The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals was the group's compilation representing the Animals' last three lineups, and showcased their venture into psychedelic rock.

[1][2] It was released in March 1969 in the US but never put out in the United Kingdom;[3] it was the last album MGM Records would release in (more or less) the group's lifetime.

Despite containing three tracks that had been US Top 15 singles,[4] the collection was not commercially successful, placing only at number 153 on the Billboard 200.

[5] The 1979 Rolling Stone Record Guide said that while the album's songs "are, in a way, great fun as memorabilia, they are surely no more than that.

"[1] Allmusic considers it "An okay compilation of its kind", but supplanted by later compilations issued after the group had broken up.