The Animals

The Animals were a British band of the 1960s, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, during the early part of the decade. The band moved to London upon finding fame in 1964. The Animals were known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their signature song and transatlantic No.1 hit single, "The House of the Rising Sun", as well as by hits such as "We Gotta Get out of This Place", "It's My Life", "I'm Crying", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "I Believe To My Soul." The band balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-oriented album material. They were known in the US as part of the British Invasion.

The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s and suffered from poor business management. Under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals, the much-changed act moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic and hard rock band with hits like "San Franciscan Nights", "When I Was Young" and "Sky Pilot", before disbanding at the end of the decade. Altogether, the group had ten Top Twenty hits in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.

The Animals (American album)

The Animals is the self-titled American debut album from British invasion group, The Animals. Released in late summer 1964, the album introduced the States to the "drawling, dirty R&B sound (with the emphasis on the B)" that typified the group. The album featured many R&B standards, written by the likes of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and John Lee Hooker, as well as the classic #1 hit single "House of the Rising Sun", here presented in its truncated-for-radio form (it would be restored to full length on the February 1966 compilation The Best of The Animals).

The British album The Animals was released a month later, the group's debut album there albeit with substantially differing contents.

Track listing

  • "The House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional, arranged Alan Price) (Edited single version) – 2:59
  • "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup) - 2:20
  • "Blue Feeling" (Jimmy Henshaw) - 2:28
  • "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell) - 2:18
  • "The Right Time" (Lew Herman) - 3:42
  • The Animals (British album)

    The Animals is the Animals' UK debut album, released in 1964. It differed in contents from the group's U.S. debut album, the identically-titled The Animals.

    Track listing

    Side one

  • "Story of Bo Diddley" (Ellas McDaniel) -- 5:40
  • "Bury My Body" (Traditional) -- 2:53
  • "Dimples" (John Lee Hooker) [this is a different version than the one found on The Animals on Tour] -- 3:20
  • "I've Been Around" (Fats Domino) -- 1:40
  • "I'm in Love Again" (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) -- 3:04
  • "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup) -- 2:24
  • Side two

  • "I'm Mad Again" (John Lee Hooker) -- 4:18
  • "She Said Yeah" (Larry Williams) -- 2:22
  • "Night Time is the Right Time" (Lew Herman) -- 3:49
  • "Memphis Tennessee" (Chuck Berry) -- 3:08
  • "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) -- 3:20
  • "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry) -- 2:45
  • References

    External links

  • http://www.discogs.com/release/2007877 (EMI Columbia 33SX 1669)
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Mess Around

    by: The Animals

    Now there's a dance I can see that the kids all do
    It's called "the Mess Around", you can mess around too
    Come on mess around, yeah it's Mess Around
    You do the Mess Around, everybody do the Mess Around
    Now you see that chick with that diamond ring
    She knows how to shake that thing
    She can mess around, yeah she can mess around
    she do the Mess Around, everybody do the Mess Around
    come on baby, let's mess child, yeah!
    ah it's nice, baby, come on!
    Now there's a dance that Ray Charles revived
    You can do it, it will keep you alive
    He does the Mess Around, yeah he does the Mess Around
    Come on and mess around, everybody do the Mess Around
    Now you see that gal with the red dress on
    She'll do the rock and roll, baby all night long
    That's the Mess Around, yes It's Mess around
    You do the Mess Around, everybody do the Mess Around
    Oh come on and mess baby, yeah you can mess, baby
    Oh now you can mess around, yeah yeah you can mess around
    Live down, live down to the Mess Around
    Everybody do the Mess Around




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