The Twain Shall Meet

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The Twain Shall Meet
Studio album by Eric Burdon & The Animals
Released	April 1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	psychedelic rock
Label	MGM Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Eric Burdon & The Animals UK chronology
Winds of Change (1967) The Twain Shall Meet (1968) Love Is (1968)
Eric Burdon & The Animals U.S. chronology
Winds of Change (1967) The Twain Shall Meet (1968) Every One of Us (1968)

The Twain Shall Meet is an album released in 1968 by Eric Burdon & The Animals.

It includes "Sky Pilot," one of the most famous anti-war songs of the Vietnam War era, including the sound of a plane crashing and a terrific guitar riff by Vic Briggs, and "Monterey," the band's tribute to the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Reviewer Bruce Elder of All Music Guide describes the song, "All Is One," as "unique in the history of pop music as a psychedelic piece, mixing bagpipes, sitar, oboes, horns, flutes, and a fairly idiotic lyric, all within the framework of a piece that picks up its tempo like the dance music from Zorba the Greek while mimicking the Spencer Davis Group's "Gimme Some Lovin'."

[edit] Track listing

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 Beams" (3:45)
6. "Sky Pilot" (7:27)
7. "We Love You Lil" (6:48)
8. "All Is One" (7:45)

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