The Animals (U.S. album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Animals
Type = studio
Artist = The Animals


Released = August or September 1964
Recorded =
Genre = Rock, blues, R&B
Length =
Label = MGM E/SE-4264
Producer = Mickie Most
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5hq3g4sptv6z link]
Chronology = The Animals U.S.
Last album =
This album = "The Animals"
(1964)
Next album = "The Animals on Tour"
(1965)

"The Animals" is the self-titled American debut album from 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)" [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5hq3g4sptv6z allmusic ((( The Animals [US > Overview ))) ] ] 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 number one 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

ide one

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

ide two

# "Around and Around" (Chuck Berry)
# "I'm in Love Again" (Dave Bartholomew, Fats Domino)
# "Gonna Send You Back to Walker" (Johnnie Mae Matthews)
# "Memphis Tennessee" (Chuck Berry)
# "I'm Mad Again" (John Lee Hooker)
# "I've Been Around" (Fats Domino)

Personnel

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

Later Samples

*"The House of the Rising Sun"
**"Bury Me a G" by Young Jeezy from the album "The Inspiration"

Notes