Three Dog Night ‎ Joy To The World - Their Greatest Hits 1974 ABC Orig. Vinyl

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Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits Greatest hits album by  Three Dog Night Released November 1974 Genre Rock Length 47:15 Label Dunhill Producer Jimmy Ienner, Gabriel Mekler, Richard Podolor Three Dog Night chronology Hard Labor
(1974) Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits
(1974) Coming Down Your Way
(1975)

Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits is the twelfth album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1974.

Release

Joy to the World is the follow-up compilation to Golden Bisquits, consisting of eleven (out of twelve) charted hits from the group's previous four studio albums (the top 20 hit "Pieces of April" was left off for reasons unknown), two charted hits that already appeared on their first greatest hits compilation ("One" and "One Man Band"), and non-charting B-side "I'd Be So Happy". In 1981 the album was reissued on MCA Records with issue number MCA-37120.

Critical reception

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic Christgau's Record Guide B+

Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "Things seem to be winding up for the Kings of Oversing, but this fourteen-song compilation demonstrates that the singles, unlike the albums, didn't diminish much. It also suggests that though they're praised when at all for translating weirdos like Nilsson and Newman into AM, they also deserve credit for preserving the odd goody (two apiece) by the likes of Paul Williams and Hoyt Axton. Only Lighthouse keeper Skip Prokop proves beyond help."

Track listing

Side 1 No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length 1. "Joy To The World" Hoyt Axton Naturally, November 1970 3:50 2. "One" Harry Nilsson Three Dog Night, October 1968 3:04 3. "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" (Edited single version) John Hiatt Hard Labor, March 1974 3:06 4. "An Old Fashioned Love Song" (Single version) Paul Williams Harmony, September 1971 3:21 5. "Let Me Serenade You" John Finley Cyan, October 1973 3:04 6. "Shambala" Daniel Moore Cyan 3:22 7. "Black and White" David I. Arkin, Earl Robinson Seven Separate Fools, March 1972 3:47 Side 2 No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length 1. "Never Been to Spain" Hoyt Axton Harmony 3:43 2. "One Man Band" Billy Fox, January Tyme, Tommy Kaye Naturally 2:49 3. "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" (Edited single version) Allen Toussaint Hard Labor 3:34 4. "I'd Be So Happy" (Edited single version) Skip Prokop Hard Labor 3:44 5. "Liar" (Newly edited version of stereo album mix) Russ Ballard Naturally 3:04 6. "The Family of Man" Paul WIlliams, Jack Conrad Harmony 3:10 7. "The Show Must Go On" (Single version) David Courtney, Leo Sayer Hard Labor 3:37