Eric Burdon Absolutely The Best CD

 Respectful Covers, Faithful to the Originals
This album gets a bum rap all the time because everybody thinks they're buying The Animals and the original versions. That's a marketing problem with the title and packaging. Musically, this is Burdon in the late 1990s doing very, very nice covers of the hits that he and his compatriots made famous over the years, so it truly is "Absolutely The Best" as far as song SELECTION goes. The covers are extremely faithful in their renditions to the originals, but any Animals fan will quickly hear the variances. What amazes me most is that the un-named players on this CD are able to mimic so well (not duplicate)the sounds of the originals, whether it's War, the Briggs-Burdon era, or the Price-Burdon era. I like this album, and if you take it for what it is, a respectful tip-o'the-hat to Burdon's career, you will, too. "Eric Is Here" is one of my favorite albums, so to have a new cover of Help Me Girl, from that album, on this one thirty-odd years later, is, to me, super neat. There are many songs on here that fall into that category. The are only three reasons why I don't give this album a five star rating. 1) The songs are covers, not "live" or brand new songs. 2) The players aren't credited, which annoys me no end. 3) The picture on the front does not represent the era in which Burdon recorded them, the late '90s, another part of the marketing ploy, which, with the title and the rest of the packaging, loses it a star. That still leaves four, however, so if you like Burdon, you'll enjoy this CD. If you're looking for Burdon with the Animals, other CDs are recommended. This is a Burdon solo album, and it's good.
Submitted by Jimbo (The Catskills)
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 BE VERY, VERY, CAREFUL
Many of the old classics have been caught up in ownership or rights disputes, and what you see may not be what you get . If you can't give it a try, don't buy!
Submitted by Old Ron who knows (P.C. FLA)
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 A Great Trip to the Past
I am really enjoying this CD! It reminds me of "the good old days" and the songs activate a bunch of memories. These songs are still great...still alive after all these years. I'm glad I bought it.
Submitted by MChrisRd49 (New London, CT) 
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