Three Dog Night - Suitable for Framing ( 1969 )

Track listing

Side one

1. "Feelin' Alright" (Dave Mason) – 3:39
   • Lead vocals shared by Hutton, Negron and Wells; includes the Chicago horn section.
2. "Lady Samantha" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 2:53
   • Lead vocal: Negron.
3. "Dreaming Isn't Good for You" (Danny Hutton) – 2:16
   • Lead vocal: Hutton.
4. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 3:10
   • Lead vocal: Wells.
5. "Eli's Coming" (Laura Nyro) – 2:41
   • Lead vocal: Wells. Does not include the piano outro used in the 45 RPM mono mix of the song.

Side two

1. "Easy to Be Hard" (Galt MacDermot, James Rado, Gerome Ragni) – 3:11
   • Lead vocal: Negron. Features an uncredited string section.
2. "Ain't That a Lotta Love" (Willie Dean "Deanie" Parker, Homer Banks) – 2:16
   • Lead vocal: Wells.
3. "King Solomon's Mines" (Floyd Sneed) – 2:29
   • Instrumental, dominated by percussion tracks performed by Sneed.
4. "Circle for a Landing" (Don Preston) – 2:20
   • Lead vocal: Hutton.
5. "Celebrate" (Gary Bonner, Alan Gordon) – 3:13
   • Lead vocals shared by Hutton, Negron and Wells; includes the Chicago horn section.

Personnel

The following people contributed to Suitable for Framing:

• Mike Allsup – guitar
• Bill Cooper – engineer
• Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboards
• Danny Hutton – lead vocals (tracks A1, A3, B4-B5), background vocals
• Gabriel Mekler – producer
• Chuck Negron – lead vocals (tracks A1-A2, B1, B5), background vocals
• Richard Podolor – guitar (uncredited), engineer
• Joe Schermie – bass
• Floyd Sneed – drums, percussion
• Cory Wells – lead vocals (tracks A1, A4-A5, B2, B5), background vocals
• James Pankow – trombone on "Celebrate" and "Feelin' Alright"
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet on "Celebrate" and "Feelin' Alright"
• Walter Parazaider – saxophone on "Celebrate" and "Feelin' Alright"