Harmony - THREE DOG NIGHT***

Never Been To Spain/My Impersonal Life/An Old Fashioned Love Song/Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer/Jam/You/Night In The City/Murder In My Heart For The Judge/The Family Of Man/Poem: Mistakes & Illusions-Frame Of Mind

Three Dog Night continued their winning streak of hit albums with Harmony, based largely on their interpretations of other people’s songs. It contains no fewer than three US top twenty hits, An Old Fashioned Love Song, Never Been To Spain and The Family Of Man. (US:8)

“Commercial soul-pop that still retains the faint reverberations of a hard rock flavour their music used to have a few years earlier.”

“This is my favourite Three Dog Night album. To me it defines their sound and concept perfectly.”

“The band were still an inventive force when they made this album and though everything doesn't come off, good ideas abound and some fine music is made. It just doesn't quite hang together well enough to sustain repeated playing.”

“While Three Dog Night were known as more as a singles band, I thought they hit a home run with this album as it is their strongest original studio album. Not only does it include three of their better hits but it also includes some great album cuts that should be receiving airplay on classic rock stations. A forgotten early 1970s classic.”

“This is my favourite Three Dog Night album. It contains some of the best recordings of their career. Of course the hits are here Never Been To Spain, Family Of Man and An Old Fashioned Love Song but there are others that are amazing also. Just give a listen to their remake of Stevie Wonder's Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer and Marvin Gaye's You. I also think My Impersonal Life is one of their best songs. Lots of gems here that didn't wind up on their original hits compilation.”

“Three Dog Night were the hottest thing going between 1969 and 1974, and this LP was in the midst of that hot streak. This contains some wonderful ballads along with some nice rockers and good poetic vibes.”

“The consistent hit makers of the early seventies continued their chart presence with Harmony, which spawned three big hits. The rest of the album offers some good tracks with only a couple of misfires.”