A surprisingly great pairing of talents – the post-Animals
Eric Burdon on vocals, and early grooves from Cali funk legends
War – coming together here in a blend that still holds up beautifully after all these years!
Burdon was already getting pretty soulful on the last few Animals albums on MGM – and he really advances that style here when working with
War's great grooves – some of the grittiest, nastiest, most stretched out work of their career – especially on some of the album's nicely long tracks. There's some nice Latin currents to the music at times, and the group vocalize alongside
Burdon at times – and titles include a long version of "Paint It Black", plus "Bare Back Ride", "Sun/
Moon", "Pretty Colors", "Gun", "Nuts Seeds & Life", "They Can't Take Away Our Music", and "Spirit".
(Original US pressing. Cover has some light surface/ring wear.)