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Track Listings
1 | House Of The Rising Sun |
2 | I'm Crying |
3 | Baby Let Me Take You Home |
4 | Gonna Send You Back To Walker |
5 | Boom Boom |
6 | Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood |
7 | Bring It On Home To Me |
8 | We Gotta Get Out Of This Place |
9 | It's My Life |
10 | Don't Bring Me Down |
11 | See See Rider |
12 | Inside - Looking Out |
13 | Hey GYP |
14 | Help Me Girl |
15 | When I Was Young |
16 | A Girl Named Sandoz |
17 | San Franciscan Nights |
18 | Monterey |
19 | Anything |
20 | Sky Pilot |
21 | White Houses |
22 | Spill The Wine |
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This is the hybrid career retrospective that features hits such as "House of the Rising Sun," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," and Sky Pilot Feat. Eric Burdon.
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The 22 tracks on Retrospective deftly chronicle the best years of the Animals, who were far and away the grittiest band in the British Invasion of the mid-1960s. Eric Burdon's magnificently raw vocals and the stabbing chords of Alan Price's Vox Continental organ gave their covers of American blues and R&B classic such as Sam Cooke's "Bring it on Home" and John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" an authenticity that no other British groups could match. Their rough sound also gave songs like "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "We've Got to Get of This Place" a real sense of rage and menace. By 1967 Burdon was the only remaining original member and he formed a new band that eschewed the blues and R&B of his early years in Newcastle in favor of a psychedelic, San Francisco-influenced sound. Songs like "When I Was Young" showed he had a real gift for the type of personal songwriting that was becoming popular in the late 1960s while the lyrically obscure "San Franciscan Nights" and "Sky Pilot" suggested he spent too much time hanging out with hippies. Even when they stumbled, the Animals were interesting, and when they hit the mark, they were as good as any band from the British Invasion. --Michael John Simmons
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.88 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.6 ounces
- Manufacturer : ABKCO
- Item model number : 1982854
- Original Release Date : 2004
- Date First Available : January 28, 2007
- Label : ABKCO
- ASIN : B0002IQABI
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #13,867 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #89 in British Invasion Rock
- #131 in Oldies & Retro (CDs & Vinyl)
- #166 in Classic Psychedelic Rock
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It was a single like no other: a searing, intense minor key lament that featured a memorable electric guitar opening, pulsing organ and an amazing new instrument in the form of the voice of Eric Burdon. Strong, loud, howling at times, Burdon's delivery was unlike anything heard on Top 40 radio and made their version a definitive classic despite its being sung on the folk circuit by everybody from Joan Baez and Bob Dylan to Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Andy Griffith. The group's producer, Mickie Most, hadn't even wanted them to record it, much less release it as a single. It was totally counterintuitive to the short, bright thing a single was supposed to be. But it defied expectations and reached #1 for three weeks between Where Did Our Love Go and Oh, Pretty Woman. It seemed to be played constantly and totally dominated the airwaves.
It also created a career for the Animals that would last well into 1968 with many changes in personnel and an eventual change of name and style to Eric Burdon & the Animals in 1966. They had a steady stream of hits, though they were generally bigger in the U.K. where they almost always placed in the Top 10 than the U.S. where they most often had to settle for Top 20. The British market generally liked harder-edged songs than the U.S. The Animals weren't even afraid to release straight blues singles like John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom or R&B like Timmy Shaw's (aka Jake Hammond) Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (Walker). ("Walker" always confused me. I thought it was a person but it turns out to be a section of Newcastle).
But it was with their big, tuneful but still hard-edged songs that they became a steady presence on pop radio. The Animals were like a good friend who dropped by frequently with a new tune like the plaintive Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, the original Born To Run song We Gotta Get Out of This Place, the assertive It's My Life and the amazingly advanced fuzz guitar of Don't Bring Me Down. Though they never reached the heights of House of the Rising Sun again, they revisited the Top 10 with their upbeat version of See See Rider in the fall of '66.
Then due to the gradual parting of the original group members beginning with organist Alan Price in early '65, and drummer John Steel in early '66, Burdon put together a new band, left Mickie Most and signed to Decca in the U.K. (with MGM still releasing in the U.S.). Eric Burdon & the Animals were a whole new thing and just as good as the old group in a different way. From now on Burdon co-wrote most of their material and their style was more current with the changes in popular music in the mid to late 60's. Burdon himself moved to California and immersed himself in everything that was happening there. As a result the songs became more pop like and complex and were given more elaborate production. His lyrics were more timely, from the autobiographical When I was Young to the Summer of Love's San Franciscan Nights and Monterey. Burdon himself turned out to be poet at heart, which really came out in his hit single with War, Spill the Wine.
All of this is here along with some outstanding album tracks and B-sides. There's A Girl Named Sandoz (Sandoz? It was the name of the Swiss Laboratory where Albert Hoffman created LSD) so it's pretty clear what that one is about. Then there's the practically miraculous early song, Baby Let Me Take You Home which contains in almost it's complete form the primary sound of many of the garage bands of the mid 60's, at least those which included an organ. (All-guitar bands modeled themselves more on the early Kinks).
This disc has been released by ABKCO, Alan Klein's label (now owned by Universal). They always do a great job on their compilations and this one is as good as their others. There are 22 songs lasting 78 minutes, all beautifully taken from the original masters. The sound is excellent. There is a very informative booklet as well. I would have liked to see them include the original American single of House of the Rising Sun (2:58) in addition to the 4:29 U.K. single here but that's just quibbling.
Hit after hit was nothing to the Eric and the Animals and they pulled it off as well as the Stones, the Beatles, or even Zepplin.
Between their early work like the classic "House of the Rising Sun" to their epic masterpiece "Sky Pilot" they were in line with the big boys and played the field well. Hitting some trends first, following in the footsteps of others at times as well, they take their place in history with hits like "Don't Bring Me Down", "We Gotta Get Outta This Place", and their tribute to the city of love "San Franciscan Nights" as well as a few others. They have still got the chops and the staying power.
Also included on "Retrospective" is the Eric Burdon classic "Spill The WIne (Take That Girl)" that was an experiment with the band WAR who went on to have a fine career of their own. But, made their opening mark with Eric at the helm when he was on leave from the Animals. I am PLEASED it's included here even if it wasn't an 'Animals' hit, it was one of Eric's greats and is rarely included in any other greatest hits or retrospective packages and it takes it's place here without any protest from me but, a definite Thank You! It's long since been one of my favorites by Eric.
Since then, Eric Burdon continues to tour, with and without the Animals, but, no one can ever dispute their right to be counted among the Greats! This fine compilation of some of their best tracks is testament to just that fact!
Incredibly Re-Mastered for this disc....this is 'the best' across the board sampling of Eric and the Animals available. This IS the one you want.
Flash back to the 1960's in our totally psychedelic orange and pink bedroom with tye-dyed bedspreads and Beatles/Stones/ and other groups from the English invasion plastered on our walls. There we sat with our teeny tiny little record player with 45's spinning with a needle that probably should have been replaced as we listened in awe to the belting voice of one Eric Burdon and the Animals. We were in Heaven. It was great and the sound was out of this world!
That was a long time ago but am still loving the sounds of the 1960's. Watching AMERICAN IDOL a few weeks ago one of the contestants cranked out one of the songs by the Animals. We purchased this CD and haven't stopped listening to it since.
Wow -- what a difference a top quality stereo system makes or even the CD player in my cute little PT Cruiser -- such clarity!!! The songs and sounds have never sounded better and what we thought sounded wonderful in that bright little bedroom on our scratchy little record player is just AWESOME now.
Eric Burdon can really sing these tunes and they are great. House of the Rising Sun, Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place -- they are all on there plus tons galore.
This CD is AWESOME. It is a must for anyone who loves 60's music. Get this CD. You won't be disappointed. It's THE BEST.
Thank you.
Pam
Top reviews from other countries
2. Spectacular ABKO master tapes remaster, outstanding sound. Have multiple copies of same tracks from other albums, have replaced in all my playlists with this CD's. Clarity and sound not heard in other recordings. It's like you're in the studio with the band, can't believe analogue source.
Une excellente compilation et le son est très bon