Suitable for Framing

Suitable for Framing
Studio album by
Three Dog Night
ReleasedJune 11, 1969 (1969-06-11)[1]
Recorded1969
StudioAmerican Recording, Studio City, California[2]
GenreRock
Length28:08
LabelDunhill (U.S. original release)
MCA (U.S. CD reissue)
Stateside (UK)
ProducerGabriel Mekler
Three Dog Night chronology
Three Dog Night
(1968) 		Suitable for Framing
(1969) 		Captured Live at the Forum
(1969)
Singles from Three Dog Night
  1. "Easy to Be Hard"
    Released: July 1969[3]
  2. "Eli's Coming"
    Released: October 1969[3]
  3. "Celebrate"
    Released: February 1970[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Rolling Stone(unfavorable) [5]
Tom HullC+[6]

Suitable for Framing is the second studio album by American rock band Three Dog Night. The album was released on the Dunhill record label on June 11, 1969[1] and was the first of two albums released by the band that year.

The album contains the top 20 hit singles "Easy to Be Hard", "Eli's Coming", and "Celebrate"; the latter of which (along with the album's opening track "Feelin' Alright") featured the 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 RIAA at the end of the year.

  1. ^ a b Ackerman, Paul, ed. (March 9, 1974). "Anatomy of a Three Dog Night: The Albums". Billboard. Vol. 86, no. 10. p. 36. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  2. ^ Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 (CD liner). Three Dog Night. United States: MCA Records. 1993. pp. 30, 31. MCAD2-10956.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ a b c Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 (CD liner). Three Dog Night. United States: MCA Records. 1993. p. 26. MCAD2-10956.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Newsom, Jim. "Suitable for Framing – Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  5. ^ Miroff, Bruce (23 August 1969). "Records". Rolling Stone. No. 40. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. p. 35.
  6. ^ Hull, Tom (November 2013). "Recycled Goods (#114)". A Consumer Guide to the Trailing Edge. Tom Hull. Retrieved June 20, 2020.