Winds Of Change

Winds of Change is the debut album by British-American band Eric Burdon & the Animals, released in October 1967 by MGM Records. The album was recorded following the 1966 dissolution of the original group the Animals and singer Eric Burdon's move to Los Angeles, where he and drummer Barry Jenkins formed the new Animals lineup with musicians Vic Briggs, Danny McCulloch and John Weider. The album was produced by Tom Wilson and arranged by Briggs in sessions that spanned several months. Eschewing the blues and R&B sound of the Animals, Winds of Change moves Burdon and the group into psychedelic territory. It is a diverse and experimental album that features Burdon reciting lyrics and stories in spoken word to sparse, psychedelic backings. The singer dedicated the album to a range of musicians. On release, the album missed the UK Albums Chart but reached number 42 on the US Billboard Top LPs. Two singles, "Good Times" and "San Franciscan Nights", were British hits, while the latter was also a US Top 10 hit. Music critics have been divided on the merits of the album, which has been re-released several times. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winds_o...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)