Eric Burdon and The Animals were one of the most charismatic bands during the United Kingdom blues invasion at the beginning of the sixties Burdon was and one of best singers of that time, with an unbelievable punch and a heartbreaking tone you could not imagine The band broke up in 1966 and Eric began new projects far away from blues although he never forgot them and he come back to them in some different periods of his musical career Wild & Wicked is Burdon’s collection of songs performed without his bands The Animals and War Eight songs are compiled from different seventies live gigs The rest nine songs were recorded on studio during the eighties All of them are basically conceived under psychodelic basis, so popular in rock music of that period, so do not imagine you will find blues on them Anyway, Burdon’s fans will really enjoy this record, especially for the rarity songs included