If 3

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{{Infobox album

| name = If 3

| type = Album

| artist = If

| cover = If 3 (If album - cover art).jpg

| alt =

| released = August 1971

| recorded = 1971

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz rock
Progressive rock

| length = 39:32

| label = United Artists (U.K.)

Capitol (U.S.)

| producer = Jon Child
If

| prev_title = If 2

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = If 4

| next_year = 1972

| misc = {{Singles

| name = If 3

| type = studio

| single1 = Far Beyond" b/w "Forgotten Roads

| single1date = August 1971{{cite journal | last=Mabbs | first=Val | date=7 August 1971 | url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Record-Mirror-IDX/IDX/70s/Record-Mirror-1971-08-07-S-OCR-IDX-16.pdf | title=Hot Rod sings Hardin classic | journal=Record World | volume= | issue= | page=16 | via=World Radio History}}

| single2 =

| single2date =

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r41196|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

If 3 is the third release by the English jazz rock band If. It was released in August 1971 by United Artists Records (U.K.) and Capitol Records (U.S.) and reached #171 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart.Chart information courtesy of Billboard.com © 2006 VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. It was reissued in CD in 2006 by Bodyheat with 2 bonus tracks, then by Repertoire in 2007 with 2 different bonus tracks.

The track "Forgotten Roads" featured on the band's live appearance on German TV's Beat-Club in September 1971.

The track "Here Comes Mr. Time" was included on the United Artists Records promotional sampler All Good Clean Fun (1971).