The Animals (’60s “British invasion” group)

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There have been a number of lineups of this group, as well as various "splinter" versions where one or two of the original members made a comeback for a few years in the '90s. See band name 'The Animals' for an excellent summary of the different variants.


Disbanded somewhere between february and october 1966. New band with some member overlap was started in october 1966: Eric Burdon and the Animals. Original line-up of Burdon, Price, Valentine, Chandler, and Steel briefly reunited for an album in 1977 and again for an album and tour in 1983.

Annotation last modified on 2023-02-05 21:59 UTC.

Wikipedia

The Animals (also billed as Animals & Friends and Eric Burdon and the Animals) are an English rock band, formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s. The Animals are known for their deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon and for their gritty, bluesy sound, exemplified by their signature song and transatlantic number-one 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", "Don't Bring Me Down", "I'm Crying", "See See Rider" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". They balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm-and-blues-oriented album material and were part of the British Invasion of the US.

The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s, and suffered from poor business management, leading the original incarnation to split up in 1966. Burdon assembled a mostly new lineup of musicians under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals; the much-changed act moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic and progressive rock band with hits such as "San Franciscan Nights", "When I Was Young" and "Sky Pilot" before disbanding at the end of the decade. Altogether, the group had 10 top-20 hits in both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100.

The original lineup of Burdon, Alan Price, Chas Chandler, Hilton Valentine and John Steel reunited for a one-off benefit concert in Newcastle in 1968. They later launched brief comebacks in 1975 and 1983. Several partial regroupings of the original-era members have occurred since then under various names. The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Discography

Album

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1964The Animals (1964, MGM Records, USA)The Animals46
1964The Animals (1964, Columbia, UK)The Animals55
1965The Animals on TourThe Animals3
1965Animal Tracks (UK album)The Animals5
1965Animal Tracks (US album)The Animals34
1966AnimalismsThe Animals33
1966AnimalismThe Animals3
1966AnimalizationThe Animals34
1977Before We Were So Rudely InterruptedThe Original Animals5
1983ArkThe Animals4
2017An Introduction to The AnimalsThe Animals1

Album + Compilation

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1965Volume 2The Animals1
1966The Best of The AnimalsThe Animals1
1971House of the Rising SunThe Animals1
1971The Most of The AnimalsThe Animals5
1972The House of the Rising SunThe Animals1
1973The Best of The Animals (1973 15‐track ABKCO)The Animals8
1978Animals AnthologyThe Animals1
1987The Singles PlusThe Animals3
1989House of the Rising SunThe Animals3
1989The E.P. CollectionThe Animals1
1989The Most of the AnimalsThe Animals45
1990Midnite Jazz & Blues: Pontiac BluesThe Animals & Sonny Boy Williamson2
1990The Complete AnimalsThe Animals4.53
1990Best of YesteryearThe Animals1
1990Trackin’ the HitsThe Animals1
1990The Best of The AnimalsThe Animals1
1990The Animals (Series: Best Now – 23)The Animals1
1990The AnimalsThe Animals1
1991I’m CryingThe Animals1
1993The AnimalsThe Animals2
1994Animal TracksThe Animals1
1994Boom BoomThe Animals1
1994The Singles+The Animals3
1995Best SelectionThe Animals1
1995Original HitsThe Animals2
1995The AnimalsThe Animals1
1996Inside Looking Out: The 1965–1966 SessionsThe Animals1
1997The Best of the AnimalsThe Animals1
1999The AnimalsThe Animals1
2000Animals Blues YearsThe Animals1
2000Best of the 60’sThe Animals1
2000The Best of The Animals (2000 20‐track EMI/Colombia)The Animals3
2001The Animals StoryThe Animals1
2001The AnimalsThe Animals1
2002The House of the Rising SunThe Animals1
2003Don’t Bring Me Down (The Decca Years)The Animals1
2003Absolute Animals 1964–1968The Animals2
2003A’s B’s & EP’sThe Animals1
2003Hits & RaritiesThe Animals1
2004RetrospectiveThe Animals3
2004Gratefully Dead 1964–1968The Animals1
2004The Animals / Animal TracksThe Animals1
2007The EssentialThe Animals1
2007Edição Limitada: GoldThe Animals1
2012The Very Best of The AnimalsThe Animals2
2013Greatest HitsThe Animals1
2013The Mickie Most Years and MoreThe Animals1
2014Greatest HitsThe Animals1
2016The 25 Best SongsThe Animals1
2019The House of the Rising Sun: Best of the AnimalsThe Animals1
Greatest HitsThe Animals1

Album + Compilation + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
2019Broadcasts 1964–1966The Animals1
2020Complete Broadcasts II 1964-66 - Live Audience Radio & TV BroadcastsThe Animals1

Album + Live

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1970In the BeginningThe Animals with Eric Burdon7
1975The Animals with Sonny Boy Williamson (live, 1963-12-30: Club A’Gogo, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, UK)The Animals with Sonny Boy Williamson4
1989Greatest Hits Live!The Animals4
1992The Animals With Sonny Boy WilliamsonThe Animals with Sonny Boy Williamson2
1995Live in EnglandSonny Boy Williamson with The Yardbirds & The Animals3
2001Eric Burdon & The AnimalsEric Burdon & The Animals41
2019Is Here Live on AirThe Animals1
2019The Deluxe BBC FilesThe Animals2
2020The Radio Sessions 1965–1966 (live radio broadcast)The Animals1
2020Rock Generation, Volume 1 – The Animals 1963 + The Yardbirds 1964The Animals / The Yardbirds1
The Animals LiveThe Animals1

Single

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1964Baby Let Me Take You Home / Gonna Send You Back to WalkerThe Animals1
1964The House of the Rising Sun / Talkin’ ’bout YouThe Animals52
1964I’m Crying / Take It EasyThe Animals1
1965Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood / Club‐A‐GogoThe Animals51
1965Bring It On Home to Me / For Miss CaulkerThe Animals1
1965We’ve Gotta Get Out of This Place / I Can’t Believe ItThe Animals3
1965It’s My Life / I’m Going to Change the WorldThe Animals2
1966Inside‐Looking Out / OutcastThe Animals1
1966Don't Bring Me Down / CheatingThe Animals1
1968The House of the Rising Sun / I’m CryingThe Animals1
1975The House of the Rising Sun / Don’t Let Me Be MisunderstoodThe Animals1
1981The House of the Rising SunThe Animals1

EP

YearTitleArtistRatingReleases
1964The Animals Is HereThe Animals1
1964I’m CryingThe Animals1
1964The House of the Rising SunThe Animals1
1965The Animals (lead track: Boom Boom)The Animals1
1965The Animals (lead track: I’m in Love Again)The Animals1
1965Boom Boom / Don’t Let Me Be MisunderstoodThe Animals1
1965Bring It on Home to MeThe Animals1
1965It's My LifeThe Animals1
1965We’ve Gotta Get Out of This PlaceThe Animals1
1966Don't Bring Me DownThe Animals1
1966In the Beginning There Was the Early AnimalsThe Animals1
1966I Just Want to Make Love to YouThe Animals1
1966OutcastThe Animals1

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