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{{Infobox album | name = Suitable for Framing | type = studio | artist = [[Three Dog Night]] | cover = Suitable cover.JPG | alt = | released = {{Start date|1969|06|11}}<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine |date=March 9, 1974 |title=Anatomy of a Three Dog Night: The Albums |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=86 |issue=10 |page=36 |editor1-first=Paul |editor1-last=Ackerman |editor1-link=Paul Ackerman |accessdate=April 4, 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAcEAAAAMBAJ&dq=Dunhill+50058&pg=PA36}}</ref> | recorded = 1969 | venue = | studio = American Recording, [[Studio City, Los Angeles|Studio City]], California<ref name="notes1">{{cite AV media notes |title=Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965β1975 |title-link=Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965β1975 |others=[[Three Dog Night]] |year=1993 |pages=30, 31 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[MCA Records]] |id=MCAD2-10956 |location=[[United States]]}}</ref> | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]] | length = {{Duration|m=28|s=08}} | label = [[Dunhill Records|Dunhill]] <small>(U.S. original release)</small><br>[[MCA Records|MCA]] <small>(U.S. CD reissue)</small><br>[[Stateside Records|Stateside]] (UK) | producer = [[Gabriel Mekler]] | prev_title = [[Three Dog Night (album)|Three Dog Night]] | prev_year = 1968 | next_title = [[Captured Live at the Forum]] | next_year = 1969 | misc = {{Singles | name = Three Dog Night | type = studio | single1 = [[Easy to Be Hard]] | single1date = July 1969<ref name="notes2">{{cite AV media notes |title=Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965β1975 |title-link=Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965β1975 |others=[[Three Dog Night]] |year=1993 |pages=26 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[MCA Records]] |id=MCAD2-10956 |location=[[United States]]}}</ref> | single2 = [[Eli's Comin'|Eli's Coming]] | single2date = October 1969<ref name="notes2" /> | single3 = [[Celebrate (Three Dog Night song)|Celebrate]] | single3date = February 1970<ref name="notes2" /> }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Newsom"> {{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000192093|pure_url=yes}} | last = Newsom | first = Jim | title = Suitable for Framing β Album Review | website = [[AllMusic]] | accessdate = 28 July 2019 }}</ref> | rev2 = [[Rolling Stone]] | rev2Score = ''(unfavorable)'' <ref>{{cite magazine |last=Miroff |first=Bruce |date=23 August 1969 |title=Records |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=40 |pages=35 |location=San Francisco |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. }}</ref> | rev4 = [[Tom Hull (critic)|Tom Hull]] | rev4Score = C+<ref name="Hull">{{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|author-link=Tom Hull (critic)|date=November 2013|url=http://www.tomhull.com/ocston/arch/cg/cg13-11.php|title=Recycled Goods (#114)|work=A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge|publisher=Tom Hull|accessdate=June 20, 2020}}</ref> }} '''''Suitable for Framing''''' is the second [[studio album]] by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Three Dog Night]]. The album was released on the [[Dunhill Records|Dunhill]] [[record label]] on June 11, 1969<ref name="Billboard" /> and was the first of two albums released by the band that year. The album contains the top 20 hit [[Single (music)|single]]s "[[Easy to Be Hard]]", "[[Eli's Comin'|Eli's Coming]]", and "[[Celebrate (Three Dog Night song)|Celebrate]]"; the latter of which (along with the album's opening track "[[Feelin' Alright?|Feelin' Alright]]") featured the [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] [[horn section]]. It is also notable for being the first album by Three Dog Night to include songs written by band members, and for its inclusion of the [[Elton John]] / [[Bernie Taupin]] song "[[Lady Samantha]]," as the duo of John/Taupin would not become widely known in the United States for another year. The album reached the top 10 on charts in both The United States and Canada and became certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] at the end of the year. == Recording, production, artwork, packaging == As with the band's [[Three Dog Night (album)|self-titled debut album]], ''Suitable for Framing'' was recorded at American Recording Company, was [[Record producer|produced]] by [[Gabriel Mekler]] (who produced other Dunhill artists including [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]]), and was [[Audio engineering|engineered]] by [[Richard Podolor]] (who would later become the group's producer) and Bill Cooper. The band members during the album's recording were [[Danny Hutton]] ([[Singing|vocals]]), [[Chuck Negron]] (vocals), [[Cory Wells]] (vocals), [[Jimmy Greenspoon]] ([[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s), [[Michael Allsup]] ([[guitar]]s), Joe Schermie ([[Bass guitar|bass]]), and [[Floyd Sneed]] ([[Drum kit|drum]]s, [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]).<ref name="notes1" /> Engineer Richard Podolor also performed as an uncredited guitarist on the album.<ref name="notes3">{{cite AV media notes |title=Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965β1975 |title-link=Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965β1975 |others=[[Three Dog Night]] |year=1993 |first=David |last=Leaf |author-link=David Leaf |page=9 |type=CD liner |publisher=[[MCA Records]] |id=MCAD2-10956 |location=[[United States]]}}</ref> The original version of ''Suitable for Framing'' (Dunhill DS 50058) was released as a [[LP record|vinyl LP record]] with a gatefold sleeve. The [[Art director|art direction]] for the original LP sleeve was done by Wayne Kimbell with [[photography]] by [[Ed Caraeff]].<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Suitable for Framing |others=[[Three Dog Night]] |year=1969 |type=Vinyl sleeve |publisher=[[Dunhill Records|Dunhill ABC Records]] |id=DS 50058 |location=[[Los Angeles]], [[California]]}}</ref> The album's gatefold photo features Three Dog Night wearing greasepaint make-up, and posing with members of the [[Los Angeles]] [[groupie]] troupe [[The GTOs]]. == 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>}} == Track listing == ===Side one=== #"[[Feelin' Alright?|Feelin' Alright]]" ([[Dave Mason]]) β 3:39 #* ''Lead vocals shared by Hutton, Negron and Wells; includes the Chicago horn section.'' #"[[Lady Samantha]]" ([[Elton John]], [[Bernie Taupin]]) β 2:53 #* ''Lead vocal: Negron, verses. Hutton, choruses.'' #"Dreaming Isn't Good for You" ([[Danny Hutton]]) β 2:16 #* ''Lead vocal: Hutton.'' #"[[A Change Is Gonna Come (song)|A Change Is Gonna Come]]" ([[Sam Cooke]]) β 3:10 #* ''Lead vocal: Wells.'' #"[[Eli's Comin'|Eli's Coming]]" ([[Laura Nyro]]) β 2:41 #* ''Lead vocal: Wells. Does not include the piano outro used in the 45 RPM mono mix of the song.'' ===Side two=== #"[[Easy to Be Hard]]" ([[Galt MacDermot]], [[James Rado]], [[Gerome Ragni]]) β 3:11 #* ''Lead vocal: Negron. Features an uncredited string section.'' #"[[Ain't That a Lot of Love|Ain't That a Lotta Love]]" (Willia Dean "Deanie" Parker, [[Homer Banks]]) β 2:16 #* ''Lead vocal: Wells.'' #"King Solomon's Mines" ([[Floyd Sneed]]) β 2:29 #* ''Instrumental, dominated by percussion tracks performed by Sneed.'' #"Circle for a Landing" ([[Don Preston (guitarist)|Don Preston]]) β 2:20 #* ''Lead vocal: Hutton.'' #"[[Celebrate (Three Dog Night song)|Celebrate]]" (Gary Bonner, [[Alan Gordon (songwriter)|Alan Gordon]]) β 3:13 #* ''Lead vocals shared by Hutton, Negron and Wells; includes the Chicago horn section.'' ==Personnel== The following people contributed to ''Suitable for Framing'':<ref name="notes1" /><ref name="notes3" /> *[[Cory Wells]] β lead vocals (tracks A1, A4βA5, B2, B5), background vocals *[[Chuck Negron]] β lead vocals (tracks A1βA2, B1, B5), background vocals *[[Danny Hutton]] β [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]] (tracks A1, A3, B4βB5), [[Backing vocalist|background vocals]] *[[Mike Allsup]] β [[guitar]] *Joe Schermie β [[bass guitar|bass]] *[[Floyd Sneed]] β [[Drum kit|drums]], [[Percussion instrument|percussion]] *[[Jimmy Greenspoon]] β [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]]s *[[Walter Parazaider]] β [[saxophone]] on "Celebrate" and "Feelin' Alright" *[[Lee Loughnane]] β [[trumpet]] on "Celebrate" and "Feelin' Alright" *[[James Pankow]] β [[trombone]] on "Celebrate" and "Feelin' Alright" *[[Gabriel Mekler]] β [[Record producer|producer]] *[[Richard Podolor]] β guitar (uncredited), engineer *Bill Cooper β [[Audio engineering|engineer]] == Charts == === Weekly charts === {|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" !scope="col"|Chart (1969) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- |Canadian Albums Chart<ref name="RPM">{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-100.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3 |title=''RPM'' Search Engine |date=March 31, 2004 |work=[[Library and Archives Canada]] |format=PHP}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|15 |- |US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard 200|200]]<ref>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic |class=artist|id=p5648|tab=charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} |title=Three Dog Night: Charts & Awards β ''Billboard'' Albums |work=[[Allmusic]] |publisher=[[Rovi Corporation]] |location=United States |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|16 |- |} === Singles === {|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Chart (1969) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- |rowspan="3"|"[[Easy to Be Hard]]" |Canadian Singles Chart<ref name="RPM" /> |style="text-align:center;"|2 |- |US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref name="Billboard2">{{cite magazine |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=three dog night|chart=all}} |title=Three Dog Night Album & Song Chart History |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |US ''Record World'' Singles<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book| last = Whitburn| first = Joel| title = The Comparison Book Billboard/Cash Box/Record World 1954-1982| publisher = Sheridan Books| year = 2015| isbn = 978-0-89820-213-7|page=509}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |rowspan="2"|"[[Eli's Comin'|Eli's Coming]]" |Canadian Singles Chart<ref name="RPM" /> |style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="Billboard2" /> |style="text-align:center;"|10 |- |} {|class="wikitable sortable" border="1" !scope="col"|Title !scope="col"|Chart (1970) !scope="col"|Peak<br />position |- |rowspan="2"|"[[Celebrate (Three Dog Night song)|Celebrate]]" |Canadian Singles Chart<ref name="RPM" /> |style="text-align:center;"|8 |- |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref name="Billboard2" /> |style="text-align:center;"|15 |- |} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Three Dog Night|title=Suitable for Framing|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1970|certyear=1970|accessdate=February 14, 2019 }} {{Certification Table Bottom| nosales=true}} == References == {{Reflist}} {{Three Dog Night}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Three Dog Night albums]] [[Category:1969 albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Gabriel Mekler]] [[Category:Dunhill Records albums]] [[Category:Stateside Records albums]] [[Category:MCA Records albums]]
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