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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 ...
The Best of The Animals is the first greatest hits collection by the British rock group the Animals. MGM Records released the album in February 1966 in the United States. It showcases the Animals' tough-edged pop hits combined with their more devoted blues and R&B workouts.
1969 The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals, No. 153 in US; 1971 The Most of Animals, No. 18 in UK; 1973 The Best of The Animals (double album), No. 188 in US; 1973 Starportrait, No. 36 in GER; 1976 Mad Man; 1980 Eric Burdon and the Animals; 1982 Eric Burdon's Greatest Animal Hits; 1984 The Road; 1987 Star portrait; 1988 Wicked Man
Burdon then assembled a mostly new lineup of musicians under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals; the much-changed act moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic and progressive rock band with hits such as "San Franciscan Nights", "When I Was Young" and "Sky Pilot" before disbanding at the end of the decade.
Burdon, at 71, recorded an EP with Cincinnati garage band the Greenhornes called, simply, Eric Burdon & the Greenhornes. The album was recorded at an all-analogue recording studio, [34] and released on 23 November 2012 as part of Record Store Day's "Black Friday". In 2013, Eric Burdon came out with a new album called, Til Your River Runs Dry.
Absolute Animals 1964–1968 is a compilation album of The Animals, released in 2003 and which features many of their hits. [2] It was also the first compilation to feature songs from their Columbia, Decca, and MGM albums.
The album marked a reunion of the five original Animals from the group's first incarnation — Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, and John Steel, in their first recording sessions since 1965. [8]
"San Franciscan Nights" is a 1967 song performed by Eric Burdon and The Animals. Words and music were composed by the group's members, Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, and Danny McCulloch.