Editing Suitable for Framing (section)

== Critical reception ==
Writing for ''[[The New York Times]]'' in 1969, [[Robert Christgau]] believed ''Suitable for Framing'' suffered for the same reasons ''Three Dog Night'' succeeded:

{{quote|"The material is imaginative, but the familiar songs are less interesting--the embarrassing imitation of Otis Redding's 'Try a Little Tenderness' on the first album is matched by an embarrassing imitation of Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' on this one, and songs like 'Feelin' Alright?' and 'Eli's Coming' are much inferior to the originals--and the others have been justly neglected (exception: 'Circle for a Landing'). Danny Hutton has contributed a weak song of his own, drummer Floyd Sneed is featured on an instrumental waste cut, and the record is one song shorter than the first (time: 28:01). Its largest failing, however, is the obvious one: it is devoid of identity."<ref>{{cite news|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=August 17, 1969|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/news/cocker-69.php|title=A Man as Good as Janis|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=March 12, 2017}}</ref>}}