Stop is a hard rock / R&B album by the first incarnation of the Eric Burdon Band, whose line-up consisted of Burdon, John Sterling, Kim Kesterson and Terry Ryan.Stop – The Eric Burdon Band | Credits | AllMusicThe Encyclopedia of Popular Music – Colin Larkin – Google Books
The band was formed in 1971, after Burdon left his previous band War to cut an album with Jimmy Witherspoon. They recorded the 1971 album Guilty! and then, without Witherspoon, this album. Not released until July 1975, it featured no hit single, but did enjoy some American chart success, reaching both US and Canadian album charts.
The distinctive red and white gatefold sleeve, together with the plain white inner-sleeve, are die-cut octagonally in the shape of a traffic stop sign. Inside the gatefold one surface bears a large black and white portrait of Burdon, based on a photograph.
Track listing "City Boy" 3:50 (Burdon, John Sterling) "Gotta Get it On" 2:57 (Sterling, Peter Hodgson) "The Man" 2:56 (Sterling, Jay Mitthauer, Terry Ryan) "I’m Lookin' Up" 2:15 (Sterling, Kim Kesterson) "Rainbow" 2:39 (Burdon, Kesterson, Billy Ray Morris) "All I Do" 2:08 (Burdon, Kesterson, Sterling) "Funky Fever" 2:48 (Terry Ryan, Sterling) "Be Mine" 8:20 (Sterling) "The Way it Should Be" 3:13 (Sterling) "Stop" 5:45 (Sterling, Kesterson, Robert Haney)
Personnel
Musicians Eric Burdon – lead vocals Kim Kesterson, Randy Rice – bass guitar John Sterling, Aalon Butler – guitar Terry Ryan – keyboards Alvin Taylor, George Suranovich – drums Moses Wheelock, Alvin Taylor – percussion
Production Producer: Jerry Goldstein Recording engineers: Chris Huston, Dieter Dierks Remix engineers: Chris Huston, Ed Barton Album design, design concept: Thomas Warkentin, Jerry Goldstein, Bob Weiner Illustration (drawing): Thomas Warkentin (from photo by Jim Newport) Management: Steve Gold, Far Out Management Ltd
Re-issue In 1993, Avenue Records and Rhino Entertainment packaged the album, together with Sun Secrets, in a single re-issue, but without the song "Be Mine" (8:20) from Stop.Sun Secrets/Stop – The Eric Burdon Band | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
References
External links Stop at discogs.com