The Twain Shall Meet

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The Twain Shall Meet
Studio album by Eric Burdon and the Animals

Publication
(s)

March 1968

admission

1968

Label (s) MGM

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Psychedelic Rock , Progressive Rock , Blues Rock ,

Title (number)

8th

running time

43:01

occupation

production

Tom Wilson

chronology
Winds of Change The Twain Shall Meet Every One of Us (USA)
Love is (Europe)

The Twain Shall Meet is a 1968 studio album by Eric Burdon and the Animals . It reached number 79 on the United States Billboard 200 .

Emergence

In a new formation, Eric Burdon and the Animals - also known as The New Animals - recorded the album Winds of Change in 1967. With the new line-up, the style had also changed from blues rock to psychedelic rock. In June 1967 the band played at the Monterey International Pop Festival in California. They processed the impressions of this in the song Monterey , which was released as a single in the USA in November 1967 and reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The album itself, like the previous ones, was produced by Tom Wilson and was released in April 1968. The (New) Animals split up soon after in late 1968 and Eric Burdon teamed up with The Creators , whose name he changed to War .

To individual titles

Monterey

The text describes the band's impressions at the Monterey International Pop Festival. Some of the participating bands or musicians are mentioned - The Byrds , Jefferson Airplane , Ravi Shankar , The Who , Hugh Masekela , Grateful Dead and Jimi Hendrix - and musically, the respective styles are briefly imitated by the band.

Sky pilot

The three-part song is about a military chaplain who blesses his pilots before a mission, then ponders in bed, and the pilots return the next morning. The song is started a cappella by Eric Burdon , followed by the band for the chorus. The interlude begins with a guitar solo, which is soon overlaid by aircraft noise and battle noises. Bagpipe music sounds at the end . Since this is a secret recording of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards acted that all the Blue Bonnets Over the Border Are played, Eric Burdon received an angry letter to the British Government.

Sky Pilot was released as a single and reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Because of its length of over 7 minutes, it was split between both sides.

We Love You Lil

The piece begins with the whistled theme of the popular song Lili Marleen . An acoustic version of the theme follows, which then merges into psychedelic guitar improvisation with ethereal backing vocals.

Track list

page 1

  1. Monterey - 4:18
  2. Just the Thought - 3:47
  3. Closer to the Truth - 4:31
  4. No Self Pity - 4:50
  5. Orange and Red Beans - 3:45, vocals: Danny McCulloch

Page 2

  1. Sky Pilot - 7:27
  2. We Love You Lil - 6:48
  3. All is One - 7:45

All titles are written by Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, and Danny McCulloch, except for Orange and Red Beans (McCulloch).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The album on the Billboard 200 at Allmusic (English)
  2. ↑ a b Monterey and Sky Pilot in the Billboard Hot 100 at Allmusic (English)
  3. ↑ About Skypilot
  4. ↑ Bruce Elder review at allmusic

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