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Wicked Man (album)

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Wicked Man
Compilation album by
Released1988
Length39:32
LabelGNP Crescendo[1]
ProducerJohn Sterling
Eric Burdon chronology
I Used To Be An Animal
(1988)
Wicked Man
(1988)
That's Live
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Wicked Man is a compilation album by Eric Burdon, released in 1988.[3]

The studio and live tracks were recorded in 1981 during the Comeback project. The album was re-issued on 14 February 1994.

Critical reception

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide wrote: "A certain pathos attends [Burdon's] remake of the Animals' classic 'House of the Rising Sun'—that of a brilliant talent, lost and nearly forgotten."[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Sweet Blood Call" (4:35) (Kent Cooper, Iverson Minter)
  2. "No More Elmore" (5:22)
  3. "Do You Feel It" (3:30)
  4. "Wicked Man" (3:10)
  5. "The Road" (4:46)
  6. "Devil's Daughter" (4:05) (Iverson Minter)
  7. "Crawling King Snake" (2:19)
  8. "Who Gives a Fuck" (4:43)
  9. "House of the Rising Sun" (4:56)
  10. "Comeback" (2:06)

References

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  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (8 September 2009). "Goldmine Record Album Price Guide". Penguin – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Wicked Man - Eric Burdon | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 2. MUZE. p. 61.
  4. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 30.
  5. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 96.