The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals explained

The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals
Type:greatest
Artist:Eric Burdon and the Animals
Cover:TheGreatestHitsOfEricBurdonAndTheAnimals.jpg
Released:March 1969
Recorded:1967–68
Genre:Rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Length:47:17
Label:MGM SE-4602
Chronology:The Animals US
Prev Title:Love Is
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
Next Year: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]

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]

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

Notes and References

  1. The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Eds. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1979. . pp. 9–10.
  2. Web site: The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals on Discogs.
  3. Web site: Artist Chart History: Animals . . 13 July 2014.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present . . 1983 . 0-8230-7511-7 . 21–22 .

  5. Web site: [{{AllMusic |class=artist|id=p3555|tab=charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} The Animals: Charts & Awards – ''Billboard'' Albums ]. . 13 July 2014.
  6. Web site: The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals . . 13 July 2014.

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