Cyan (Three Dog Night album)

Cyan
Cyan
Studio album by Three Dog Night
Released	October 9, 1973
Genre	Pop, rock
Length	34:49
Label	Dunhill
Producer	Richard Podolor
Three Dog Night chronology
Singles from Cyan
	"Shambala"; Released: 1973; "Let Me Serenade You"; Released: 1973;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	(not rated) ^[2]

Cyan is the tenth album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1973. The album's original working title was "Seven Ball, Center Pocket", which was changed for unknown reasons.^[3]

Track listing[]

Side 1[]

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

Side 2[]

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

Personnel[]

Musicians[]

Mike Allsup – guitar
Gordon DeWitty – organ (track B3)
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
Donna Gaines – additional background vocals

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 ^[4]
		US Pop Singles	3
		US Cash Box Singles	1 ^[5]
	"Let Me Serenade You"	US Pop Singles	17 ^[6]

Certifications[]


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[7]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

^ Greenwald, Matthew. Cyan at AllMusic
^ Rolling tone review
^ Cash Box Magazine music news page
^ Three Dog Night, "Shambala" Chart Positions Retrieved February 16, 2015
^ Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982. Sheridan Books. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.
^ Three Dog Night, "Let Me Serenade You" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
^ "American album certifications – Three Dog Night – Cyan". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

[1] Greenwald, Matthew. Cyan at AllMusic

[2] Rolling tone review

[3] Cash Box Magazine music news page

[4] Three Dog Night, "Shambala" Chart Positions Retrieved February 16, 2015

[Whitburn-5] Whitburn, Joel (2015). The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982. Sheridan Books. p. 509. ISBN 978-0-89820-213-7.

[6] Three Dog Night, "Let Me Serenade You" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015

[United_StatesThree_Dog_NightCyanalbumCertRef-7] "American album certifications – Three Dog Night – Cyan". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

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hide v t Three Dog Night
Danny Hutton Michael Allsup Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Skip Konte Al Ciner Gary Moon Richard Campbell
Studio albums	Three Dog Night (1968) Suitable for Framing (1969) It Ain't Easy (1970) Naturally (1970) Harmony (1971) Seven Separate Fools (1972) Cyan (1973) Hard Labor (1974) Coming Down Your Way (1975) American Pastime (1976) It's a Jungle (1983)
Live albums	Captured Live at the Forum (1969) Around the World with Three Dog Night (1973)
Compilations	Golden Bisquits (1971) Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982) Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 (1993) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night (1999)
Singles	"Nobody" "Try a Little Tenderness" "One" "Easy to Be Hard" "Eli's Coming" "Celebrate" "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" "Out in the Country" "One Man Band" "Joy to the World" "Liar" "An Old Fashioned Love Song" "Never Been to Spain" "The Family of Man" "Black & White" "Pieces of April" "Shambala" "Let Me Serenade You" "The Show Must Go On" "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" "Til the World Ends" "Everybody's a Masterpiece" "It's a Jungle Out There"
Other songs	"Darlin'" "Time to Get Alone"
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