Born to Be Wild

by Kim Fowley

Born to Be Wild cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1968
  • Label: Imperial
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:00
  • Community rating: 2.98/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The eccentric Los Angeles producer and impresario delivers a bizarre, cash-in instrumental album featuring heavily altered covers of contemporary rock hits. 'Born to Be Wild' surrounds familiar melodies with strange studio effects, organ-heavy arrangements, and classic psychsploitation weirdness. It stands as a surreal, novelty-driven curiosity orchestrated by one of the music industry's most notorious wildcards.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Born To Be Wild (2:45)
  2. I Can't Stop Dancing (2:05)
  3. Shake A Lady (2:10)
  4. Hello I Love You (2:05)
  5. Soul Limbo (2:45)
  6. Space Odyssey (2:45)
  7. Wild Weekend (2:25)
  8. Pictures Of Matchstick Men (3:00)
  9. Savage In The Sun (2:45)
  10. Sunshine Of Your Love (2:20)
  11. Classical Gas (2:25)
  12. Fresno, 1963 (2:30)

Credits

  • Mike Henderson - arranged by
  • Mars Bonfire - written-by
  • Gamble & Huff - written-by
  • Ray Bryant - written-by
  • The Doors - written-by
  • Al Jackson Jr. - written-by
  • Booker T. Jones - written-by
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn - written-by

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