American Pastime

American Pastime is the fourteenth album by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1976. Their only studio album not to feature the band's three founding vocalists (Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells) backed up by their long-time band, it sold poorly and the band broke up soon afterwards. Danny Hutton was only present in one of the songs in the album.

Track listing

"Everybody Is a Masterpiece" (George Clinton, Richard Ira Reicheg) – 2:45
"Easy Evil" (Alan O'Day) – 3:38
"Billy the Kid" (Billy Lawrie, Marie Lawrie) – 3:41
"Mellow Down" (Andy Fairweather-Low) – 3:00
"Yellow Beach Umbrella" (Craig Doerge, Judy Henske) – 4:56
"Hang On" (Jay Gruska, Jeffrey Spirit) – 4:18
"Southbound" (Hoyt Axton, Mark M. Dawson) – 4:11
"Drive on, Ride On" (Dobie Gray, Troy Harold Seals) – 3:32
"Dance the Night Away" (Bob Carpenter, David James Holster) – 4:41

Personnel

Danny Hutton - vocals
Chuck Negron - vocals
Cory Wells - vocals
Jay Gruska - vocals
Gavin Christopher - conga
Al Ciner - guitar
Dan Ferguson - electric guitar
Ed Greene - drums
Jimmy Greenspoon - keyboard
Skip Konte - keyboard, clavinet
Mickey McMeel - drums
Dennis Belfield - bass
Jeff Porcaro - drums
Ron Stockert - keyboards, synthesizer bass

Production

Producer: Bob Monaco
Engineer: Tony Sciarrotta, Scot Spain
Arranger: Three Dog Night

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1976	Pop Albums	123^[2]

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"Everybody Is a Masterpiece"	Adult Contemporary	55^[3]

References

↑ Viglione, Joe. American Pastime at AllMusic
↑ Three Dog Night, American Pastime Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015
↑ Three Dog Night, "Everybody Is a Masterpiece" Chart Position Retrieved February 16, 2015

Three Dog Night

Danny Hutton Michael Allsup Paul Kingery Pat Bautz Eddie Reasoner David Morgan Cory Wells Chuck Negron Jimmy Greenspoon Floyd Sneed Joe Schermie Jack Ryland Skip Konte Mickey McMeel James "Smitty" Smith Dennis Belfield Al Ciner Jay Gruska Ron Stockert Mike Seifrit Richard Grossman Mike Keely Scott Manzo Steve Ezzo Gary Moon T.J. Parker Richard Campbell Mike Cuneo

Studio albums	Three Dog Night (1968) Suitable for Framing (1969) It Ain't Easy (1970) Naturally (1970) Harmony (1971) Seven Separate Fools (1972) Cyan (1973) Hard Labor (1974) Coming Down Your Way (1975) American Pastime (1976) It's a Jungle (1983)

Live albums	Captured Live at the Forum (1969) Around the World with Three Dog Night (1973) Three Dog Night: Live (1988) Live with the London Symphony Orchestra (2002)

Compilations	Golden Bisquits (1971) Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits (1975) The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982) Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975 (1993) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night (1999) The Complete Hit Singles (2004)

Singles	"Nobody" "Try a Little Tenderness" "One" "Easy to Be Hard" "Eli's Coming" "Celebrate" "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" "Out in the Country" "One Man Band" "Joy to the World" "Liar" "An Old Fashioned Love Song" "Never Been to Spain" "The Family of Man" "Black & White" "Pieces of April" "Shambala" "Let Me Serenade You" "The Show Must Go On" "Sure As I'm Sittin' Here" "Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" "Til the World Ends" "Everybody Is a Masterpiece" "It's a Jungle Out There"

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