The Twain Shall Meet

Infobox Album
Name = The Twain Shall Meet
Type = studio
Artist = Eric Burdon & The Animals


Released = April 1968
Recorded = 1968
Genre = psychedelic rock
Length =
Label = MGM Records
Producer = Tom Wilson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wpfexq85ldhe link]
Chronology = Eric Burdon & The Animals UK
Last album = "Winds of Change"
(1967)
This album = "The Twain Shall Meet"
(1968)
Next album = "Love Is"
(1968)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Eric Burdon & The Animals U.S.
Type = studio
Last album = "Winds of Change"
(1967)
This album = "The Twain Shall Meet"
(1968)
Next album = "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 Allmusic 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'."

Track listing

# "Monterey" (4:18)
# "Just the Thought" (3:47)
# "Closer to the Truth" (4:31)
# "No Self Pity" (4:50)
# "Orange and Red Beams" (3:45)
# "Sky Pilot" (7:27)
# "We Love You Lil" (6:48)
# "All Is One" (7:45)