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. 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

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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, John Sterling, Peter Hodgson) # "The Man" (2:56, John Sterling, Jay Mitthauer, Terry Ryan) # "I’m Lookin' Up“ (2:15, John Sterling, Kim Kesterson) # "Rainbow" (2:39, Burdon, Kim Kesterson, Billy Ray Morris) # "All I Do" (2:08, Burdon, Kim Kesterson, John Sterling) # "Funky Fever" (2:48, Terry Ryan, John Sterling) # "Be Mine" (8:20, John Sterling) # "The Way it Should Be" (3:13, John Sterling) # "Stop" (5:45, John Sterling, Kim Kesterson, Robert Haney)

Personnel

Musicians

*Eric Burdon – lead vocals *Kim Kesterson, Randy Rice – bass guitar *John Sterling,

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– guitar *Terry Ryan – keyboards *

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, George Suranovich – drums *Moses Wheelock, Alvin Taylor – percussion

Production

*Producer: Jerry Goldstein *Recording engineers:

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*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

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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
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References

External links

''Stop''
at discogs.com * {{Authority control 1975 albums Eric Burdon albums Albums produced by Jerry Goldstein (producer) Capitol Records albums