Winds of Change (Eric Burdon & The Animals album)

Winds of Change is an album released in 1967 by Eric Burdon & The Animals.

The original band, The Animals, broke up in 1966 and this band was entirely new except for lead singer Eric Burdon and drummer Barry Jenkins, who joined the original lineup when John Steel left in February 1966. With the new band, featuring guitarist Vic Briggs, bassist Danny McCulloch and electric violinist John Weider, Burdon began to transition from the gritty blues sound of the original mid-1960s group and moved into the psychedelic era of music.

The album opened with the sound of waves washing over the title track, "Winds of Change". "Poem by the Sea" is a spoken-word piece by Burdon with a swirl of echo-drenched instruments. "Good Times" and "San Franciscan Nights" were two of the most popular tracks, with the latter breaking into the Top 10 in 1967. Burdon was a fan and friend of Jimi Hendrix and wrote the fifth track as an answer song to Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?" from earlier that year.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "Winds of Change" (4:00)
2. "Poem by the Sea" (2:15)
3. "Paint It, Black" (6:00)
4. "The Black Plague" (6:05)
5. "Yes I Am Experienced" (3:40)

Side 2

1. "San Franciscan Nights" (3:24)
2. "Man - Woman" (5:25)
3. "Hotel Hell" (4:53)
4. "Good Times" (2:50)
5. "Anything" (3:20)
6. "It's All Meat" (2:05)

Bonus tracks added in 2008

1. "When I Was Young (UK Single A-Side)" (2:57)
2. "A Girl Named Sandoz (UK Single B-Side)" (3:03)
3. "Good Times (Single Version/UK Single A-Side)" (2:57)
4. "Ain't That So (UK Single B-Side)" (3:24)
5. "San Franciscan Nights (Single Version)" (3:16)
6. "Gratefully Dead (UK Single B-Side)" (3:59)