3 Fools 4 April is the first CD/DVD by actor Viggo Mortensen, released in 2006. The album was recorded at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, California (like his two live albums Live at Beyond Baroque and Live At Beyond Baroque II) on April 1, 2005.

3 Fools 4 April
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 2006
RecordedApril 1, 2005 at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California
GenreSpoken word
LabelTDRS Music
Perceval Press
Viggo Mortensen chronology
Intelligence Failure
(2005)
3 Fools 4 April
(2006)
Time Waits for Everyone
(2007)
3 Fools 4 April
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ReleasedDecember 2006
RecordedApril 1, 2005 at Beyond Baroque in Venice, California
GenreSpoken word
LabelTDRS Music
Perceval Press
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The album features the reading of Viggo Mortensen, his son Henry Mortensen, and Scott Wannberg. Some of the readings come from poets like the Chilean Nobel prize winner Pablo Neruda, Chuang Tse, or even his ex-wife Exene Cervenka, while some of them are anonymous.

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction" 1:02
2."everything is really water" 4:10
3."the war" 1:18
4."freedom fighter" 1:02
5."back to Babylon" 3:28
6."hunters anonymous" 1:11
7."white hot heart" 0:46
8."elk"shaeryn smith1:51
9."the discourse on peace"lawrence ferlinghetti0:37
10."open heart university"spike milligan0:59
11."god loves it when you dance" 1:37
12."second chance, give or take a few" 1:47
13."march" 1:25
14."the smiling samurai" 2:23
15."5 haiku" 0:59
16."america"pablo neruda1:40
17."outlaws in the sun" 1:44
18."virtual unreality"exene cervenka0:34
19."linger" 3:45
20."kingman run" 5:39
21."the mice"charles bukowski0:52
22."a matter of choice" 0:24
23."strange food hoedown" 1:04
24."why i'm not a businessman" 1:49
25."public relations" 1:56
26."no mercy" 2:50
27."kelsey" 0:36
28."battle of wits" 0:48
29."view"muriel nelson1:31
30."rivers of pain" 1:18
31."world shaking baker" 1:50
32."madrid to New York" 3:27
33."nobody has to die" 1:44
34."down and back" 1:18
35."perfect world"exene cervenka3:53
36."penn. ave. pantasy #456" 1:53
37."utopian chaos" 0:37
38."to my daughter, young-a"yu ch'i-hwan1:31
39."stupid is as stupid does" 2:25
40."the rose"anonymous0:43
41."last round: Truce /Pioneers /Chuang Tse" 2:43

DVD edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."the war"  
2."second chance, give or take a few"  
3."back to Babylon"  
4."the smiling samurai"  
5."5 haiku"  
6."a matter of choice"  
7."hunters anonymous"  
8."white hot heart"  
9."the discourse on peace"lawrence ferlinghetti 
10."nobody has to die"  
11."elk"shaeryn smith 
12."public relations"  
13."no mercy"  
14."why i'm not a businessman"  
15."linger"  
16."kingman run"  
17."the mice"charles bukowski 
18."first light"  
19."rivers of pain"  
20."freedom fighter"  
21."fossils"  
22."penn.ave fantasy #456"  
23."virtual unreality"exene cervenka 
24."communion"  
25."strange food hoedown"  
26."utopian chaos"  
27."madrid to New York"  
28."ode to the bedpan"  
29."kelsey"  
30."march"  
31."empathy hoedown"  
32."battle of wits"  
33."hallowe'en"  
34."outlaws in the sun"  
35."chuang tse"chuang tse 

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