Animalization
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Animalization |
| type | studio |
| artist | the Animals |
| cover | Animalization.jpg |
| released | August 1966 |
| recorded | 9 January4 July 1966 |
| genre | Rock, blues rock, rhythm and blues |
| length | 40:16 |
| label | MGM |
| producer | Tom Wilson |
| chronology | The Animals US |
| prev_title | The Best of The Animals |
| prev_year | 1966 |
| next_title | Animalism |
| next_year | 1966 |
| :: |
| name = Animalization | type = studio | artist = the Animals | cover = Animalization.jpg | alt = | released = August 1966 | recorded = 9 January4 July 1966 | venue = | studio = | genre = Rock, blues rock, rhythm and blues | length = 40:16 | label = MGM | producer = Tom Wilson | chronology = The Animals US | prev_title = The Best of The Animals | prev_year = 1966 | next_title = Animalism | next_year = 1966
Animalization is a studio album by the English rock band the Animals. The band's fourth American release, it was issued in August 1966 on MGM Records.
Overview
It has a track listing somewhat similar to the British album Animalisms. The album, which reached #20 on the US Billboard album chart, included three US Top 40 singles ("Inside-Looking Out", "Don't Bring Me Down", and "See See Rider") and was the first Animals album to have some tracks mixed in true stereo.
It was during this period that drummer John Steel left the group and was replaced by Barry Jenkins, previously of The Nashville Teens (of "Tobacco Road" fame). Both drummers appear on the cover, Jenkins on the front (upper right in brown shirt) and Steel on the back. In addition, it was also during this period that Mickie Most stepped down as the group's producer and was replaced by Tom Wilson.
The album was successful, it peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Top LPs in late 1966, during a thirty-week stay on the chart. |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = [ link] | rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music | rev2score =
Track listing
Side one
| headline = Side one | title1 = Don't Bring Me Down | writer1 = {{flatlist|
- Gerry Goffin
- Carole King | length1 = 3:13 | title2 = One Monkey Don't Stop No Show | writer2 = Joe Tex | length2 = 3:20 | title3 = You're On My Mind | writer3 = {{flatlist|
- Eric Burdon
- Dave Rowberry | length3 = 2:54 | title4 = Cheating | writer4 = {{flatlist|
- Eric Burdon
- Chas Chandler | length4 = 2:23 | title5 = She'll Return It | writer5 = {{flatlist|
- Eric Burdon
- Dave Rowberry | note5 = It is erroneously credited to Barry Jenkins, Rowberry, Burdon, Chandler, Hilton Valentine and is not listed on the back cover | length5 = 2:47 | title6 = Inside-Looking Out | writer6 = {{flatlist|
- John Avery Lomax
- Alan Lomax
- Eric Burdon
- Chas Chandler | length6 = 3:47 | total_length = 18:24 | headline = Side two | title1 = See See Rider | writer1 = Ma Rainey | length1 = 3:58 | title2 = Gin House Blues | writer2 = {{flatlist|
- Henry Troy
- Fletcher Henderson | length2 = 4:37 | title3 = Maudie | writer3 = John Lee Hooker | length3 = 4:03 | title4 = What Am I Living For | writer4 = {{flatlist|
- Fred Jay
- Art Harris | length4 = 3:12 | title5 = Sweet Little Sixteen | writer5 = Chuck Berry | length5 = 3:07 | title6 = I Put a Spell on You | writer6 = Screamin' Jay Hawkins | length6 = 2:55 | total_length = 21:52
Personnel
;The Animals
- Eric Burdon – vocals
- Dave Rowberry – keyboards
- Hilton Valentine – guitar
- Chas Chandler – bass
- John Steel – drums except as indicated below
- Barry Jenkins – drums on "Don't Bring Me Down", "Cheating" and "See See Rider" ;Technical
- Val Valentin – engineer
Charts
::data[format=table] | Chart (1966) | Peak position | |---|---| | US Billboard Top LPs | 20 | ::
References
References
- Whitburn, Joel. (1996). "Top LPs, 1955–1996". Record Research.
- (2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press.
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