Eric Burdon Declares "War"

Spill The Wine became a hit because the band improvised it during a loose studio session. This collaboration served as a departure for the former Animals singer, who moved away from blues-rock toward rhythmic experimentation.

Everything here reflects the shift from a psychedelic haze into a groove-heavy sound. You can hear the raw interplay between the jazz-inflected music and the gritty vocal delivery that characterized the cross-genre explorations of the period.