Love Is
by Eric Burdon & The Animals
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Eric Burdon & The Animals bestography
Love Is is ranked 3rd best out of 6 albums by Eric Burdon & The Animals on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Eric Burdon & The Animals is The Twain Shall Meet which is ranked number 6589 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 201.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Love Is track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (6 out of 9 tracks have been rated).
Love Is rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1968 | 70/78 | - |
| 2026 | Jorbaa | 101-200 | 54/100 | - |
| 2025 | albumceleste | Top 46 Music Albums of 1968 | 32/46 | 2 |
| 2025 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2020 | Rovers | Top 81 Music Albums of 1968 | 51/81 | 2 |
| 2020 | Jorbaa | Overlooked Albums (Hidden Gems) | 87/100 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | 99 Classic rock albums of the 60's | 71/99 | - |
| 2020 | AlienCinema | Top 81 Music Albums of 1968 | 51/81 | 2 |
| 2019 | ReelBigToph | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2018 | Steppenwolf666 | Best Ever Vinyl Double & Triple Albums | 89/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 19 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 46 | |||
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Love Is ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/01/2026 01:45 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/25/2026 23:01 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,149 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 17:08 |  Igtonumama | 10,784 | 63/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.7/100, a mean average of 68.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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In my opinion the best sounding overall Eric Burdon & Animals record he's done, my favorite out of The Animals catalog, including the work from the first lineup of The Animals. The record feels so spacious and more ambitious than the rest of the band's 1968 releases. It sure can be jammie at times and some are certainly better than others but the collection of tracks all can stand out on their own and bring something bluesy and rocking at the same time. It got better on further listens and still is my favorite thing Eric Burdon has done in the '60s, I wish people discussed this album more when recommending some psych-rock releases, it's pretty solid for the time.
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