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The Animals (also billed as Eric Burdon and the Animals) are an English rock band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s. The Animals are known for their deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon and for their gritty, bluesy sound, exemplified by their signature song and transatlantic number-one hit single "The House of the Rising Sun" as well as by hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life", "Don't Bring Me Down", "I'm Crying", "See See Rider" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". They balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm-and-blues-oriented album material and were part of the British Invasion of the US. The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s, and suffered from poor business management, leading the original incarnation to split up in 1966. Burdon 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. Altogether, the group had 10 top-20 hits in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. The original lineup of Burdon, Alan Price, Chas Chandler, Hilton Valentine and John Steel reunited for a one-off benefit concert in Newcastle in 1968. They later launched brief comebacks in 1975 and 1983. Several partial regroupings of the original-era members have occurred since then under various names. The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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Summer Holiday [2017]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:20 |
Summer of Love: The Ultimate Collection [2017]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights |
The British Invasion [Time Life] [2017]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:22 |
Sky Pilot (Party One) | 2:57 |
Demolition [Music From the Motion Picture] [2016]
Song | Duration |
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When I Was Young | 3:02 |
Simply Orchestral Rock: Music from the Classic Rock Series [2013]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High | 3:17 |
True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Vol. 4 [2013]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 3:15 |
River Deep Mountain High [American Idol Performance] [2011]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High [American Idol Performance] | 3:37 |
The Karaoke Machine Presents - Tina Turner [2011]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep, Mountain High | 4:05 |
...Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record 1961-2008 [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 7:30 |
Flower Power: Music of the Love Generation [2010]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 2:59 |
100 Essential 60's [2008]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:22 |
Flower Power: California Dreamin' [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 2:59 |
On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Mama Told Me Not to Come | 2:13 |
The 60s Collection [2008]
Song | Duration |
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Ring of Fire [Album Version] | 4:53 |
San Franciscan Nights [Album Version] | 3:21 |
Tour of Duty: Top 100 [2008]
Song | Duration |
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SKY PILOT | 7:28 |
Flower Power [Time Life Box] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 3:00 |
San Franciscan Nights | 3:21 |
Flower Power: Age of Aquarius [Time Life #2] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:22 |
Flower Power: Born to be Wild [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 3:00 |
Flower Power: Time of the Season [Time Life #2] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 7:27 |
Inside Out: The Very Best of Eric Burdon & the Animals [2007]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:24 |
Mama Told Me Not to Come | 2:15 |
Good Times | 3:03 |
Help Me Girl | 2:37 |
Sky Pilot | 7:27 |
Inside Looking Out | 3:46 |
River Deep Mountain High | 7:23 |
When I Was Young | 3:02 |
Gin House Blues | 4:40 |
Don't Bring Me Down | 3:16 |
Monterey International Pop Festival [2007]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:30 |
Summer of Love: Gold [2007]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:22 |
Summer of Love: Hits of 1967 [2007]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:21 |
The British Beat Live [2007]
Song | Duration |
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We Gotta Get out of This Place [DVD] |
Zodiac [Original Soundtrack] [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 7:33 |
#1 Hits: Best of 60s Rock [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 3:04 |
All Time Ballads [2006]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:24 |
Definitive Anthology [Albert] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High | 3:57 |
Gold: British Invasion [2006]
Song | Duration |
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See See Rider | 4:03 |
Hits of the '60s [Madacy 2006] [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 3:04 |
40 #1 Hits: The Sixties [2005]
Song | Duration |
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House of the Rising Sun |
Athens Traffic Live [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Boom Boom | 5:57 |
When I Was Young | 4:31 |
Factory Girl | 4:42 |
Once Upon A Time | 4:00 |
Heaven | 4:49 |
Tobacco Road | 11:56 |
Once Upon A Time [DVD][Alternate Take][*] |
Encore Collection [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Night Time Is the Right Time [Live] | 4:07 |
The '60s Rock Experience [2005]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 3:04 |
British Invasion: 1963-1967 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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See See Rider | 4:04 |
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Boom Boom | 4:44 |
Gratefully Dead 1964-1968 [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Year of the Guru | 5:24 |
Lost & Found in the Sixties [2004]
Song | Duration |
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See See Rider | 2:49 |
The Complete [2004]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High | 3:57 |
The Very Best of the Blues [2004]
Song | Duration |
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Dimples | 3:30 |
Absolute Animals 1964-1968 [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Help Me Girl | 2:40 |
When I Was Young | 3:00 |
San Franciscan Nights | 3:20 |
Monterey | 4:37 |
Good Times | 3:00 |
Mother Goose's Never-Ending Stories [2003]
Song | Duration |
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When I Was Young | 0:48 |
Sixties [UK Box Set] [2003]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:22 |
We Love the Pirates [2003]
Song | Duration |
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Help Me Girl | 3:13 |
Greatest Hits [Brilliant] [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Anything |
Sounds of the Sixties: 1967 [2002]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights |
Winds of Change/The Twain Shall Meet [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Winds of Change | 4:00 |
Paint It Black | 6:00 |
The Black Plague | 6:03 |
San Franciscan Nights | 3:23 |
Man -- Woman | 5:26 |
Hotel Hell | 4:53 |
Good Times | 3:03 |
Anything | 3:25 |
It's All Meat | 2:05 |
Monterey | 4:35 |
Orange and Red Beams | 3:44 |
Sky Pilot | 7:23 |
Acid Drops, Spacedust & Flying Saucers: Psychedelic Confectionery [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 7:38 |
Classic Rock [MCA Special Products] [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Monterey |
Vietnam: Songs from the Divided House [2001]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 7:24 |
The Eric Burdon Band Live [2000]
Song | Duration |
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See See Rider |
60's Hits [Columbia River] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Monterey | 4:15 |
Absolutely the Best [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Monterey | 4:13 |
Class Reunion: The Greatest Hits of 1968 [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 3:04 |
The 60's [Original Television Soundtrack] [1999]
Song | Duration |
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Winds of Change | 4:02 |
The Big Hits [1999]
Song | Duration |
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See See Rider | 4:05 |
Monterey | 4:13 |
Anything | 3:36 |
60's Rock Hits [Polygram] [1998]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:21 |
Dick Bartley Presents Collector's Essentials on the Radio, Vol. 1: The '60s [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 [Original Stereo Single] | 3:02 |
Monterey Pop [video] [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Paint It Black |
The Best of Eric Burdon and the Animals [1997]
Song | Duration |
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Monterey | 4:18 |
Shake | 3:17 |
Sky Pilot | 4:36 |
San Franciscan Nights | 3:23 |
St. James Infirmary | 5:07 |
Paint It Black [*] | 5:59 |
Paint It Black | 5:59 |
To Love Somebody [*] | 6:54 |
To Love Somebody | 6:55 |
Winds of Change | 3:59 |
The Monterey International Pop Festival, June 16-17-18, 1967 [1997]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 4:17 |
And the Heavens Cried [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 7:25 |
Psychedelic Pop [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Monterey | 4:19 |
Hard Rock Essentials: 1960's [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Bring Me Down | 3:17 |
Baby Boomer Classics: More Electric Sixties [1994]
Song | Duration |
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When I Was Young |
Music from the Wonder Years, Vol. 4 [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 2:29 |
The Wonder Years [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot |
Hits of the 70's [Polygram Special Markets #1] [1993]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:21 |
Eric Burdon: The Animals and Beyond [1991]
Song | Duration |
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House of the Rising Sun | |
It's My Life | |
We Gotta Get Out of This Place | |
Monterey | |
When I Was Young | |
Spill the Wine |
Songs of Protest [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 7:27 |
The Best of Eric Burdon & the Animals, 1966-1968 [Polydor] [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Bring Me Down | 3:16 |
See See Rider | 4:01 |
Inside-Looking Out | 3:47 |
Inside Looking Out | 3:46 |
Hey Gyp | 3:50 |
Help Me Girl | 2:39 |
When I Was Young | 3:02 |
A Girl Named Sandoz | 3:07 |
San Franciscan Nights | 3:21 |
Good Times | 3:01 |
Anything | 3:24 |
Winds of Change | 3:59 |
Monterey | 4:16 |
Sky Pilot | 7:31 |
White Houses | 3:47 |
River Deep, Mountain High | 7:22 |
The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 7 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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See See Rider | 2:50 |
The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vol. 9 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 | 3:00 |
The British Invasion: History of British Rock, Vols. 1-9 [1991]
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot, Pt. 1 |
Don't Bring Me Down: The Decca Years [1990]
Song | Duration |
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Help Me Girl | 2:39 |
See See Rider | 4:01 |
Roadrunners! [1990]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Work Song | 2:47 |
Gin House Blues | 5:42 |
When I Was Young | 3:10 |
See See Rider | 3:56 |
Tobacco Road | 5:28 |
Maudie | 2:59 |
San Franciscan Nights | 4:26 |
Monterey | 6:06 |
Paint It Black | 6:17 |
Paint It Black (Stockholm 1968) |
The Best of Eric Burdon & the Animals: Good Times [1990]
The Essential Eric Burdon and the Animals: A Decade of Rock Blues [1990]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High | 7:19 |
San Franciscan Nights | 3:19 |
Anything | 3:25 |
Monterey | 4:15 |
White Houses | 3:50 |
Winds of Change | 3:50 |
To Love Somebody | 6:50 |
Sky Pilot | 7:26 |
St. James Infirmaey | 5:03 |
1969 [Original Soundtrack] [1988]
Song | Duration |
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When I Was Young | 3:10 |
British Rock, Vol. 1 [Original Sound] [1988]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:19 |
Brit's Blitz: The Very Best of British Rock [1987]
Song | Duration |
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Don't Bring Me Down | 3:16 |
Summer of Love, Vol. 1: Tune In (Good Time & Love Vibrations) [1987]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights [*] | 3:23 |
Eric Burdon & the Animals [Teldec] [1983]
Eric Burdon & the Animals [Charly] [1980]
Song | Duration |
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Dimples | |
Boom Boom |
Easy Rider [1969]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:22 |
Greatest Hits [1969]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep, Mountain High | |
San Franciscan Nights | |
Year of the Guru | |
Anything | |
Monterey | |
White Houses | |
Winds of Change | |
To Love Somebody | |
Sky Pilot |
Every One of Us [1968]
Song | Duration |
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White Houses | 4:43 |
The Immigrant Lad | 6:16 |
Year of the Guru | 5:27 |
St. James Infirmary | 5:03 |
Love Is [1968]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep, Mountain High | 7:26 |
I'm an Animal | 5:34 |
Colored Rain | 9:38 |
Coloured Rain | 9:32 |
To Love Somebody | 6:55 |
As the Years Go Passing By | 10:13 |
Love Is [1968]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
River Deep Mountain High | 7:26 |
Ring of Fire | 4:57 |
The Twain Shall Meet [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Monterey | 4:40 |
Orange and Red Beams | 3:46 |
Sky Pilot | 7:27 |
The Twain Shall Meet [1968]
Song | Duration |
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Monterey [Single Version][*] | 4:27 |
Anything [Single Version][*] | 2:51 |
Eric Is Here [1967]
Song | Duration |
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That Ain't Where It's At | 2:58 |
Help Me Girl | 2:39 |
Friday on My Mind [1967]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High | 3:57 |
Winds of Change [1967]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
Winds of Change | 4:00 |
Paint It Black | 6:20 |
The Black Plague | 6:05 |
San Franciscan Nights | 3:24 |
Man - Woman | 5:23 |
Man-Woman | 5:22 |
Hotel Hell | 4:44 |
Good Times | 3:04 |
Anything | 3:27 |
It's All Meat | 2:50 |
It’s All Meat |
Winds of Change [1967]
Song | Duration |
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Man -- Woman | 5:25 |
Winds of Change [Germany Bonus Tracks] [1967]
Winds of Change [Rev-Ola] [1967]
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights | 3:17 |
It's All Meat | 2:01 |
Animals/War
Song | Duration |
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Boom Boom | |
Sky Pilot |
Classic Rock, the Second Movement
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High | 3:17 |
Don't Think. Feel!: SHM-CD Compilation Rock/Soul/Blues Edition
Song | Duration |
---|---|
River Deep Mountain High | 7:25 |
Greatest Hits [Bigtime]
Song | Duration |
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House of the Rising Sun | 4:42 |
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood | 4:35 |
We Gotta Get Out of This Place | 4:05 |
When I Was Young | 3:50 |
The Real Me | 3:34 |
Tobacco Road | 4:40 |
Spill the Wine | 4:05 |
Paint It Black | 4:04 |
Magic Mountain | 4:18 |
Nights in White Satin | 4:38 |
It's My Life | 3:43 |
Pop History
Song | Duration |
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When I Was Young | |
Winds of Change | |
The Black Plague | |
A Girl Named Sandoz | |
You're on My Mind | |
Help Me Girl | |
She'll Return It |
River Deep Mountain High [Rising Star Performance]
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High [Rising Star Performance] | 3:34 |
Super Star
Song | Duration |
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Good Times | |
Sky Pilot | |
Monterey | |
Paint It Black | |
River Deep, Mountain High | |
San Franciscan Nights | |
Help Me Girl | |
To Love Somebody |
The Savage Resurrection
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High [#][*] | 3:29 |
Time Life Presents the 60s
Song | Duration |
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Sky Pilot | 7:29 |
U.S. Greats
Song | Duration |
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San Franciscan Nights |
Unknown Album
White Lines
Song | Duration |
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River Deep Mountain High [2003 Digital Remaster] | 4:11 |
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