The Best of the Animals

~ Release by The Animals (see all versions of this release, 8 available)

Annotation

No longer available at Amazon. It's ASIN was B001DUX7I8

Annotation last modified on 2019-08-06 15:19 UTC.

Tracklist

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1House of the Rising Sun
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
bass guitar:
Chas Chandler
drums (drum set):
John Steel (English musician)
electric guitar:
Hilton Valentine
organ:
Alan Price
lead vocals:
Eric Burdon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1964)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (recordings) (number: 11), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 122) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 471)
recording of:
The House of the Rising Sun (Alan Price (The Animals) arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alan Price
publisher:
Al Gallico Music, Keith Prowse and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
arrangement of:
House of the Rising Sun
4.154:32
2I’m Crying
recording of:
I’m Crying
writer:
Eric Burdon and Alan Price
2.352:48
3Baby Let Me Take You Home
arranger:
Alan Price
cover recording of:
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Eric Von Schmidt version)
lyricist:
Blind Boy Fuller
additional composer:
Eric Von Schmidt
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
version of:
Baby, Let Me Lay It on You
2.252:23
4Around and Around
cover recording of:
Around and Around
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Good-Tunes-Music AG, Isalee Music Publishing Company and Rock ’n’ Roll Music
2.52:47
5Talkin’ ’bout You
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
cover recording of:
Talkin’ ’bout You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
21:55
6Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 315)
cover recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
42:28
7Boom Boom
cover recording of:
Boom Boom
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
33:04
8Dimples
cover recording of:
Dimples
lyricist:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1956)
composer:
James Bracken
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Costoma Publishing Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
2.53:18
9We Gotta Get Out of This Place (US version)
3.53:17
10I’m in Love Again
cover recording of:
I’m in Love Again
writer:
Antoine Dominique Domino and Dave Bartholomew
23:03
11Bury My Body
recording of:
Bury My Body (The Animals arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alan Price
22:52
12Gonna Send You Back to Walker
cover recording of:
Gonna Send You Back to Walker
writer:
John Hammond (blues singer and guitarist) and Johnnie Mae Matthews
is based on:
Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (A City Slick)
22:25
13Story of Bo Diddley
25:45
14It’s My Life
recording of:
It’s My Life (The Animals)
lyricist:
Roger Atkins
composer:
Carl D’Errico
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
33:14
15Bring It on Home to Me
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
cover recording of:
Bring It On Home to Me
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music, ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
recording of:
Bring It On Home to Me
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music, ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
2.252:36

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Wikidata:Q7717269 [info]