The Animals (U.S. album)
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| The Animals | ||
| Studio album by The Animals | ||
| Released | August or September 1964 | |
| Genre | Rock, Blues, R&B | |
| Label | MGM Records | |
| Producer(s) | Mickie Most | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| The Animals chronology | ||
| The Animals (U.S.) (1964) |
The Animals on Tour (U.S.) (1965) |
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The Animals is the self-titled American debut album from the 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)"[1] 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 Alan Price-arranged number one 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.
[edit] Track listing
- "The House of the Rising Sun" (trad. arranged Alan Price) - edited 2:58 single version
- "Blue Feeling" (Jimmy Henshaw)
- "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup)
- "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell)
- "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Lew Herman)
- "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Ray Charles)
- "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry)
- "I'm in Love Again" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino)
- "Gonna Send You Back to Walker" (Johnnie Mae Matthews)
- "Memphis Tennessee" (Chuck Berry)
- "I'm Mad Again" (John Lee Hooker)
- "I've Been Around" (Fats Domino)
[edit] Personnel
- Eric Burdon, vocals
- Alan Price, keyboards
- Hilton Valentine, guitar
- Chas Chandler, bass
- John Steel, drums
