The Complete Hit Singles is a compilation album by Three Dog Night. It was released on May 25, 2004 by Geffen Records.
While eight of these titles landed on the Billboard Adult contemporary chart when originally released, all twenty-one hit the Hot 100. 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. Three Dog Night disbanded in 1977.
Critical reception
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."
Track listing
Musicians
Three Dog Night
Cory Wells – Vocals Chuck Negron – Vocals Danny Hutton – Vocals Michael Allsup – Guitars Jimmy Greenspoon – Keyboards Floyd Sneed – Drums, Percussion Skip Konte – Keyboards (1974-1976) Jack Ryland – Bass (1973-1975) Joe Schermie – Bass (1968-1973)
Additional musicians
"Celebrate" Walter Parazaider – Saxophone James Pankow – Trombone Lee Loughnane – Trumpet
"Never Been To Spain" Rusty Young - pedal steel
"Pieces Of April" Patrick Sullivan – Cello
"Let Me Serenade You" Gordon DeWitty – Organ
"Til The World Ends" Jimmy Haskell – Strings Arranged By Ron Stockert – Electric Piano (Fender Rhodes) Mickey McMeel – Percussion
Production
Mastered by Erick Labson Producer – Gabriel Mekler (tracks 1 to 5) Producer – Jimmy Ienner (tracks 18 to 21) Producer – Richard Podolor (tracks 6 to 17) Art Direction – Vartan Kurjian Compilation Producer – Mike Ragogna Production Design – Glenn Barry Engineer – Bill Cooper (tracks 1 to 17) Engineer – Richard Podolor (tracks 1 to 5) Product Manager – Adam Starr Product Manager – Kelly Martinez Production Manager – Adam Abrams
Track information and credits adapted from AllMusic, and verified from the album's liner notes.
Charts Chart (2004) Peakposition
References
External links Three Dog Night Official Site Geffen Records Official Site