Label: Universal Music (Japan), UICY-75567
Style: Rock, Pop Rock, Soft Rock
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 35:44
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 231 Mb
Charts: US #8, AUS #32, CAN #11. US: Gold.
The
release of Harmony in the fall of 1971 gave Three Dog Night their
seventh gold record in less than three years, yielding two Top Ten
singles with Paul William's "Old Fashioned Love Song" (number four) and
Hoyt Axton's "Never Been to Spain" (number five). In addition, William's
"Family of Man" would just fail to crack the top of the charts, rising
as high as number 12 by March of 1972. This continued commercial
brilliance would, unfortunately, have negative repercussions on vocalist
Chuck Negron's personal life with a car accident, following a
substance-fuelled mixing session, signaling the beginning of his
protracted slide into drug addiction and eventual transience.
Nevertheless, Harmony remains a showpiece for the group's interpretive
talents, the album dividing itself between good-natured communal
recklessness (the William compositions, the organ-drenched funk of the
group's own "Jam") and more reserved, minor-keyed tradings on the last
vestiges of flower-powered earnestness (the melancholic "Peace of Mind,"
and a dubious cover of Stevie Wonder's "Never Dreamed You'd Leave Me in
Summer"). In addition to its continued testament to Three Dog Night's
musical versatility, Harmony is historically notable for the fact that
the decision to play large venues, like Pittsburgh's Three Rivers
Stadium, during the stateside tour to support the release played a large
part in ushering in the era of so-called stadium rock.
(allmusic.com/album/harmony-mw0000200798)
01. Never Been To Spain (03:46)
02. My Impersonal Life (04:18)
03. An Old Fashioned Love Song (03:23)
04. Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer (03:42)
05. Jam (03:52)
06. You (03:03)
07. Night In The City (03:17)
08. Murder In My Heart For The Judge (03:39)
09. The Family Of Man (03:33)
10. Intro Poem: Mistakes And Illusions / Peace Of Mind (03:06)
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