Love Is

Eric Burdon, The Animals | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 23, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: One Way Records Inc
• ASIN: B000002R6A
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #390,715 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. River Deep, Mountain High

2. I'm an Animal

3. I'm Dying (Or Am I?)

4. Ring of Fire

5. Colored Rain

6. To Love Somebody

7. As the Years Go Passing By

8. Gemini the Madman

Editorial Reviews

1. River Deep, Mountain High 2. I'm an Animal 3. I'm Dying (Or Am I?) 4. Ring of Fire 5. Colored Rain 6. To Love Somebody 7. As the Years Go Passing By 8. Gemini the Madman

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The amazing last gasp of a band, and an era., November 17, 2001

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David Hutton "occasional reviewer" (Bedford, NH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Is (Audio CD)

(Please note: Same review as below, with minor changes, but I wanted to get it under my name)
This double LP set (originally, that is, "back in the day"--it is a single CD) was the last album by an Animals configuration until the original band did the obligatory reunion album some years later. An album filled with excess, bombast and extended tunes, and I love every second of it. A great example of how the British invasion morphed into psychedelia and ultimately self-destructed. Highlights include their version of River Deep, Mountain High, which is a great companion to Tina Turner's, and their loving Bee Gees tribute, To Love Somebody. I just read a book named Animal Tracks which gives a great straightforward history of the Animals and useful background on this and all of their albums, and I recommend it for true fans of the group.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The amazing last gasp of a band, and an era, October 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Is (Audio CD)

This double LP set was the last album by an Animals configuration until the origianl band did the obligatory reunion album some years later. An album filled with excess, bombast and extended tunes, and I love every second of it. A great example of how the British invasion morphed into psychedelia and ultimately self-destructed. Highlights include their version of River Deep, Mountain High, which is a great companion to Tina Turner's, and their loving Bee Gees tribute, To Love Somebody.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this CD!, November 6, 2004

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George A. Zaninovich "shortygoose" (SoCal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Is (Audio CD)

The Repertoire label has just released a remastered version of this album, currently available on Amazon UK, and the sound quality is truly amazing - makes the One Way and Japanese Polydor CD's sound thin and weak in comparison.
A cursory glance through other reviews will show the potential buyer that this was an album you either loved or hated. No question that there are some filler tracks here - my advice is to program out "I'm Dying, Or Am I?", "Gemini" & "The Madman". What you're left with is one of the great unsung and underappreciated albums of the psychedelic era. Andy Summers' solo on Traffic's "Coloured Rain" is a revelation - this alone is worth the price of admission. Add in a fantastic take on the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody" and a unique interpretation of Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire", among others, and you've got an indispensible relic of the late 60's.
4 out of 5 stars for the aforementioned filler.

By the way, Repertoire also issued Eric & the Animals' penultimate album, "Every One of Us", at the same time.