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The discography of the Animals, an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, contains 20 studio albums, six compilation albums, five EPs and 25 singles. Featuring a gritty, bluesy sound and a deep-voiced frontman in Eric Burdon , they are best known for their rendition of an American folk song " The House of the Rising Sun ...
I Used to Be an Animal, but I'm All Right Now. Faber and Faber, 1986. ISBN 0-571-13492-0. Burdon, Eric (with J. Marshall Craig). Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: A Memoir. Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001. ISBN 1-56025-330-4. Egan, Sean. Animal Tracks: Updated and Expanded: The Story of The Animals, Newcastle's Rising Sons. Askill Publishing, 2012.
The albums contained covers of some original Animals songs, as well as new ones written by McCulloch. In 1992, Barry Jenkins joined a reconstituted version of the Animals, including "New Animals" members Vic Briggs and Danny McCulloch along with new percussionist Jack McCulloch and Phil Ryan instead of Eric Burdon on lead vocals. The band ...
Bruce Eder of AllMusic judged it "just short of a lost classic." However, record company promotion for the album was weak, no tour was held, and the sound was out of time with the popularity of disco and punk rock ; it thus reached only No. 70 on the U.S. pop albums chart , No. 24 in Netherlands and did not chart at all in the UK.
[2] Bruce Eder of Allmusic described it as "a good psychedelic blues album, filled with excellent musicianship." [ 1 ] All Music Guide gave an unfavorable review of the album, describing it as "A rather spare and disappointing album, recorded amid the splintering of the original New Animals.
The Best of The Animals is the first greatest hits collection by the British rock group the Animals. MGM Records released the album in February 1966 in the United States. It showcases the Animals' tough-edged pop hits combined with their more devoted blues and R&B workouts.
Animal Tracks is the second studio album by British R&B/blues rock band the Animals. It was released in May 1965, on Columbia , and was the group's last album with the full participation of Alan Price until the release of the original quintet's 1977 reunion album, Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted . [ 4 ]
Ark is an album by the original members of the Animals.Released in 1983 by I.R.S. Records, it peaked at #66 on the Billboard Top 200. Ark was the second and last reunion attempt of the band's initial lineup, and the album was subsequently followed by a tour by the band.