Cyan (Three Dog Night album) explained

Cyan
Type:	album
Artist:	Three Dog Night
Cover:	Three Dog Night - Cyan (album).png
Released:	October 9, 1973
Studio:	American Recording Co., Studio City, California
Genre:	Pop, rock
Length:	34:49
Label:	Dunhill
Producer:	Richard Podolor
Prev Title:	Around the World With Three Dog Night
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	Hard Labor
Next Year:	1974

Cyan is the tenth studio album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released on October 9, 1973, by Dunhill Records. The album's original title was Seven Ball, Center Pocket, which was changed for unknown reasons.^[1]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Happy Song" (Mike Allsup) – 3:37
2. "Play Children Play" (Kent Sprague, Gary Stovall) – 4:10
3. "Storybook Feeling" (Allsup) – 4:20
4. "Ridin' Thumb" (James Seals) – 4:09

Side 2

1. "Shambala" (Daniel Moore) – 3:23
2. "Singer Man" (Cebert Bernard, Derrick Harriott) – 3:28
3. "Let Me Serenade You" (John Finley) – 3:15
4. "Lay Me Down Easy" (Moore) – 3:54
5. "Into My Life" (Allsup) – 4:33

Personnel

Three Dog Night

• Mike Allsup – guitar
• Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboard
• Danny Hutton – lead vocals (B4), background vocals
• Chuck Negron – lead vocals (A1, A3, B2, B5), background vocals
• Jack Ryland – bass
• Floyd Sneed – drums
• Cory Wells – lead vocals (tracks A2, A4, B1, B3), background vocals

Additional personnel

• Donna Gaines – additional background vocals
• Gordon DeWitty – organ (track B3)

Production

• Producer: Richard Podolor
• Engineer: Bill Cooper
• Arranger: Richard Podolor, Three Dog Night
• Art direction: Ed Caraeff
• Design: David Larkham, Michael Ross
• Photography: Ed Caraeff

Charts

Album – Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1973	Japan Oricon	56
	US Top 200	26
	Canada	8

Singles – Billboard (United States) unless otherwise noted

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1973	"Shambala"	US Adult Contemporary	3 ^[2]
		US Pop Singles	3
		US Cash Box Singles	1 ^[3]
	"Let Me Serenade You"	US Pop Singles	17 ^[4]

References

Notes and References

1. https://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1973-04-14-OCR-Page-0012.pdf#search=%22three%20dog%20night%22 Cash Box Magazine music news page
2. http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Shambala+by+Three+Dog+Night&id=46006 Three Dog Night, "Shambala" Chart Positions
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel. The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982. Sheridan Books. 2015. 978-0-89820-213-7. 509.
4. http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=Let+Me+Serenade+You+by+Three+Dog+Night&id=46007 Three Dog Night, "Let Me Serenade You" Chart Position