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Darkness Darkness 
Studio album by Eric Burdon Released March 1980 Recorded May 1978 Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio, County Leix, Ireland, Genre Rock, rhythm and blues, folk rock, soul, disco, progressive rock, blues rock Label Polydor Producer Tony Meehan Eric Burdon chronology Survivor
(1977)Darkness Darkness
(1980)The Last Drive
(1980)Darkness Darkness[1] is an album by the former vocalist from The Animals, Eric Burdon. It was recorded in May 1978 at Roundwood House, County Laois in Ireland, using Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio. The album was released by Polydor in 1980. The line up for Darkness Darkness included Bobby Tench (Streetwalkers), Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy), Henry McCullough (Wings) and Mick Weaver (Traffic).[2] The album was produced by Tony Meehan, who started his career as drummer with The Shadows.
Contents
Track listing
- "Darkness, Darkness" (Jesse Colin Young) (4:11)
- "On the Horizon"
- "Rat Race"
- "Gospel Singer" (Tony Joe White) (4:11)
- "Ride On" (5:14)
- "Baby What's Wrong"
- "Cry to Me"
- "So Much Love" (3:12) (Goffin/King)
- "Ecstasy" (2:26)
- "Too Late"
Personnel
- Eric Burdon – vocals
- Henry McCullough – guitar
- Brian Robertson – guitar
- Bobby Tench – guitar
- Mick Weaver – keyboards
- Chris Stewart – bass
- Glenn Penniston – drums
- Mel Collins – sax
- John G. Perry & Friends – backing vocals
Notes
- ^ Richie Unterberger. "Darkness Darkness". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r31886. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ^ "Darkness Darkness album credits". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r31886. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
References and further reading
- Burdon, Eric. I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now. Faber and Faber, 1986. ISBN 0-571-13492-0.
- Burdon, Eric (with J. Marshall Craig). Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: A Memoir. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001. ISBN 1-56025-330-4.
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