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 Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals | ||||
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| Released | March 1969 | |||
| Recorded | 1967–68 | |||
| Genre | Rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock | |||
| Length | 47:17 | |||
| Label | MGM SE-4602 | |||
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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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| Rolling Stone Record Guide | (1979) |
Track listing
editSide 1
edit- "River Deep, Mountain High" (Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich) – 7:20 (from Love Is)
- "San Franciscan Nights" (Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch) – 3:24 (from Winds of Change)
- "Year of the Guru" (Burdon) – 5:25 (from Every One of Us)
- "Anything" (Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch) – 3:20 (from Winds of Change)
- "Monterey" (Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch) – 4:18 (from The Twain Shall Meet)
Side 2
edit- "White Houses" (Burdon) – 4:43 (from Every One of Us)
- "Winds of Change" (Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch) – 4:00 (from Winds of Change)
- "To Love Somebody" (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb) – 7:20 (from Love Is)
- "Sky Pilot" (Burdon, Briggs, Weider, Jenkins, McCulloch) – 7:27 (from The Twain Shall Meet)
Personnel
edit- Eric Burdon - vocals
- Vic Briggs - guitar except as indicated below
- John Weider - guitar, violin
- Danny McCulloch - bass except as indicated below
- Barry Jenkins - drums
- Zoot Money - keyboards on "White Houses" and "Year Of The Guru", keyboards and bass on "River Deep, Mountain High" and "To Love Somebody"
- Andy Summers - guitar on "River Deep, Mountain High" and "To Love Somebody"
References
edit- ^ a b The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Eds. Dave Marsh and John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1979. ISBN 0-394-73535-8. pp. 9–10.
- ^ "The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals on Discogs".
- ^ "Artist Chart History: Animals". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1983). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present. Billboard Publications. pp. 21–22. ISBN 0-8230-7511-7.
- ^ "The Animals: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals". Allmusic. Retrieved 13 July 2014.