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DISCID=8607b609
DTITLE=Three Dog Night / It Ain't Easy
DYEAR=1970
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Woman
TTITLE1=Cowboy
TTITLE2=It Aint Easy
TTITLE3=Out In The Country
TTITLE4=Good Feeling (1957)
TTITLE5=Rock And Roll Widow
TTITLE6=Mama Told Me (Not To Come)
TTITLE7=Your Song
TTITLE8=Good Time Living
EXTD=Originally Released April 1970\nCD Edition Released 1988 ??\nJapa
EXTD=nese 24-bit Remastered CD Edition Released August 26, 2002\n\nAMG
EXTD= EXPERT REVIEW: After a remarkable string of hits through 1969, T
EXTD=hree Dog Night released It Ain't Easy, its fourth album in less t
EXTD=han 18 months. Once again, it was a hot seller, going to number e
EXTD=ight. Once again, it consisted primarily of songs written by some
EXTD= of rock music's best, but as yet unheralded, composers. And this
EXTD= time, the group had its first number one hit, a memorable versio
EXTD=n of Randy Newman's fear-of-partying song "Mama Told Me (Not to C
EXTD=ome)." Although much more melodramatic than Newman's own understa
EXTD=ted take on his 12 Songs album, Three Dog Night's rendering was c
EXTD=leverly orchestrated and impossible to escape. It Ain't Easy also
EXTD= included another Newman composition, "Cowboy," the song he'd wri
EXTD=tten for Midnight Cowboy, which was rejected by the filmmakers in
EXTD= favor of Fred Neil's "Everybody's Talkin'." The album also provi
EXTD=ded a taste of Free with "Woman," Paul Williams' attractive "Out 
EXTD=in the Country," and a Cynthia Weil-Barry Mann composition, "Good
EXTD= Time Living." The Elton John classic "Your Song" makes its first
EXTD= appearance on this album as well, predating his own recorded ver
EXTD=sion by several months. Considering how dependent Three Dog Night
EXTD= was on outside songsmiths to provide them with the material they
EXTD= popularized, it is surprising that none of the album jackets of 
EXTD=their first four albums contained printed writing credits. The cu
EXTD=rious listener had to look to the labels on the records in order 
EXTD=to track down who had written these first-rate compositions.  -- 
EXTD=Jim Newsom\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA perfect mix 'n matc
EXTD=h of various musical styles, December 2, 2002 \nBy  David Hugaert
EXTD= (Honolulu, HI United States)\n"It Ain't Easy" is most likely the
EXTD= most veritable title in the Three Dog Night catalogue, as far as
EXTD= musical stylings go. The CD opens with a ballsy rocker titled "W
EXTD=oman", plus there are other finely laid-out rock arrangements as 
EXTD=well. "Rock & Roll Widow" contains a beautifully textured mixture
EXTD= of Michael Allsup's lead guitar and Jimmy Greenspoon's rangey an
EXTD=d dynamic keyboard playing - the perfect balance to the above tra
EXTD=ck. The third and final rock composition, the Barry Mann/Cynthia 
EXTD=Weil-penned "Good Time Living", has Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton & 
EXTD=Cory Wells singing together in upstanding fashion, with a uniquel
EXTD=y interwoven style of three part harmony which can't be found any
EXTD=where else on this planet. Hutton, Negron & Wells each contribute
EXTD= solo lead vocals on three tracks, with Negron contributing a tea
EXTD=ry-eyed vocal on the Randy Newman-penned "Cowboy", and with Hutto
EXTD=n contributing an equally impressive vocal performance on the Elt
EXTD=on John/Bernie Taupin written "Your Song". Although TDN's version
EXTD= of Elton's ballad entered the charts the same time as "The Maste
EXTD=r('s) Himself", Elton John's version quickly reached Top 20 statu
EXTD=s before the TDN version slowly made it up the far reaches of the
EXTD= Billboard charts in December 1970/January 1971. What makes TDN's
EXTD= version of "Your Song" unique in its own special way, is the blu
EXTD=esy instrumental passages that the band craftfully put in place o
EXTD=f the last omitted verse - a Three Dog Night trademark found in o
EXTD=ther TDN album non-singles. Wells makes excellent use of his gruf
EXTD=f, soulful vocals on the other Newman-penned single "Mama Told Me
EXTD= (Not To Come)" - TDN's first number one single. The title track 
EXTD=emits several bluesy pulsations that are all over the place, as w
EXTD=ell. There's a special place in the guys' heart for 1950's music 
EXTD=too, as is the heir apparent in "Good Feeling (1957)". There's a 
EXTD=funny little story featured in the booklet of the double CD "Cele
EXTD=brate 1965-1975" collection, as Danny Hutton stated about this tr
EXTD=ack: "We stuffed rags and paper into our mouths, ears and noses, 
EXTD=trying to make the funniest noises we could." To this, Cory Wells
EXTD= stated: "That was the happiest moment I remember. I remember goi
EXTD=ng home at 7:30 in the morning after we recorded it. I was up for
EXTD= days." After hearing "Good Feeling (1957)" the guys truly were e
EXTD=njoying themselves, as per Hutton and Wells' above comments, and 
EXTD=it shows. "Out In The Country" showcases a mixture of folk & rock
EXTD= influences put to good measure. So, to sum it all up, "It Ain't 
EXTD=Easy" makes for wholesome "easy listening" pleasure at that, whic
EXTD=h makes it essential for your all-important Three Dog Night colle
EXTD=ction. Although this title went out of print in the U.S. long ago
EXTD=, many of the selections found on "It Ain't Easy" are also locate
EXTD=d on the "Celebrate..." collection mentioned above. Who knows how
EXTD= much longer this import of "IAE" will be made available to the p
EXTD=ublic. You would be most wise to pick up a copy soon, otherwise i
EXTD=t'll be one "hard sell"! IN LOVING MEMORY: Joe (Schermie) Scherme
EXTD=tzler (1946-2002). R.I.P. Thanks for many musical memories, Joe. 
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