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)"^[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 #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

Side one

1. "House of the Rising Sun" (Traditional, arranged Alan Price) (Edited single version) – 2:58
2. "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup)
3. "Blue Feeling" (Jimmy Henshaw)
4. "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (Wes Farrell, Bert Russell)
5. "The Right Time" (Lew Herman)
6. "Talkin' 'Bout You" (Ray Charles) (Edited short version)

Side two

1. "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry)
2. "I'm In Love Again" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino)
3. "Gonna Send You Back to Walker (Gonna Send You Back to Georgia)" (Johnnie Mae Matthews)
4. "Memphis, Tennessee" (Chuck Berry)
5. "I'm Mad" (John Lee Hooker)
6. "I've Been Around" (Fats Domino)

Personnel

• Eric Burdon – vocals
• Alan Price – keyboards
• Hilton Valentine – guitar
• Chas Chandler – bass
• John Steel – drums

References