The Animals – Animal Tracks
(Columbia Records 1965 33SX1708 Mono)
UK Pressing
Vinyl in Very Good+ condition
(there are quite a few surface marks & a few small scratches which do give pops/crackles but sound quality is excellent overall)
No Sleeve – housed in plain white sleeve and original inner
The Animals were a British band of the 1960s, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne 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” and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”. 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 original lineup had brief comebacks in 1975 and 1983. There have been several partial regroupings of the original era members since then under various names. The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
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. It reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and remained there for 26 weeks.
Track listing
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | “Mess Around” | Ahmet Ertegun | 2:21 |
| 2. | “How You’ve Changed” | Chuck Berry | 3:15 |
| 3. | “Hallelujah I Love Her So” | Ray Charles | 2:49 |
| 4. | “I Believe to My Soul” | Charles, Allan Learner | 3:28 |
| 5. | “Worried Life Blues” | Major Merriweather | 4:16 |
| 6. | “Roberta” | Al Smith, John Vincent | 2:08 |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | “I Ain’t Got You” | Calvin Carter | 2:32 |
| 2. | “Bright Lights, Big City” | Jimmy Reed | 2:57 |
| 3. | “Let the Good Times Roll” | Shirley Goodman | 1:57 |
| 4. | “For Miss Caulker” | Eric Burdon | 4:01 |
| 5. | “Road Runner” | Ellas McDaniel | 2:53 |
Personnel
- Eric Burdon – lead vocals
- Hilton Valentine – guitar, vocals
- Alan Price – keyboards, vocals
- Chas Chandler – bass, vocals
- John Steel – drums and percussion
- Mickie Most – producer, liner notes
- Val Valentin – engineer
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