Three Dog Night Album: “Best of Three Dog Night”

"The Best of Three Dog Night" is a decent, single-disc T.D.N. collection. Only their final top-40 hit, "'Til The World Ends," is missing. There are some shortcomings, however, which make me limit my rating to three stars: First, there is the packaging, with a colorized cover photo and no liner notes. Second, the sound quality is a little tinny when compared to other Three Dog Night CDs. Third, if you're looking for the 45 versions you remember, you won't find them here. These are the LP versions ("Liar" and "Family of Man" are edited, but they're not the 45 mixes.) Finally, "Shambala" is presented here in a fake-stereo version which sounds like two synchronized mono tapes, each with different equalization (This song first appeared as a mono 45, and the mono master was electronically rigged into fake-stereo several months later for the "Cyan" LP. An authentic stereo version of this song has never been released.)

In spite of this CD's drawbacks, it's still the title to get for the casual T.D.N. fan who's looking for a single-CD collection with (almost) all the hits, and no filler.

I'm 18, and I've always liked Three Dog Night. Well, to be honest, I've always liked three of their songs: "Joy To The World," "One is the Loneliest Number," and "Mama Told Me Not To Come." I soon found out that these weren't the only great songs they sang. After getting word that Three Dog Night was coming to our fairly small town, I immediately made plans to go see them, and I'm glad I did. While I must admit that the best times of the concert came when they sang the aforementioned three songs, I was introduced to a whole lot of other songs, and decided to stay after the show to buy a CD. I decided upon their "Greatest Hits" CD so I could get the best of all the worlds. Then out comes Three Dog Night to sign autographs! I had them sign the booklet of my new CD, and exchanged words and handshakes with them before departing for home with one of my friends. Ever since I played that CD in my car on the way home, I've become hooked. They've got great, catchy songs like "Family of Man," "Shambala," "Old Fashioned Love Song," "Black and White,"...it goes on. There isn't one song on this CD that I don't enjoy listening to, as I can just press "play," kick back, and let the CD run itself out. It's great, and I recommend it to anyone who may be thinking about buying it. If you're a fan of mellow rock or good ol' rock & roll, you will love this CD, guaranteed!

I thoroughly enjoyed this collection....I owned every one of these songs on vinyl when I was a teenager, and am amazed at the instrumental and vocal nuances that come through in the digital CD format which vinyl or tape can't reproduce. I would have given it the full five stars if it had included the song "Going in Circles"; but alas, the compilers let me down.........*SIGH*

'Sure as I'm sittin' here' listening to my favorite 3 Dog Night songs taking me back to the late 1960's/early 1970's when I was a young child. My favorite songs then were: 'Joy to the World', 'Old Fashioned Love Song' and 'The Show must go on'

Back in the early 1980's, 3 Dog Night performed live at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. My friends and me made a beeline to see them; they were great. The Amphitheater was jammed packed with many fans that came to 'Celebrate'. I was really thrilled to see the Dogs perform live and they played their greatest hits on this CD.

The CD quality is excellent. The songs are as great today as they were 25 something years ago. I highly recommend this CD for 3 Dog Night fans.

One thing about Three Dog Night is that even though they never wrote any of their hit singles, they have the ear and the knack to pick out potential hit singles from the unknown but up and coming songwriters. On the debut, you get the hit single written by Harry Nilsson, and on the failed single Nobody, the B side was a obscure Lennon/McCartney number called It's For You and may share the dubious distinction of the 45 having a longer version of the song than the album itself. Also, 3 Dog did turn to buying public on to Traffic by covering Heaven Is In Your Mind, The Band on Chest Fever, and even covers a then unknown Neil Young on The Loner. Plus, Three Dog Night also benefitted by having a great drummer in Floyd Sneed whose beats powered the songs. And Try A Little Tenderness may pale next to Otis's version, 3 Dog Night kicks it up a notch at the rocking end of song.

I agree. Why these guys not in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame is beyond me, even if they didn't write the songs, their know how of picking hits should have gotten them in on that notion alone. From One to Harmony, Three Dog Night knew how to pick them.

Grade B+