Three Dog Night - Celebrate Three Dog Night Story (43 tracks) +Album Reviews

Really wonderful, but not complete

T. Pileggi | Valley Stream, NY United States | 07/08/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This group was the soundtrack to my adolescence & young adulthood. They were my first rock concert, and I saw them close to a dozen more times. I could hardly wait till they released their next album, and ran out and bought it right away. I could go on about their music, but most fans probably already know all about the complex harmonies, the changing line-ups (remember vocalist Jay Gruska or the rhythm section from Rufus stepping in?)Celebrate is a terrific document, but misses a lot of the gems that were never singles. Coming Down Your way, American Pastime & It's A Jungle are very under-represented albums here. And those three, along with Around The World still haven't made it to CD. I'd love to see a boxed set of all their albums, along with the rarities remastered and made available. For fun, throw in Corey Well's disco-tinged solo effort which came out after the breakup, and why not S.S.Fools, the original backup band's subsequent album. Three Dog Night may not have the reputation of Led Zeppelin or the Beatles, but they sure had a huge fan base. And they knew how to make a good pop song (remember when pop song wasn't considered a bad thing?). Anyway, buy this set, but keep pushing for the complete CD re-release of the entire catalogue. Three Dog Night gave us fun and excitement during turbulent times, their concerts were wall-to-wall pop & rock music perfection, and they seemed to actually like their fans."

This Is GREAT STUFF!

GretschViking | Northeastern, USA | 09/09/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Great set here. Three Dog Night have some of the greatest harmonies of all time. It includes long out of print mono mixes of many their singles. The edited monophonic 45 mix of 'Joy To The World', which features a guitar solo mixed out of the stereo version, is a breath of fresh air. 'Time To Get Alone' is an interesting listen since it is Three Dog Night under their original moniker of 'Redwood'. Brian Wilson produced the song for them but it went unreleased. The Beach Boys used the same backing track on the album, '20/20'. 'Til The World Ends' is absolutely incredible. It really is a shame that this song is virtually ignored by radio these days. The packaging is very nice. Inside the rather informative booklet is the original cancelled sleeve for the album 'It Ain't Easy'. This box will fill a major void in your CD collection."

Complete history of the band.....for fanatics only!!!!

Paul Tognetti | Cranston, RI USA | 06/02/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"When I purchased this package several years ago, this was easily the best available collection of Three Dog Night on the market. No question about it, Three Dog Night dominated the music charts like no one else in the early 1970's All 21 of the groups single releases between 1969 and 1975 made the Top 40 and all of those songs are included here. There were 11 Top Ten tunes and 3 of those went all the way to #1 including "Mama Told Me (Not To Come)", "Joy To The World" and "Black and White". At the same time they were dominating the AM airwaves, Three Dog Night could also be heard on the FM side of the dial. The group released some 14 albums and 5 of those went Top Ten on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.
As stated previously, this magnificent collection includes all 21 hit singles as well as many great tracks from the LPs. There is also an exceptional 30 page booklet that chronicles the entire history of the group. But since I am primarily interested in the "singles" this collection offers far more than I am really looking for or need. At this point I would recommend this package to big fans of the band only. For the rest of us there is now an alternative. In May 2004 Universal released all 21 hit singles on 1 CD. Priced at less than half of what one would have to shell out fot this deluxe 2 CD package it is now the better value."

Actually, an interesting journey through musical evolution

Archie Mercer | Yorba Linda, CA | 02/25/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Three-Dog Night. If you went to high school in the early 70's as I did you cringe when you think of their songs. Quite simply, they were considered "bubble-gum" music. But way back then a friend dumped a copy of their "Live at the Forum" album on me and I was surprised how guitar-driven they were. That album, while simplistic, was rather fun to listen to. Fast forward to their "Live around the world" double album and you saw a much more boring group. What happened between to this band? This two-CD set begins to answer that by charting their musical roots and then following their style changes.Starting off with a couple of unreleased demos and moving through their earlier music you see a band that mixed three-part harmonies with very able musicians. Songs like "It's for You" and "Heaven is in Your Mind" gave both musicians and singers a chance to shine. It would have been nice to see a couple of live cuts here but, alas, it's not to be. As we begin to progress into the top-ten hits (Eli's Coming, One, etc) we see how the success of those songs begin to water down their music. Not that there isn't gems throughout their career. One of my favorite songs here is "Midnight Runaway", a fairly good rocker from the same period as "Black & White" (eeyyuck). Other highlights off this set: "Good Feeling" (an attempt to do 50's doo-wop), "One Man Band", and a great song from late in their run "Brickyard Blues".Overall this is a solid Greatest Hits package covering about 10 years. With 43 songs on two CD's there is a lot of music covering a lot of styles. I would recommend this to, of course any Three-Dog Night fan, but also to fans who enjoyed the 70's style of top-40 hits. In other words, nothing meaningful, just fun music."

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