Retrospective

Each of the 22 songs here was carefully culled from the original master tape reels and every band-defining song is included. You get the The Animals' early- to mid-’60s R&B hits, from the pop-blues of “House of the Rising Sun” and “I’m Crying” to the Brill Building classics “It’s My Life” and “We Gotta Get Out of This Place.” The set then journeys from England to Northern California after frontman Eric Burdon had reinvented the combo in time for the Summer of Love.