The Animals discography
The discography of The Animals, an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, contains 20 studio albums, six compilation albums, five EPs and 25 singles. Featuring a gritty, bluesy sound and a deep-voiced frontman in Eric Burdon, they are best known for their rendition of an American folk song named "House of the Rising Sun", which is described by many as their signature song.[1] This single had worldwide sales of nearly 5 million[2] and became a Number One hit in both the UK and US in 1964. Overall, the group balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "It's My Life" against rhythm and blues–oriented album material. The Animals released separate UK and US albums, a practice common to other British Invasion bands of the time such as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.
| The Animals discography | |
|---|---|
 Posing for publicity in 1964: L–R Eric Burdon (Vocals), Alan Price (Keyboards), Chas Chandler (Bass), Hilton Valentine (Guitar), John Steel (Drums). | |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| EPs | 5 |
| Singles | 25 |
| Studio albums (US) | 3 |
| Studio albums (UK) | 5 |
| Other studio albums | 2 |
The Animals underwent numerous personnel changes in the mid-1960s and suffered from poor business management. An incarnation using the name "Eric Burdon and the Animals" moved to California in 1967 and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic rock outfit, before disbanding at the end of the decade. Altogether, the group had ten Top Twenty hits on both the UK charts and US charts.
The original lineup had a brief comeback in 1977 and 1983. There have been several partial regroupings of the original era members since then under various names. The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Albums
Animals album releases varied significantly between the UK and the US; even those with the same or similar names had different contents. In addition, very many compilation and repackaging releases have been made over the years.
UK Albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [3] | |||
| The Animals | |||
| 1964 | The Animals | 6 |
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| 1965 | Animal Tracks
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6 | |
| 1966 | Animalisms
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4 | |
| Eric Burdon & the Animals | |||
| 1967 | Winds of Change
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— | |
| 1968 | The Twain Shall Meet
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— | |
Love Is
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— | ||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||
US Albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
Record World [5] | Cash | |||
| The Animals | |||||
| 1964 | The Animals | 7 | 8 | 14 |
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| 1965 | The Animals on Tour
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99 | 92 | — |
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Animal Tracks
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57 | 27 | 27 |
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| 1966 | Animalization
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20 | 13 | 17 |
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Animalism
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33 | 21 | 27 | ||
| Eric Burdon & The Animals | |||||
| 1967 | Eric Is Here
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121 | 54 | 84 |
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Winds of Change
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42 | 23 | 26 |
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| 1968 | The Twain Shall Meet
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79 | 48 | 84 | |
Every One of Us
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152 | 107 | - |
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Love Is
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123 | 96 | 94 |
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| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak Chart Positions | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
Record World [5] | Cash | UK [3] | |||
| The Animals | ||||||
| 1966 | The Best of the Animals
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6 | 4 | 5 | — |
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| 1966 | The Most of the Animals
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— | — | — | 4 | |
| Eric Burdon and the Animals | ||||||
| 1967 | The Best of Eric Burdon and the Animals Vol. II
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48 | 54 | Features tracks from the three previous lineups and the recent single from the new lineup of Burdon, Barry Jenkins, John Weider, Vic Briggs, and Danny McCullough | ||
| 1969 | The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals
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— | ||||
Non-LP U.S. single B-sides
- "I'm Going to Change the World" (B-side of "It's My Life")
- "Ain't That So" (B-side of "Monterey")
Off-sequence albums
These albums are principally a continuing re-release of a set of live recordings from Club A Go-Go, Newcastle, 1963, either solely The Animals or The Animals and Sonny Boy Williamson II. The track listing for the all-Animals set is generally all of or a selection from "Let It Rock", "Gotta Find My Baby", "Bo Diddley", "Dimples", "Boom Boom" "C Jam Blues" and "Almost Grown". The recordings were made in December, 1963 by Giorgio Gomelsky and involved seven live tracks of the Animals alone and eleven tracks with the Animals backing Sonny Boy Williamson.[8]
- The Animals (September 1964, Canada (Capitol T-6092)
- British Go Go (January/1965)
- In the Beginning (Live, 1965)
- Wild Animals (Decca,[9] 1966)
- Rock Generation Vol. 2 (BYG 529 702, 1973)—The Animals at the Club A Gogo, Newcastle, 1963
- Rock Generation Vol. 4 (BYG 529 704, 1973)—more of the same, joined by Sonny Boy Williamson
- Night Time Is the Right Time (Springboard 4065, year uncertain) with Sonny Boy Williamson
- Live (Woodford, 1991)A
- In the Beginning: Live in 1963 (Sundazed, 1994)B
- Almost Grown (Pazzazz, 2006)C
- The Animals with Sonny Boy Williamson (Charly, 2006)D
- Live at the Club A Go-Go (Hallmark, 2008)
Reunion albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [4] |
UK [3] |
CAN [10] |
NZL [11] | |||
| The Original Animals | ||||||
| 1977 | Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
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70 | — | 84 | 24 | First album after 9 years |
| The Animals | ||||||
| 1983 | Ark
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66 | — | — | — | |
Post-lifetime compilation and reissue albums
- Best of the Animals (ABKCO 4426, 1973, two-LP set)
- Best of the Animals (Springboard 4025, 1973)
- Best of the Animals (ABKCO 4324—1 LP, first U.S. compilation to feature the UK "correct" version of "We Gotta Get Out of This Place") (1975)
- The Best of the Animals (ABKCO, 1988)
- The Complete Animals (EMI, 1990)
- The Best of Eric Burdon and the Animals 1966–1968 (Polygram, 1991)E
- Original Hits (Disky, 1995)F
- The Best of the Animals (EMI, 1997)
- The Best of the Animals (Liberty, 2000)[12]
- The Best of Eric Burdon and the Animals (Universal, 2001)G
- Interesting Life (2003)
- Complete French EP 1964/1967 (2003)
- Retrospective (2004)
- The Hits (2010)[13]
Extended plays
| Year | EP details | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The Animals is Here
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The Animals
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| 1965 | The Animals No. 2
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Animal Tracks
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In the Beginning There Was Early Animals
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Singles
| Year | Title (A-side) | Peak chart positions | U.S. Record Label | B-side From same album as A-side except where indicated |
Album | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US | US Main. |
AUS | NOR | CAN | GER | NLD | SWE | |||||
| 1964 | "Baby Let Me Take You Home" | 21 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | MGM Records | "Gonna Send You Back to Walker" | The Animals |
| "The House of the Rising Sun" | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | "Talkin' 'Bout You" | |||
| "Gonna Send You Back to Walker" | — | 57 | — | — | — | 25 | — | — | — | "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (A-side) | |||
| "I'm Crying" | 8 | 19 | — | 40 | — | — | — | 44 | — | "Take It Easy" | The Animals on Tour | ||
| 1965 | "Boom Boom" | — | 43 | — | 39 | — | 14 | — | — | — | "Blue Feeling" | The Animals | |
| "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" | 3 | 15 | — | 29 | — | 4 | — | 26 | 7 | "Club A-GoGo" | Animal Tracks | ||
| "Bring It On Home to Me" | 7 | 32 | — | 42 | — | 7 | — | 3 | 1 | "For Miss Caulker" | |||
| "We Gotta Get out of This Place" | 2 | 13 | — | 49 | — | 33 | 31 | 12 | 6 | "I Can't Believe It" | |||
| "It's My Life" | 7 | 23 | — | 10 | 5 | — | — | 12 | 3 | "I'm Going to Change the World" (Non-LP track) | The Best of The Animals | ||
| 1966 | "Inside-Looking Out" | 12 | 34 | — | 20 | — | — | 34 | 24 | 14 | "You're on My Mind" | Animalization | |
| "Don't Bring Me Down" | 6 | 12 | — | 20 | — | 3 | 17 | 15 | 16 | "Cheating" | |||
| "See See Rider" | — | 10 | — | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | — | "She'll Return It" | |||
| "Help Me Girl" | 14 | 29 | — | 18 | — | 33 | — | — | — | "That Ain't Where It's At" | Eric Is Here | ||
| 1967 | "When I Was Young" | 45 | 15 | — | 2 | — | — | 31 | 9 | — | "A Girl Named Sandoz" | The Best of Eric Burdon and The Animals Vol. II | |
| "San Franciscan Nights" | 7 | 9 | — | 9 | — | 1 | 20 | 5 | — | "Good Times" | Winds of Change | ||
| "Good Times" | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "San Franciscan Nights" (A-side) | |||
| "Monterey" | — | 15 | — | 9 | — | 3 | — | 37 | 17 | "Ain't That So" (Non-LP track) | The Twain Shall Meet | ||
| "Anything" | — | 80 | — | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | "It's All Meat" | Winds of Change | ||
| 1968 | "Sky Pilot" | 40 | 14 | — | 7 | — | 7 | — | — | — | "Sky Pilot (Part Two)" | The Twain Shall Meet | |
| "White Houses" | — | 67 | — | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | "River Deep – Mountain High" (from Love Is) | Every One of Us | ||
| 1969 | "Ring of Fire" | 35 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 2 | — | "I'm An Animal" | Love Is | |
| 1972 | "The House of the Rising Sun" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ABKCO Records | "Bring It On Home to Me" | |
| 1982 | "The House of the Rising Sun" | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | "The Night" | — | 48 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | I.R.S. Records | "No John No" | Ark |
| "Love Is for All Time" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | "It's Too Late" | |||
Explanatory notes
- A.^ The cover is original Animals lineup that made the recordings. No identification of recordings as being 1963. Licensed from Disky Music; Disky ownership interest uncertain. Five songs only, excluding "Let It Rock" and "C Jam Blues".
- B.^ As described by reviewer Bruce Eder, "Recorded in December of 1963 at a live concert, this CD captures the Animals at their rawest and most animated on record, ripping ferociously through a bunch of standards (by Chuck Berry, James B. Odom, et al.), playing the crowd and making snide comments about their London rivals The Rolling Stones, all with Sonny Boy Williamson II hanging somewhere around the stage. Sundazed has actually found the original master to this oft-bootlegged piece of rock/blues history."[14]
- C.^ The album contains uncredited liner notes describing the early history of The Animals and the December 1963 recording by Giorgio Gomelsky. There is no indication on cover that the 2006 release is the 1963 live recording. The cover photo includes Dave Rowberry, who did not join the band until 1965, rather than Alan Price.
- D.^ In fact being the seven live recordings of The Animals without Sonny Boy Williamson.
- E.^ The album includes detailed liner notes by Rob Lipshutz; includes unedited single version of "Monterey", included on an album for the first time. Previous album inclusions, from the time of The Twain Shall Meet, involved fade-in intro; see Lipshutz liner notes.
- F.^ Eighteen songs from the 1964–1965 period, licensed from EMI.
- G.^ The album of ten tracks, principally 1967–1968 material, featuring the "new" Animals, yet the cover is of the 1963–1965 lineup with Alan Price. Also includes "Shake" and "All Night Long" from 1966. No liner notes, production details or recording times. Contains three actual "hits"—"Monterey", "Sky Pilot" and "San Franciscan Nights". "Sky Pilot" is the abridged, single version, though not so indicated.
Citations
- Muze article, "Best of The Animals (Abkco)", Tower Records. Accessed 4 May 2007.
- The Book of Golden Disks, Joseph Murrells. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- "Artist Chart History: Animals". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- "The Animals: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
- "RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982". www.americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- "CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Archive of all issues from1942 to 1996". www.americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- Uncredited, Liner Notes to Almost Grown, Pazzazz Records, 2006
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/wild-animals-r29134
- "Canadian Charts". CRIA. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- "New Zealand Chart". charts.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-best-of-the-animals-liberty-r2062374
- http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-hits-r2147515
- Review of In the Beginning; www.allmusic.com.
External links
- Official website
- The Animals discography at Discogs
- "Animals". 45-rpm.org.uk. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- Eric Burdon discography
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