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The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals

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The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals
Greatest hits albumby
Eric Burdon and the Animals
ReleasedMarch 1969
Recorded1967–68
GenreRock,psychedelic rock,hard rock
Length47:17
LabelMGMSE-4602
The AnimalsUS 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 Animalswas the group's compilation representingthe Animals' last three lineups, and showcased their venture intopsychedelic rock.[1][2]It was released in March 1969 in the US but never put out in theUnited Kingdom;[3]it was the last albumMGM Recordswould 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 theBillboard200.[5]

The 1979Rolling Stone Record Guidesaid that while the album's songs "are, in a way, great fun as memorabilia, they are surely no more than that."[1]Allmusicconsiders 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[edit]

Side 1[edit]

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

Side 2[edit]

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

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abThe Rolling Stone Record Guide.Eds.Dave Marshand John Swenson. New York: Random House, 1979.ISBN0-394-73535-8.pp. 9–10.
  2. ^"The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals on Discogs".
  3. ^"Artist Chart History: Animals".The Official Charts Company.Retrieved13 July2014.
  4. ^Whitburn, Joel(1983).The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: 1955 to present.Billboard Publications.pp.21–22.ISBN0-8230-7511-7.
  5. ^"The Animals: Charts & Awards –BillboardAlbums ".Allmusic.Retrieved13 July2014.
  6. ^"The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals".Allmusic.Retrieved13 July2014.
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