The Animals (American album)

The Animals
The Animals
Studio album by the Animals
Released	September 1964
Recorded	22 January – 31 July 1964
Genre	R&B; blues rock;
Length	32:41
Label	MGM
Producer	Mickie Most
The Animals US chronology
Singles from The Animals
	"Baby Let Me Take You Home" / "Gonna Send You Back to Walker"; Released: August 1964; "House of the Rising Sun" / "Talkin' 'bout You"; Released: August 1964;

The Animals is the American debut studio album by 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)"^[2] that typified the group.

The album includes several R&B standards, written by the likes of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and John Lee Hooker, as well as the number one 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, and later CD and digital reissues of The Animals would feature the full-length recording).

The British album The Animals was released a month later, the group's debut album there albeit with substantially differing contents.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Uncut	^[3]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"The House of the Rising Sun" (Edited single version)	Traditional, arranged by Alan Price	18 May 1964	2:59
2.	"The Girl Can't Help It"	Bobby Troup	31 July 1964	2:20
3.	"Blue Feeling"	Jimmy Henshaw	22 January 1964	2:28
4.	"Baby Let Me Take You Home"	Wes Farrell Bert Russell	12 February 1964	2:18
5.	"The Right Time"	Lew Herman	31 July 1964	3:42
6.	"Talkin' 'bout You" (Edited single version)	Ray Charles	22 January 1964	1:55

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
7.	"Around and Around"	Chuck Berry	31 July 1964	2:44
8.	"I'm in Love Again"	Dave Bartholomew Fats Domino	31 July 1964	2:59
9.	"Gonna Send You Back to Walker"	Johnnie Mae Matthews	12 February 1964	2:22
10.	"Memphis, Tennessee"	Berry	31 July 1964	3:04
11.	"I'm Mad Again"	John Lee Hooker	31 July 1964	4:15
12.	"I've Been Around"	Domino	31 July 1964	1:35
Total length:				32:41

Personnel

The Animals

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

Technical

Val Valentin – engineer

References

^ Breihan, Tom (28 June 2018). "The Number Ones: The Animals' "The House Of The Rising Sun"". Stereogum. Retrieved 11 June 2023. But most of the Animals' self-titled debut album is the sort of blues-rock that you only make when you're way too into the idea of authenticity.
^ The Animals (US) – Review
^ Huxley, Peter (February 1998). "Sixties". Uncut. No. 9. p. 86.

[Breihan_2018-1] Breihan, Tom (28 June 2018). "The Number Ones: The Animals' "The House Of The Rising Sun"". Stereogum. Retrieved 11 June 2023. But most of the Animals' self-titled debut album is the sort of blues-rock that you only make when you're way too into the idea of authenticity.

[2] The Animals (US) – Review

[3] Huxley, Peter (February 1998). "Sixties". Uncut. No. 9. p. 86.

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