The Complete Hit Singles

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The Complete Hit Singles
Three Dog Night - The Complete Hit Singles Cover.jpg
Compilation album by
ReleasedMay 25, 2004 (2004-05-25)
Genre
Length74:28
Label Geffen
Producer Mike Ragogna
Three Dog Night chronology
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night
(1999)
The Complete Hit Singles
(2004)
35th Anniversary Hits Collection
(2004)

The Complete Hit Singles is a compilation album by Three Dog Night. It was released on May 25, 2004 by Geffen Records.

Contents

While eight of these titles landed on the Billboard Adult contemporary chart [1] when originally released, all twenty-one hit the Hot 100. [2] Peaking at No. 1 on the Hot 100 were "Joy to the World," "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" and "Black and White." On the Adult contemporary charts, the No. 1s were "Black & White" and "An Old Fashioned Love Song." To date this is the only compilation to contain all of the band's top 40 hits. There were eleven top 10s, seven of them reaching gold status. [3] Three Dog Night disbanded in 1977. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Tim Sendra of AllMusic writes, "the songs collected here play like the soundtrack to the '70s" and "these songs are about as good as early-'70s pop gets." [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."One" Harry Nilsson Three Dog Night (1968)3:04
2."Try a Little Tenderness"Three Dog Night4:24
3."Easy to Be Hard" Suitable for Framing (1969)3:13
4."Eli's Coming" Laura Nyro Suitable For Framing2:47
5."Celebrate"
Suitable For Framing3:01
6."Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" Randy Newman It Ain't Easy (1970)3:19
7."Out in the Country"
It Ain't Easy3:08
8."One Man Band"
Naturally (1970)2:52
9."Joy to the World" Hoyt Axton Naturally3:15
10."Liar" Russ Ballard Naturally3:19
11."An Old Fashioned Love Song" Paul Williams Harmony (1971)3:47
12."Never Been to Spain" Hoyt Axton Harmony3:44
13."Family of Man"
Harmony3:26
14."Black & White" Seven Separate Fools (1972)3:24
15."Pieces of April" Dave Loggins Seven Separate Fools4:13
16."Shambala" Daniel Moore Cyan (1973)3:25
17."Let Me Serenade You" John Finely Cyan3:15
18."The Show Must Go On" Hard Labor (1974)3:45
19."Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" John Hiatt Hard Labor4:47
20."Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" Allen Toussaint Hard Labor4:49
21."'Til the World Ends"Dave Loggins Coming Down Your Way (1975)3:31
Total length:74:28

Musicians

Three Dog Night

Additional musicians

"Celebrate"

"Never Been To Spain"

"Pieces Of April"

"Let Me Serenade You"

"Til The World Ends"

Production

Track information and credits adapted from AllMusic , [6] and verified from the album's liner notes.

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [7] 178

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  2. "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. "Gold Certification". RIAA. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
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  5. 1 2 Sendra, Tim. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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  7. "Three Dog Night Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 20, 2020.