Cyan is the seventh 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.

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)

{| class="wikitable"

!Year

!Chart

!Position

|-

|rowspan="3"|1973

|rowspan="1"|Japan Oricon

|align="center"|56

|-

|US Top 200

|align="center"|26

|-

|Canada

|align="center"|8

|}

Singles – Billboard (United States) unless otherwise noted

{|class="wikitable"

!Year

!Single

!Chart

!Position

|-

|rowspan="4"|1973

|rowspan="3"|"Shambala"

|US Adult Contemporary

|align="center"|3

|-

|US Pop Singles

|align="center"|3

|-

|US Cash Box Singles

|align="center"|1

|-

|"Let Me Serenade You"

|US Pop Singles

|align="center"|17

|-

|}

Certifications

References

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