The Animals 1966 Animalisms

Genre: Blues
Rate: 256 kbps CBR / 44100
Time: 01:19:16
Size: 145,01 MB

Review by Bruce Eder

During their first two years of recording, the Animals had never quite succeeded when it came to recording LPs -- good as some of the songs on their first two albums, done for EMI, had been, there was this sense that single were what this band was really about.

Then, newly signed to English Decca, they delivered Animalisms, a truly transcendent collection of a dozen songs, mostly superb covers interspersed with some good originals, principally by Eric Burdon and Dave Rowberry. Burdon was never singing better and the group had developed a bold, tight sound that seemed to lift his soul shouting to ever higher levels of passion and conviction. "Outcast," "Maudie," "You're on My Mind," "Clapping," "That's All I Am to You," "Squeeze Her - Tease Her," "I Put a Spell on You," "She'll Return It," and "Gin House Blues" all rate among the best work the band ever did, passionate, gorgeous, and exciting R&B down to the last note, with Burdon at the peak of his career; and "Sweet Little Sixteen," though a relatively minor song here, was their best Chuck Berry cover to date, highlighted by Rowberry's flashy piano (doing some Jerry Lee Lewis arpeggios) and Hilton Valentine's boldest guitar work yet, combining the lead and rhythm parts in a hard chopping, twanging virtuoso performance.

Ironically, the Animalisms album (which was issued in America two months later in somewhat altered form, as Animalization) appeared just as the group was about to enter its final phase of existence -- they'd switched drummers from John Steel to Barry Jenkins during the period in which these tracks were recorded, and Burdon would soon decide to dissolve the lineup.


Tracklist:

01 - One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 03:21

02 - Maudie 04:04

03 - Outcast 03:05

04 - Sweet Little Sixteen 03:07

05 - You're On My Mind 02:55

06 - Clapping 01:21

07 - Gin House Blues 04:39

08 - Squeeze Her Tease Her 02:59

09 - What Am I Living For 03:14

10 - I Put A Spell On You 02:57

11 - That's All I Am To You 02:24

12 - She'll Return It 02:43


Bonus tracks:

13 - Inside Looking Out [Bonus] 03:46

14 - Don't Bring Me Down [Bonus] 03:17

15 - Cheating [Bonus] 02:24

16 - Help Me Girl [Bonus] 02:36

17 - See See Rider [Bonus] 04:02

18 - I Just Wanna Make Love To You [Bonus] 03:47

19 - Boom Boom [Bonus] 03:50

20 - Big Boss Man [Bonus] 03:45

21 - Pretty Thing [Bonus] 02:39


Special Bonus Tracks / Stereo Versions:

22 - Don't Bring Me Down [Bonus] 03:16

23 - See See Rider [Bonus] 04:03

24 - Help Me Girl [Bonus] 02:40

25 - Cheating [Bonus] 02:22




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