer](/source/Michael_Mayer_(musician)) – "Hush Hush Baby" (6:44)
# [The Modernist](/source/The_Modernist) – "Abi '81" (6:58)
# T.Raumschmiere – "Musick" (5:23)
# [Reinhard Voigt](/source/Reinhard_Voigt_(musician)) – "In Aller Freundschaft" (4:20)
# Lawrence – "Teaser" (6:43)
# [Dettinger](/source/Dettinger) – "Tranquilizer" (5:49)
# Superpitcher – "Tomorrow" (6:23)
# Ulf Lohmann – "Because" (5:27)
# [Jürgen Paape](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Paape) – "So Weit Wie Noch Nie" (5:39)
# [Closer Musik](/source/Closer_Musik) – "Departures" (7:58)

Six of the tracks on the CD are taken from previously released 12 inch vinyl on Kompakt (catalogue number in parentheses): #1 (KOM29); #2(KOM32); #5 (KOM37); #7 (KOM41); #9 (KOM35); #10 (KOM31).

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{Discogs release|id=24196}}
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