Big fan of almost everything he did with Animals and War and even if this is later on and has a different musical direction it's hard to say no. Most of the songs have a classic rock style, mixed with some blues and soul parts. The expression is positive and open, far from the late Animals groovy introspection and experimenting. The voice is darker and more mature than earlier, but he still got it. Even if the songs don't touch me the same way as his sixties stuff, it's so well done with such a great crew I can't let it go. Zoot Money, who also co-wrote eight of the songs with Burdon, does some keyboard and vocals. Alexis Korner (1928-84) plays guitar together with Geoff Whitehorn (previous member of "If") and Frank Diez (Emergency, Atlantis) among others. Background vocals are as good as it gets - from P.P. Arnold, Maggie Bell and Vicki Brown (1940-91). Produced by his old Animal mate Chas Chandler (1938-96). Songwriting is a little too anonymous for my taste, but the handeling is top notch with some very good guitars. Contemporary release in many European countries, but to my knowledge not in US. Premiere UK had label as shown here, fully laminated cover and five large sheets with ten pages of drawings and lyrics. (ÄNÄ*)
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