Three Dog Night discography explained

Artist:Three Dog Night
Studio:12
Live:4
Compilation:7
Singles:26

Three Dog Night's original recordings were released by ABC Dunhill Records, except for 1983's It's a Jungle, which was released by Passport. In the mid-1970s, executives at ABC Dunhill discarded their multi-track recordings and mono masters to save storage space in a cost-cutting measure.[1] As a result, all re-issues on CD were remastered using album masters.

The group scored 11 top ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, including three that hit number one: Joy to the World, Mama Told Me Not to Come and Black and White. Joy to the World was the top song on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1971. Seven of the group's albums were certified gold by the RIAA and their first LP, Three Dog Night, was certified platinum.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"
Album details
[2] [3]
Peak chart positionsCertifications
[4]
US
[5]
AUS
[6]
CAN
[7]
Three Dog Night 1117
Suitable for Framing
  • Released: June 11, 1969
  • Label: Dunhill (DS 50058)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
1615
It Ain't Easy
  • Released: March 31, 1970
  • Label: Dunhill (DS 50078)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
85
Naturally
  • Released: November 18, 1970
  • Label: Dunhill (DSX 50088)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
1419
Harmony
  • Released: September 30, 1971
  • Label: Dunhill (DSX 50108)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
83211
Seven Separate Fools
  • Released: July 1972
  • Label: Dunhill (DSD 50118)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
6217
Cyan
  • Released: October 9, 1973
  • Label: Dunhill (DSX/DHM 50158/DSX 550158)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
268
Hard Labor
  • Released: March 6, 1974
  • Label: Dunhill (DSD 50168)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
206116
Coming Down Your Way 7027
American Pastime
  • Released: March 1976
  • Label: ABC (ABCD 928)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette
123
It's a Jungle
  • Released: May 1983
  • Label: Passport (PB 5001)
  • Format: stereo LP/cassette
210
Three Dog Night with the London Symphony Orchestra
  • Released: May 21, 2002
  • Label: Image (1378)
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

As of 2021, Three Dog Night has confirmed they are working on their next album, which will be called The Road Ahead. It currently does not have a release date.[8]

Live albums

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Album details
Peak chart positionsCertifications
US
CAN
Captured Live at the Forum
  • Released: October 16, 1969
  • Label: Dunhill (DS 50068)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
64
Around the World with Three Dog Night
  • Released: February 13, 1973
  • Label: Dunhill (DSY 50138)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette
1821
Three Dog Night: Live
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Universal Special Products
  • Format: cassette
Super Hits Live
  • Released: August 28, 2007
  • Label: Sony BMG (702945)
  • Format: CD
Three Dog Night: Greatest Hits Live
  • Released: August 26, 2008
  • Label: Shout Factory (B001CITRCQ)
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

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Album details
Peak chart positionsCertifications
US
AUS
CAN
Golden Bisquits
  • Released: February 1971
  • Label: Dunhill (DSX 50098)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette
5378
  • Released: November 1974
  • Label: Dunhill (DSD 50178)
  • Format: stereo LP/8-track/cassette/CD
154
The Best of 3 Dog Night
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: MCA (6018)
  • Format: stereo LP/cassette/CD
  • Released: December 7, 1993
  • Label: MCA (MCAD/C2-10956)
  • Format: double CD/double Cassette
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection:
The Best of Three Dog Night
  • Released: October 19, 1999
  • Label: MCA (MCAD-12073)
  • Format: Cassette/CD
109
The Complete Hit Singles
  • Released: May 25, 2004
  • Label: Geffen (B0001779-02)
  • Format: CD
178
35th Anniversary Hits Collection
  • Released: October 19, 2004
  • Label: Compendia (5778)
  • Format: CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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TitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[9] [10]
US AC
[11]
AT
[12]
CAN
GE
[13]
NL
[14]
NZ
[15]
SA
[16]
UK
[17]
AU
[18]
1968"Nobody"116Three Dog Night
1969"Try a Little Tenderness"2919
"One"541639
  • RIAA: Gold
"Easy to Be Hard"42Suitable for Framing
"Eli's Coming"104
1970"Celebrate"158
"Mama Told Me Not to Come"1212141310310
  • RIAA: Gold
It Ain't Easy
"Out in the Country"1511985
"One Man Band"196Naturally
1971"Joy to the World"111725121248
  • RIAA: Gold
"Liar"7472
"An Old Fashioned Love Song"412316
  • RIAA: Gold
Harmony
"Never Been to Spain"51831234
1972"The Family of Man"122753860
"Black and White"118124121
  • RIAA: Gold
Seven Separate Fools
"Pieces of April"19613
1973"Shambala"331743811353
  • RIAA: Gold
Cyan
"Let Me Serenade You"1711
1974"The Show Must Go On"42126
  • RIAA: Gold
Hard Labor
"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here"1618
"Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)"3325
1975"Til the World Ends"321126Coming Down Your Way
1976"Everybody Is a Masterpiece"44American Pastime
1983"It's a Jungle Out There"It's a Jungle
2009"Heart of Blues" [19] non-album single

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ABC-Paramount Records Story . Bsnpubs.com . 2011-09-10.
  2. Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 . Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 . Three Dog Night . 1993 . 30 . CD liner . . MCAD2-10956 . United States.
  3. March 9, 1974 . Anatomy of a Three Dog Night: The Albums . . 86 . 10 . 36 . Paul . Ackerman . Paul Ackerman . April 2, 2011 .
  4. https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH "Gold & Platinum Searchable Database"
  5. Web site: Three Dog Night: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums . Billboard . United States . February 14, 2019.
  6. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 309.
  7. Web site: RPM Search Engine . March 31, 2004 . . PHP.
  8. News: LOUGHLIN . RYAN . September 7, 2021 . Hutton keeps Three Dog Night alive and well with first new record in over four decades . . 6 January 2022.
  9. Three Dog Night Album & Song Chart History . . February 14, 2019.
  10. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn . Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Hot 100, 1959–1985 . 1992 . Record Research . 0-89820-082-2.
  11. Three Dog Night Adult Contemporary Chart History . . April 11, 2020.
  12. Web site: Discographie Three Dog Night . . Hung Medien . de . ASP . April 3, 2011.
  13. Web site: Chartverfolgung / THREE DOG NIGHT / Single . . Music Line . de . April 3, 2011.
  14. Web site: Discografie Three Dog Night . Hung Medien . nl . ASP . April 3, 2011.
  15. Web site: flavour of new zealand - search listener. Flavourofnz.co.nz. 6 January 2022.
  16. Web site: SA Charts 1965-1989 . South African Rock Lists Website . September 19, 2019.
  17. Web site: Artist Chart History: Three Dog Night . . April 3, 2011.
  18. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian) . . Australian Chart Book . St Ives, N.S.W. . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6.
  19. Web site: Three Dog Night - Heart of Blues. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Mc359-JFpjU . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube. November 10, 2018.