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The Best of 3 Dog Night is the fifteenth album by the American rock band, Three Dog Night and is a double album released in 1982. It was certified Gold by the RIAA on May 1, 1996.

Seven of these titles landed on the Billboard Adult contemporary chart when originally released and all 20 hit the Hot 100.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic writes, "There isn't anything major missing, and while some of the non-singles material isn't particularly strong, there are enough worthwhile moments to make this a fairly consistent, enjoyable listen, in addition to being the one Three Dog Night album most fans will need."

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Joy to the World"	Hoyt Axton	Naturally (1970)	3:32
2.	"Easy to Be Hard"	Galt MacDermot James Rado Gerome Ragni	Suitable for Framing (1969)	3:09
3.	"The Family of Man"	Jack Conrad Paul Williams	Harmony (1971)	3:05
4.	"Sure As I'm Sittin' Here"	John Hiatt	Hard Labor (1974)	3:05
5.	"An Old Fashioned Love Song"	Paul Williams	Harmony	3:20

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Mama Told Me (Not to Come)"	Randy Newman	It Ain't Easy (1970)	3:14
2.	"Try a Little Tenderness"	Jimmy Campbell Reginald Connelly Harry M. Woods	Three Dog Night (1969)	4:06
3.	"Shambala"	Daniel Moore	Cyan (1973)	3:21
4.	"Let Me Serenade You"	John Finely	Cyan	3:00
5.	"Never Been to Spain"	Hoyt Axton	Harmony	3:40

Side three
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Black and White"	David I. Arkin Earl Robinson	Seven Separate Fools (1972)	3:42
2.	"Pieces of April"	Dave Loggins	Seven Separate Fools	4:08
3.	"Liar"	Russ Ballard	Naturally	3:01
4.	"Out in the Country"	Roger Nichols Paul Williams	It Ain't Easy	3:05
5.	"The Show Must Go On"	David Courtney Leo Sayer	Hard Labor	3:26

Side four
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Eli's Coming"	Laura Nyro	Suitable For Framing	2:38
2.	"One Man Band"	Billy Fox January Tyme Tommy Kaye	Naturally	2:48
3.	"One"	Harry Nilsson		3:01
4.	"Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)"	Allen Toussaint	Hard Labor	4:46
5.	"Celebrate"	Gary Bonner Alan Gordon	Suitable For Framing	3:11
Total length:				67:18

The CD release follows the same track list.

Personnel

Mike Allsup - guitar
Jimmy Greenspoon - keyboard
Danny Hutton - vocals
Skip Konte - keyboard
Chuck Negron - vocals
Jack Ryland - bass guitar
Joe Schermie - bass guitar
Floyd Sneed - percussion, drums
Cory Wells - vocals

Production

Producers: Richard Podolor, Gabriel Mekler, Jimmy Ienner
Compilation: Vince Cosgrave
Art direction: Vartan
Design: Jay Vigon
Artwork: Jay Vigon

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

"American album certifications – "Three Dog Night" – Best of Three Dog Night". Recording Industry Association of America.
"Billboard Adult Contemporary". Retrieved 20 March 2020.
"Billboard Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
"American album certifications – Three Dog Night – Best of Three Dog Night". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

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Danny Hutton Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Timothy Hutton Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Michael Allsup 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) The Complete Hit Singles (2004)
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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