Cyan (Three Dog Night album)

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Template:Music ratings Cyan is the tenth studio album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released on October 9, 1973, by Dunhill Records. The album's original title was Seven Ball, Center Pocket, which was changed for unknown reasons.<ref>Cash Box Magazine music news page</ref>

Track listing

Side 1

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

Side 2

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

Personnel

Three Dog Night

• Mike Allsup – guitar
• 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

Additional personnel

• Donna Gaines – additional background vocals
• Gordon DeWitty – organ (track B3)

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 <ref>Three Dog Night, "Shambala" Chart Positions Retrieved February 16, 2015</ref>
		US Pop Singles	3
		US Cash Box Singles	1 <ref name="Whitburn">Template:Cite book</ref>
	"Let Me Serenade You"	US Pop Singles	17 <ref>Three Dog Night, "Let Me Serenade You" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015</ref>

References

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