The Animals were formed in Newcastle upon Tyne during the early part of the 1960s, and later relocated to London. The Animals were known for their gritty, bluesy sound and deep-voiced frontman Eric Burdon, as exemplified by their number one signature song "The House of the Rising Sun" as well as by hits such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place", "It's My Life" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". The band balanced tough, rock-edged pop singles against rhythm and blues-oriented album material. They were known in the U.S. as part of the British Invasion.
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is best known as a founding member and vocalist of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle, England, and the funk rock band War. He was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list - The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
Under the name Eric Burdon and the Animals, they moved to California and achieved commercial success as a psychedelic rock band, before disbanding at the end of the decade. Altogether, the group had ten Top Twenty hits in both the UK Singles Chart and the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
The Animals - Complete Animals (1964-65)
The title is a bit of a misnomer; this double CD only includes the complete sessions that the Animals recorded with producer Mickie Most in 1964 and 1965. The 40 songs capture the band at their peak, including most of their best and biggest hits: "House of the Rising Sun," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "Bring It on Home to Me," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," "I'm Crying," "It's My Life," and "Boom Boom."
Tracklist:
Disc 1
1. Boom, Boom -Hooker (3:20)
2. Talkin’ ‘Bout You -Charles (7:06)
3. Blue Feeling –Henshaw (2:33)
4. Dimples –Bracken, Hooker (2:53)
5. Baby Let Me Take You Home –Farrell, Russell (2:23)
6. Gonna Send You Back to Walker –Matthews (2:30)
7. Baby What’s Wrong –Reed (2:51)
8. The House of the Rising Sun –Price, Traditional (4:32)
9. F-E-E-L –Unknown (2:44)
10. I’m Mad Again –Hooker (4:18)
11. Night Time Is the Right Time –Herman (3:47)
12. Around and Around – Berry (2:47)
13. I’m In Love Again –Bartholomew, Domino (3”03)
14. Bury My Body –Kooper, Price (2:52)
15. She Said Yeah –Christy, Jackson (2:21)
16. I’m Crying –Burdon, Price (2:49)
17. Take It Easy –Burdon, Price (2:55)
18. The Story of Bo Diddley –Burdon, McDaniel (5:45)
19. The Girl Can’t Help It –Troup (2:23)
20. I’ve Been Around –Domino (1:36)
Disc 2
1. Memphis, Tennessee –Berry (3:08)
2. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood –Benjamin, Caldwell, Marcus (2:30)
3. Club A Go-Go –Burdon, Price (2:22)
4. Roadrunner –Diddley (2:50)
5. Hallelujah, I Love Her So –Charles (2:48)
6. Don’t Want Much –Gordon (3:25)
7. I Believe to My Soul –Charles, Learner (3:26)
8. Let the Good Times Roll –Goodman, Lee (1:57)
9. Mess Around –Ertegun (2:22)
10. How You’ve Changed –Berry (3:14)
11. I Ain’t Got You –Carter (2:31)
12. Roberta –Smith, Vincent (2:07)
13. Bright Lights, Big City –Reed (2:57)
14. Worried Life Blues –Merriweather (4:13)
15. Bring It On Home to Me –Cooke (2:45)
16. For Miss Caulker –Burdon (3:59)
17. I Can’t Believe It –Burdon (3:33)
18. We Gotta Get Out of This Place –Mann, Weil (3:15)
19. It’s My Life –Atkins, Derrico (3:09)
20. I’m Gonna Change the World –Burdon (3:34)
Media Info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps Channels: stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.92
MPEG-1 layer 3
**many thanks to del blues and to all those who care enough to share
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