The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals

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The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals
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Greatest hits album by
Eric Burdon and the Animals
ReleasedMarch 1969
Recorded1967–68
Genre Rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Length47:17
Label MGM SE-4602
The Animals US chronology
Love Is
(1968)		The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals
(1969)		 Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
(1977)

The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals was the group's compilation representing the Animals' last three lineups, and showcased their venture into psychedelic rock. [1] [2] It was released in March 1969 in the US but never put out in the United Kingdom; [3] it was the last album MGM Records would release in (more or less) the group's lifetime. Despite containing three tracks that had been US Top 15 singles, [4] the collection was not commercially successful, placing only at number 153 on the Billboard 200. [5]

Contents

The 1979 Rolling Stone Record Guide said that while the album's songs "are, in a way, great fun as memorabilia, they are surely no more than that." [1] Allmusic considers it "An okay compilation of its kind", but supplanted by later compilations issued after the group had broken up. [6]

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Track listing

Side 1

  1. "River Deep, Mountain High" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 7:20 (from Love Is )
  2. "San Franciscan Nights" (Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch) – 3:24 (from Winds of Change )
  3. "Year of the Guru" (Burdon) – 5:25 (from Every One of Us )
  4. "Anything" (Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch) – 3:20 (from Winds of Change)
  5. "Monterey" (Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch) – 4:18 (from The Twain Shall Meet )

Side 2

  1. "White Houses" (Burdon) – 4:43 (from Every One of Us)
  2. "Winds of Change" (Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch) – 4:00 (from Winds of Change)
  3. "To Love Somebody" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 7:20 (from Love Is)
  4. "Sky Pilot" (Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch) – 7:27 (from The Twain Shall Meet)

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 The Rolling Stone Record Guide . Eds. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1979. ISBN   0-394-73535-8. pp. 9–10.
  2. ↑ "The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals on Discogs".
  3. ↑ "Artist Chart History: Animals". The Official Charts Company . Retrieved 13 July 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1983). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present. Billboard Publications. pp.  21–22. ISBN   0-8230-7511-7.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. ↑ "The Animals: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic . Retrieved 13 July 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. ↑ "The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals". Allmusic . Retrieved 13 July 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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