Three Dog Night with the London Symphony Orchestra

Three Dog Night | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Image Entertainment
• ASIN: B0000648RD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #355,373 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture

2. Mama Told Me Not To Come

3. Black And White

4. Shambala

5. Prelude To Liar

6. Liar

7. Easy To Be Hard

8. Old Fashioned Love Song

9. Never Been To Spain

10. Prelude To One

11. One

12. Sault Ste. Marie

13. Out In The Country

14. Overground

15. Celebrate

16. Joy To The World

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Dog Night's First New Album In Nearly 20 Years!, May 26, 2002

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William T. Travers Jr. "tomtravers.com" (Long Neck, DE United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Three Dog Night with the London Symphony Orchestra (Audio CD)

Well it's been a long time a-coming, but we finally have a brand new Three Dog Night album to listen to. Believe me it was worth the wait. It just goes to show you the veteran bands not only still have it, but they can rock the back sides off of any of these new bands.

"With The London Symphony Orchestra", Three Dog Night shows off it's longevity with hot new arrangements of their million selling hits while not straying to far from the original feel of those timeless songs. The powerful orchestra augments these songs with a new freshness that many of the albums recorded with this concept don't come close to.

Cory Wells and Danny Hutton's vocals are incredible and if anything have gotten stronger and are packed with the passion of the early recordings. Their interpretations of the songs Chuck Negron sang are shining on this recording and they give these songs a new energy that makes them feel brand new.

The band is white hot here with the new technology streaming through the arrangements. Michael Allsup's guitar solos on "Liar" and "Never Been To Spain" are powerful enough, and Jimmy Greenspoons keyboard and B-3 playing are so emotional, but when you add a 100 piece orchestra to the mix it makes the hair stand up on your neck. The rhythm section of Paul Kingerly on bass and Pat Bautz on drums are like a wall of bumping and pumping that give these songs a new millennium kick in the ass.

The bonus in this package are the first new Three Dog Night songs in almost twenty years. "Sault Ste. Marie" written by newcomer Kevin Bowe is a very new kind of alternative acoustic country song that evokes the feel of Ryan Adams and Wilco. The hook is beautiful and it still shows the uncanny touch Wells and Hutton have for picking great songs by up and coming artists. The second track "Overground" is another song that feels new with a retro feel and both songs could easily be played on any Adult Contempory or Triple A radio station today.

"With The London Symphony Orchestra" was produced by longtime Three Dog Night boardsman, Richard Podolor at American Recording Company in Calabasas, CA and the London Symphony Orchestra is conducted by Larry Baird and recorded at legendary Abbey Road Studios in London, England. This new album and I mean this is a NEW album is a great step into the new millennium. Here's hoping everybody jumps back aboard the Three Dog Night bandwagon. Hey man, I never got off.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TDN & LSO, July 11, 2002

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Steve Ziemann (Arlington, Tx USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Three Dog Night with the London Symphony Orchestra (Audio CD)

I really didn't know what to expect from this marriage of symphony and classic TDN material.....but I was very pleasantly surprised. This fusion works very nicely, thank you....As well as the original TDN songs have stood the test of time, the addition of the LSO gave them a whole new feel....And the two newest songs ("Sault Ste. Marie" and "Overground") go to show that they still have that knack for finding great material by lesser known writers. As for Michael Allsup, Jimmy Greenspoon, Pat Bautz and Paul Kingery, in my opinion, all are underrated.

This is a very well-done project led by Richard Podolor's producing skills and conductor Larry Baird of the London Symphony Orchestra recorded at the legendary Abbey Road Studios. If you have ever been a fan of Three Dog Night or have always been a fan, I recommend you get this cd.....you WILL NOT be disappointed.......

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, July 27, 2002

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Ryan Adams (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Three Dog Night with the London Symphony Orchestra (Audio CD)

I've always been a TDN fan, but this time they've really out-done themselves! I am 100% impressed. Most guys tend to lose their voices as they get older---not these guys. The vocals sound better than ever (no coincidence that the weaker singer is no longer involved in the group). I hate to say it, but the tracks actually sound better without Chuck. Nevertheless, this is a fantastic new recording of some classic hits with the added texture of the London Symphony. It really brings the music to a whole new level. The two new cuts on the record ("Overground" and "Sault St. Marie") are just further proof that Cory & Danny still have an incredible knack for choosing strong material. Congratulations guys on a beautiful album---I recommend it HIGHLY to anyone and everyone that enjoys real music.