This album, while not their most successful, is one of
Three Dog Night's most interesting. Cut during a period when they were still very hot but were almost on the downside of their career, this album has a very strong gospel feeling to it. This is most evident on the hit single "Shambala," one of the group's finest later period records. It's a masterful record that shows the factors that made the group successful -- the counterpoint vocals of
Wells,
Negron, and
Hutton surrounded by a very heavy hard rock backing. Guitarist
Mike Allsup contributes a few good originals, too. The closing track, "Into My Life," continues the gospel feeling of the record and ends it on a high note. It's nice to know that with all of the debauchery and drugs,
Three Dog Night still had their spiritual priorities in some order. ~ Matthew Greenwald