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Animalism (album)

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Released
  
21 November 1966

Animalism(1966)
  
Eric Is Here(1967)

Release date
  
21 November 1966

Label
  
MGM Records

Length
  
39:54

Artist
  
The Animals

Producer
  
Tom Wilson

Genre
  
Blues rock

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Recorded
  
July 1966 at Lansdowne Recording Studio, London, England and T.T.G, Hollywood, California

Similar
  
The Animals albums, Blues rock albums

All night long the animals


Animalism is a blues rock album by The Animals, released in November 1966. The album includes a collaboration with Frank Zappa ("All Night Long"), with covers of B.B. King, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke.

Contents

Animalism peaked at #33 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. It was their last Top 40 album, as well as the last recording of the band prior to their breakup. Subsequent Animals albums and single were by The (New) Animals. This album was issued only in the US.

Side 1

  1. "All Night Long" (Frank Zappa) - 2:46
  2. "Shake" (Sam Cooke) - 3:11
  3. "The Other Side of This Life" (Fred Neil) - 3:43
  4. "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King, Joe Josea) - 2:02
  5. "Lucille" (Al Collins, Richard Penniman) - 2:19
  6. "Smokestack Lightning" (Chester Burnett) - 5:19

Side 2

  1. "Hey Gyp" (Donovan Leitch) - 3:46
  2. "Hit the Road, Jack" (Percy Mayfield) - 3:16
  3. "Outcast" (Ernie Johnson, Edgar Campbell) (Album version) - 2:35
  4. "Louisiana Blues" (McKinley Morganfield) - 2:37
  5. "That's All I Am to You" (Blackwell, Scott) - 2:08
  6. "Going Down Slow" (Jimmy Oden) - 6:12

Personnel

  • Eric Burdon – vocals
  • Chas Chandler – bass guitar
  • Dave Rowberry – keyboards
  • Hilton Valentine – guitar
  • Barry Jenkins – drums except as indicated below
  • John Steel - drums on "Outcast" and "That's All I Am to You"
  • Frank Zappa - Arrangements on "Other Side of this Life" and "All Night Long", Bass on "Other Side of this Life" and Guitar on "All Night Long"
  • William Roberts— guitar on "Other Side of this Life" and Harmonica on "All Night Long"
  • Larry Knechtel— organ on "Other Side of this Life" and "All Night Long"
  • Don Randi- Piano on "Other Side of this Life" and "All Night Long"
  • Carol Kaye— guitar on "Other Side of this Life" and Bass on "All Night Long"
  • John Guerin— drums on "Other Side of this Life" and "All Night Long"

    • Production

  • Producer: Tom Wilson
  • Engineers: Mack Emerman, David Greene, Ami Hadani, Adrian Kerridge, Val Valentin
  • Arranger: Dave Rowberry
  • Liner notes: Chas Chandler

    • Songs

    1All Night Long2:46
    2Shake3:14
    3The Other Side of This Life3:43

    References

    Animalism (album) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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