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Three Dog Night garnered three hits off of their 1974 release, Hard Labor, with material from John Hiatt, Allen Toussaint, and David Courtney/Leo Sayer. This time around they obtain their 21st and final Top 40 entry with a Dave Loggins song, "'Till the World Ends," and it is no "Pieces of April," the lovely composition from the same songwriter which landed in the Top 20 for the group two-and-a-half-years earlier. The problem with the song is the same dilemma faced by the album, Coming Down Your Way, the band seeking another genre to conquer while keeping their eye off of the precise and major Top 40 activity which was their bread and butter. Keyboard player for the Blues Image, Frank "Skip" Konte, joins Jimmy Greenspoon on the ivories with the Monkees/Barry Manilow bassist Dennis Belfield onboard as well. Their addition makes for a very musical album with Danny Hutton, Cory Wells and Chuck Negron emulating the Band and some kind of pseudo-slickGrateful Dead rather than sticking with the formula which made them so very successful. Jimmy Ienner's production doesn't have the sparkle it did four months earlier on Grand Funk Railroad's "Bad Time," a heavy metal band sounding more like Three Dog Night than Three Dog Night. Tracked at Colorado's famed Caribou Ranch, the disc also fails to come up with something as extraordinary as Elton John's "Island Girl," a song manufactured in the same recording facility and hitting number one two months after " 'Till the World Ends" brought the group's six-and-a-half-year chart run to a close. Jack Lynton's "Coming Down Your Way" is a reflection of Leo Sayer's "The Show Must Go On" and the closest thing to familiar Dog Night as this disc gets. Jeff Barry's "When It's Over" puts it all into perspective, Negron phrasing the lament which states the obvious for the once magnificent radio-friendly pop production machine. A frustrating outing because all involved were certainly proficient enough to come up with something more substantial than these ten performances which play like unfinished outtakes. Associate Producer on this effort, Bob Monaco, would take the remnants of the group down a disco path with the 1976 release, American Pastime, effectively closing the door and pointing the band toward their next phase -- that of an oldies act.
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
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David Loggins, ComposerLyricist - Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Randy Newman, ComposerLyricist - Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
℗ 1975 Geffen Records
Three Dog Night, MainArtist - Gary Stovall, ComposerLyricist - Kent Sprague, ComposerLyricist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
℗ 1975 Geffen Records
Allen Toussaint, ComposerLyricist - Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
℗ 1975 Geffen Records
Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Skip Konte, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
℗ 1975 Geffen Records
Jay Gruska, ComposerLyricist - Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer - Bonnie Spirit, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
℗ 1975 Geffen Records
Jeff Barry, ComposerLyricist - Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
℗ 1975 Geffen Records
Daniel Moore, ComposerLyricist - Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer
℗ 1975 Geffen Records
Three Dog Night, MainArtist - BOB MONACO, Producer, Associate Producer - Jimmy Ienner, Producer - Gregory Grandillo, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Geffen Records
Album review
Three Dog Night garnered three hits off of their 1974 release, Hard Labor, with material from John Hiatt, Allen Toussaint, and David Courtney/Leo Sayer. This time around they obtain their 21st and final Top 40 entry with a Dave Loggins song, "'Till the World Ends," and it is no "Pieces of April," the lovely composition from the same songwriter which landed in the Top 20 for the group two-and-a-half-years earlier. The problem with the song is the same dilemma faced by the album, Coming Down Your Way, the band seeking another genre to conquer while keeping their eye off of the precise and major Top 40 activity which was their bread and butter. Keyboard player for the Blues Image, Frank "Skip" Konte, joins Jimmy Greenspoon on the ivories with the Monkees/Barry Manilow bassist Dennis Belfield onboard as well. Their addition makes for a very musical album with Danny Hutton, Cory Wells and Chuck Negron emulating the Band and some kind of pseudo-slickGrateful Dead rather than sticking with the formula which made them so very successful. Jimmy Ienner's production doesn't have the sparkle it did four months earlier on Grand Funk Railroad's "Bad Time," a heavy metal band sounding more like Three Dog Night than Three Dog Night. Tracked at Colorado's famed Caribou Ranch, the disc also fails to come up with something as extraordinary as Elton John's "Island Girl," a song manufactured in the same recording facility and hitting number one two months after " 'Till the World Ends" brought the group's six-and-a-half-year chart run to a close. Jack Lynton's "Coming Down Your Way" is a reflection of Leo Sayer's "The Show Must Go On" and the closest thing to familiar Dog Night as this disc gets. Jeff Barry's "When It's Over" puts it all into perspective, Negron phrasing the lament which states the obvious for the once magnificent radio-friendly pop production machine. A frustrating outing because all involved were certainly proficient enough to come up with something more substantial than these ten performances which play like unfinished outtakes. Associate Producer on this effort, Bob Monaco, would take the remnants of the group down a disco path with the 1976 release, American Pastime, effectively closing the door and pointing the band toward their next phase -- that of an oldies act.
© Joe Viglione /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:53
- Main artists: Three Dog Night
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2013 Geffen Records ℗ 2013 Geffen Records
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