Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Paint It Black Medley: Black on Black in Black/Paint It Black/Laurel
2. Spirit
3. Beautiful New Born Child
4. Nights in White Satin, Pt. 1
5. Bird & the Squirrel
6. Nuts, Seeds and Life
7. Nights in White Satin, Pt. 2

Disc 2:

1. Sun/Moon
2. Pretty Colors
3. Gun
4. Jimbo
5. Bare Back Ride
6. Home Cookin'
7. They Can't Take Away Our Music

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #105712 in Music
• Released on: 1993-05-04
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .37 pounds

Customer Reviews

Burdon declares War again with success!!!
The cover of "Paint It Black" on this recording blows me away...the tight jazz fusion and the savage blues galantry of Eric Burdon is perfect in my opinion...I bought the original double album back in 1970 (one of the few who did here in thr States) and was thrilled to re-discover this recording on CD.

Burdon becomes Black-Man's burden
Here we're offered a clean and more polished Burdon backed up by some of the greatest musicians of the day. The Black-Man's Burdon didn't produce any hits, but it did showcase the raw power of War itself. Although Burdon's rhetoric is held somewhat in check here, it still manages to get in the way of the band at times on this 1970 MGM release. Eric Burdon & War's second offering (a double LP) would also be their last together. Burdon would never sound this poignant in his career again, and Spill The Wine (from Burdon declares "War") would be remembered as the only relevant material Burdon performed in the post-Animals era.

A point worth mentioning is that it's War's noodling (The Bird And The Squirrel and Nuts, Seeds & Life) in the wake of the classic Beautiful New Born Child that hold your attention. Setting you up for the relentless Out Of Nowhere (that should've been released as a single). In the twilight of the hippie era Jerry Goldstein produced some of the most social and introspective material of the year. Gun hints at a country sick and tired of the Vietnam conflict, while Sun/Moon soothes the listener for the pop sounding Pretty Colors. War's innovative fusion sound would carry them through the entire decade of the 70's, producing a string of 8 gold records in a row.

olofpalme63

One of Best Ever Albums
I first heard the LP from a friend who brought it back from the US just when it came out. I had to tape it asap and waited for several months until it became available in Europe. What a thrill ! Coming all together, the best blues, the best songs (and meaningful for once), the best band, the best singer ! I have many albums for which time has changed my perception, from abslute fan to reasonably enthusiastic, or less. This is (together with the previous album Eric Burdon Declares War) an abolute master piece, never fails to give me intense satisfaction and pleasure.
I also had the privilege to see them on stage in Paris in the early 70s, a 4 hours concert taking place after the "regular" show at the Olympia Theater. The musicians and the audience were so hot (and high) that the band wouldn't leave the stage. The staff cut the amps, and the concert continued for one hour all acoustic. This is also the best concert I have ever seen.