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Shonen Knife is one of those bands that make you an instant devotee or forever leave you totally bewildered. Part of the Japanese trio's appeal lies in its mutated regurgitation of American and British pop culture: The highlight of 1992's Let's Knife, the group's first widely available domestic release, was "Tortoise Brand Pot Scrubbing Cleaner's Theme," which appeared in two delightfully screwy versions. But you get the sense that even if Naoko, Michie, and Atsuko were singing in their native language, things would still be pretty weird. Choruses stagger by in 15/8 time, voices blend in uniquely twisted harmonies, and bursts of fuzz guitar suddenly invade innocent pop singalongs. Shonen Knife isn't just from a different country, it's from a different solar system.

Rock Animals, the band's second Virgin release, is mellower than its predecessor, with less Ramones drive and more Beach Boys lilt. In fact, the title could be a nod to Pet Sounds, but no one knows for sure; the Virgin press release paints it as an ecological concept album, but the lyrics to songs such as "Little Tree," "Concrete Animals," and "Cobra Vs. Mongoose" are as inscrutable as ever, revealing no obvious Don Henley crusade. The catchiest and most gonzo tunes are the irresistable "Catnip Dream," which speculates about kitties getting high on catnip, and the '50s-style "Johnny Johnny Johnny," which features the memorable lyric, "Hee Hee Ha Ha Ho Ho/He's the coolest boy." Who could argue with that? --Jim DeRogatis --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

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Originally released in 1994, the album from the J-pop trio features Thurston Moore on 'Butterfly'. 11 tracks. August Records.

Animals
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ASIN: B000024D4R
Release Date: 2000-04-25

Tracks:

  1. Pigs On The Wing 1
  2. Dogs
  3. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
  4. Sheep
  5. Pigs On The Wing 2

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Although not in the same vein as the deliciously hallucinogenic earlier Floyd works such as Ummagumma and Dark Side of the Moon, Animals is innovative and musically diverse in its own right. Inspired in part by George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm, Roger Waters condemns the avarice and inequalities of capitalism, metaphorically and musically grouping humans as pigs, dogs, and sheep. The pigs are self-righteous hypocrites inflicting their beliefs on everyone else, the dogs greedy money-grabbers, and the sheep witless followers. Dark, cynical, and brilliantly composed, Animals is an ingenious and under-acknowledged album. --Naomi Gesinger

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5 out of 5 stars this is about the music, not the politics.......2007-06-15

politically, Roger Waters is a total idiot, but as a musician, he's awesome....this album is simply about the best rock piece ever....I read this more about (despite whatever Waters' intentions) as commentary about Man, not capitalism....aftyer all, capitalism is NOT an "ism", it is what Man would naturally do without any State apparatus lording over it with the threat of force. a real treat, but not something for a party, or dancing....which is a good thing.

3 out of 5 stars Gilmour's Finest Hour.......2007-06-15

It could be said of most of Pink Floyd's recorded ouevre that it is something of an acquired taste. And the effort of acquiring the taste is made harder still by the subtleties of their music. That is, a Pink Floyd album will not disclose all of its facets to the listener at once. Rather, a certain amount of dedication, repeated careful review, is required to "see the whole", as it were.

This is probably truer of "Animals" than it is of any of their other work. "Animals", to begin with, lacks the lush, atmospheric Leslie-treated pianos and spacey guitars of "Meddle", or the warping, bubbling, synth-work and studio sleight-of-hand of "Dark Side" or "Wish." "Atom Heart Mother" and "The Wall" were recorded with full orchestras to assist in particularly emotional moments. Whether the orchestral experimentation of "Atom Heart Mother" and "The Wall" were successful is another question, altogether.

"Animals," then, is more of a straight-up rock and roll record than the other Floyd albums. It was basically written "on the fly," during the band's tours in support of "Wish" through '75-76. Although this is documented in interviews with Messrs. Gilmour and Water themselves, the fact could be confirmed from listening to live outings of songs from "Animals" -- they sound just like the studio versions, almost as though they were written with live, rather than studio, performance in mind. There are very little in the way of doubled instrumental parts or voices (some acoustic guitar parts are overdubbed in "Pigs", I believe, but other than that, the whole thing is basically just the four players and their voices).

The values have changed slightly, to, from a musical perspective. Gone are Gilmour and Wright's airy harmonizations from "Dark Side" and "Meddle", to be replaced by the throatier growling and ranting of Roger Waters, who sings almost the entirety of the album's lyrics. Gilmour sings the very beginning of "Dogs" ("You've gotta have a real need/Gotta sleep on your toes").

And the instrumental sound, or the approach, perhaps, has changed as well. Here, the guitar-playing of Gilmour takes on a decidedly more aggressive, charged, attitude. Witness, for example, the ragged outbursts between the first few verses of "Dogs"; Gilmour, although always capable of emotional depth, rarely chooses to depict raw anger in his solos.

The angriest moment comes at the finish of "Pigs." The song, which has built up nice bit of rhythmic tension with its half-time feel and the suggestive in-drawn breaths from Roger Waters in the final verse, suddenly lets loose with Gilmour's cataclysmic outro-solo.

The solo starts with the same note repeated almost a dozen times, picked hard (much harder than Gilmour's usually genteel touch), beat to within an inch of its life. He moves up the neck into stratospheric territory, then, in a musical gesture recalling Milton's description of Satan's defeat ("Hurled headlong flaming from th' ethereal sky/With hideous ruin and combustion down"), plummets back down with a series of triplets that return almost all the way to first position.

The intensity builds back up, until Gilmour finds a rapid-fire sixteenth-note triplet arpgeggio near the top of the neck and rides it out through the fade. This is not the beautiful, sensitive Gilmour we know from "Wish You Were Here," or "On the Turning Away." It is another personality altogether, but one capable of searing intensity.

Perhaps, in the final analysis, Gilmour's mastery is demonstrated by the fact that -- knowing that he could solo in the white-hot vein of an Eric Clapton or Robin Trower, say -- he chooses not to do so all of the time. The rareness of such an outburst -- I could almost say its uniqueness, but for the slightly less brillant solo of a similar emotional tenor at the end of "Comfortably Numb" -- is part of what makes it great.

Gilmour never quite equaled this moment at the end of "Pigs" in any of his subsequent outings. While "Comfortably Numb" is comparable, it does not quite echo the rawness of tone here. Also of note is some of the playing on his first solo album of 1977, "David Gilmour" (although there the emotional content seems to be more "woe" or "tragedy").

Furthermore, these are Waters's best lyrics -- they are by turns creepy, funny (some of the double-entendre in "Pigs On The Wing"), and accurate (the spot-on businessman psychoanalysis of "Dogs").

5 out of 5 stars and Pigs do Fly.......2007-06-10

I guess I like Pink Floyd. This is quite a trippy collection, but worth a spin.

5 out of 5 stars A biting social commentary which is still relevent to this day.......2007-05-30

I first got "Animals" way back in 1996. Being a major Floyd fan, I instantly fell in love with the exquisite lyrics and fantastic music. Eleven years later, being a bit older and a lot wiser, I see "Animals" as a piece of social commentary which is still relevant to this day.

I see the "Dogs" as the jackbooted "Waffen-SS-like" thugs that most soldiers and police officers have become in this day of encroaching tyranny. Have you noticed how increasingly militarized LEOs (law enforcement officers) have become? Have you noticed how thuggish the United States military has acted under not only the command of George W. Bush, but even under Bill Clinton?

I see the "Pigs" as the ones in power, the ones who ultimately call the shots in the world. I see the first group of pigs as the big central bankers (Rockefellers, Rothschilds, etc.) and corporate bigwigs (Ted Turner, Michael Eisner, etc.) who control the power through their fortunes in corporate neo-fascist fashion. I see the second group of pigs as the puppet politicians who are put in the government to give everybody the false assumption that they have a choice when it comes to elections (Republican and Democrat are basically one and the same). Finally, I see the third group of pigs as pro-censorship people such as Mary Whitehouse, Jack Thompson, Brent Bozell, and to some extent social commentators such as Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly and Michael Savage who have frequently called for the American government to impose virtually total tyranny.

I see the sheep as the willfully ignorant "be a follower, not a leader" masses that most everybody has become thanks to them being dumbed down by mainstream media, propaganda masquerading as news, and even violent entertainment. Have you noticed how people care more about "American Idol" than they do about their freedoms? Have you noticed how people care more about Britney Spears not wearing underwear than encroaching tyranny? Ultimately, the end of the song sees the sheeple being pushed too far, so they rebel against the dogs, but little do the sheeple know that the dogs are seen by the pigs as "expdendable" because the pigs are the ones who hold the power. In the end, the pigs remain in power, and soon they will have more jackbooted enforcers to enslave the sheep once again.

The issues that Waters covered in the album's original 1977 release still hold true 30 years later. "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it."

5 out of 5 stars Animals Exposes Humanity In All Its Ugliness And Carnality.......2007-05-23

Animals by Pink Floyd exposes the carnal, materialistic side of humankind in all its ugliness. The album divides people into three groups: dogs, pigs, and sheep. The dogs signify people, especially those of low or middle social or economic status, who are so ambitious and competitive that they will step on other people's toes to get to the top of the social or corporate ladder. The pigs signify people, especially big-business tycoons or greedy politicians, who take advantage of people of lower social or economic status in order to advance their own commercial or political empires. The sheep are people of ordinary social status who blindly obey whatever society tells them to do even if they know it will compromise their moral or religious principles. At this point, Roger Waters was exerting greater control in the band and this caused hostility among the band members, particularly among keyboardist Richard Wright. The band began to feel more separated from its fans due to them playing in large venues such as football stadiums. The famous pig balloon that has become a staple in their concerts started here. Pink Floyd have never shied away from the hard realities of the human condition by creating a magical wonderland full of joy, peace, and harmony. They have never created a utopia in their work and probably never will. That's why their albums are so influential and continue to sell to this very day. Their music is objective not subjective. This is life as it actually is, not what we would like it to be, according to Pink Floyd.
Retrospective
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  • For every ANIMAL Lover
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ASIN: B0002IQABI
Release Date: 2004-07-20

Tracks:

  1. House Of The Rising Sun
  2. I'm Crying
  3. Baby Let Me Take You Home
  4. Gonna Send You Back To Walker
  5. Boom Boom
  6. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  7. Bring It On Home To Me
  8. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
  9. It's My Life
  10. Don't Bring Me Down
  11. See See Rider
  12. Inside - Looking Out
  13. Hey GYP
  14. Help Me Girl
  15. When I Was Young
  16. A Girl Named Sandoz
  17. San Franciscan Nights
  18. Monterey
  19. Anything
  20. Sky Pilot
  21. White Houses
  22. Spill The Wine

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The 22 tracks on Retrospective deftly chronicle the best years of the Animals, who were far and away the grittiest band in the British Invasion of the mid-1960s. Eric Burdon's magnificently raw vocals and the stabbing chords of Alan Price's Vox Continental organ gave their covers of American blues and R&B classic such as Sam Cooke's "Bring it on Home" and John Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom" an authenticity that no other British groups could match. Their rough sound also gave songs like "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "We've Got to Get of This Place" a real sense of rage and menace. By 1967 Burdon was the only remaining original member and he formed a new band that eschewed the blues and R&B of his early years in Newcastle in favor of a psychedelic, San Francisco-influenced sound. Songs like "When I Was Young" showed he had a real gift for the type of personal songwriting that was becoming popular in the late 1960s while the lyrically obscure "San Franciscan Nights" and "Sky Pilot" suggested he spent too much time hanging out with hippies. Even when they stumbled, the Animals were interesting, and when they hit the mark, they were as good as any band from the British Invasion. --Michael John Simmons

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5 out of 5 stars For every ANIMAL Lover.......2007-07-25

This CD is a gem, every song a classic. If your a Animal fan this should be in your collection. The booklet also makes good reading and gives a bit of an insight to the band at different stages with different lineups.

5 out of 5 stars best animals collection on CD.......2007-06-22

This collection of The Animals songs is excellent.One gets all the best big hits of The Animals.From the greatly arranged "it's my life" to the all time classic "the house of the raising sun".Also included is a couple of Eric Burdon solo hits.This is a must buy for any "Animals" fan.You get it all in one CD,which also in includes a short telling of the group's history, in the liners notes.I highly recommind this CD.

4 out of 5 stars The Animals Retrospective.......2007-06-09

One of the best reissues of 2004 the Animals finally get a concise career spanning compilation that shows why they deserve the same recognition as the Rolling Stones. Retrospective is a generous 22 tracks that ends with "Spill The Wine" where Eric Burdon and War prove to be a great match. All the classics are here including "House Of The Rising Sun", "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" as well as lesser known classics like "See See Rider" and "It's My Life" making Retrospective the perfect collection for casual fans as well as completists. Any rock fan should add this album to their collection.

5 out of 5 stars time to give em their props.......2007-05-08

the Animals are probably the most underrated bands of that era. they are the most raw and gutsy of all the british bands incorporating the real blues and true grit in crafting of their body of work this cd is the Best , including hey gyp + dont bring me down ,among ALL their best including all the Eric Burden's acid days in San Fran

5 out of 5 stars All the great Animals songs you remember and then some.......2007-05-01

The only compilation that had everything I wanted and remembered from their heyday. "Anything" surprised me and I've grown to like it. Of course, what Animals compilation would be complete w/o "House of the Rising Sun", "San Franciscan Nights", "Monterey" and definitely "Sky Pilot". If you want the most bang for your buck, this is it!
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ASIN: B000003BDD
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. House Of The Rising Sun
  2. I'm Crying
  3. Baby, Let Me Take You Home
  4. Around And Around
  5. Talkin' Bout You
  6. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
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  14. It's My Life
  15. Bring It On Home To Me

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While they're best remembered for "House of the Rising Sun," the Animals had more than one track. What about "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "We've Gotta Get Out of this Place," to name but two, as well as a later incarnation's "San Franciscan Nights," Eric Burdon's ode to the flower power of 1967? Always rough and ready, the Animals were a blues band from Newcastle who never looked completely comfortable in their suits, but who nonetheless produced some great pieces of music--although whether there was ever quite enough to fill an entire album you have to judge for yourself. --Chris Nickson

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4 out of 5 stars Not The Original Album.......2007-05-26

Although the cover of this is identical to the 1966 Album - this is NOT a reissue of that album. That album had 11 songs - two of which are NOT on this issue, which has 15 songs. It's a very good album and very representative of this oeriod of their output, but it should not be mistaken for a reissue of the 1966 MGM release.

5 out of 5 stars Best of the Best.......2007-04-30

This is one of those classics that taken out of the cabinet - 30 years later - is still one of the greatest albums, blues, rock and roll or otherwise ever put together. My record is so scratched from over use and abuse through the years that I was forced to go to Amazon and buy the CD. Despite the skips, that rich, true groove, plastic fantastic and scratched album of mine will be sorely missed. I just couldn't bear to not hear the music.

5 out of 5 stars Great Band.......2007-03-31

This band produced alot of good songs back in the 60's.
Their most well known song and a huge hit was House Of The Rising Sun.Thats got a tune that just seems to stick in you head.Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is another one of my favorites here.Eric Burdon and the band had a special sound.We Gotta Get Out Of This Place is another big hit i love that tune.It's My Life is another well known song from the Animals.
Bands like this were around for a short time,but made some of the best songs.

5 out of 5 stars The Best of the British Invasion.......2006-10-17

The Animals were one of the more grittier of the British Invasion bands. This collections features their hits from the original line up. After this line up the band changed dramatically and it is difficult to compare the two except for the fact they both have Eric Burdon as the front man. House of the Rising Sun is a classic, but other lessor know tunes are just as great like Bo Diddley and Carry my Body. I've enjoyed this CD for a long time and you will to if you enjoy R&B\Blues influenced rock.

1 out of 5 stars Buy Retraspective instead.......2005-09-14

You will better off buying The Animals Retrospective because it has more hits on it.Like White Houses, Sky Pilot and San Franciscan Nights. This is cheap Greatest Hits and missing allots of hits
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ASIN: B000001G1N
Release Date: 1991-06-11

Tracks:

  1. Don't Bring Me Down
  2. See See Rider
  3. Inside Looking Out
  4. Hey Gyp
  5. Help Me Girl
  6. When I Was Young
  7. A Girl Named Sandoz
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  15. River Deep, Mountain High

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5 out of 5 stars Animals... Yea!.......2007-04-09

This is a pretty good compilation of the animals later work. It is regretable that it does not include the Bee Gees cover"To Love somebody" that was included on the original LP that only perhaps Janis Joplin covered better(debatable) I never liked the Bee Gees much but the Animals version rocks. But then just about anything the Animals did rocked.

5 out of 5 stars this is killer music!.......2006-08-25

Prior to 1970, Burdon/The Animals could do no wrong. This is Burdon leaving his soul/blues and exploring broader landscapes. Not only are the songs great, but also I love the production. It is so raw!

The best song...River Deep Mountain High. For Tina Turner, it was a dog/overblown tune. For Burden, wow! awesome.

If you are checking out this cd, you must be an Animal's fan. This rocks harder. is more raw, more experimental that the animals yet still has the animals vibe. This is a true 5 star compilation.

5 out of 5 stars The best.......2006-06-29

Excellent vocals and feet tapping rhythms, these songs all have meaning. Gooseflesh raising.

5 out of 5 stars The Other Animals.......2006-03-23

I hate to start a review with a backhanded compliment, but I was surprised at how good this CD is. Somehow, Burdon's work of the late 60s has gotten lost in the public mind. We hear his early work with the Animals on the radio all the time as well as his later collaboration, "Spill the Wine," that he did with War. But what about the period from 66 to 68? This CD ably fills the gap in the collective consciousness. Here, Burdon used a different group from the one that made him famous in England. His new bandmates sound like the Newcastle Animals on heavy doses of psychedelia. But the group never strays too far from Burdon's R & B and blues roots. Sure, there's goofy, poppy stuff like "Sky Pilot," but for the most part, the new Animals play good old rock and roll. The bass work on "A Girl Named Sandoz" is absolutely filthy. Lapdance filthy. Burdon's voice maybe isn't quite as deep and bellowing as on his earlier work with the Animals. It sounds a bit scratchier, a bit more whiskey soaked than his earlier stuff. But it's still great. There are no weak songs, which cover a wide range of musical styles. Monterrey, for example, recounts that 1967 concert while imitating the sound of some of the groups who performed there. When Burdon talks about the Who, his band shifts into Who mode. When he talks about Ravi Shankar, the sitar strikes up. And so on. It's a fun, imiginative song. The CD concludes with River Deep, Mountain High, which reminded me of the Faces's tune, "Stay with Me." It's fast, long, and rocks. I bought this CD for the one song, "When I was Young." Thankfully, the rest of it was just as good. Recommended listening for anyone who likes Eric Burdon or the Animals.

5 out of 5 stars Great Compilation Of Late-60s Eric Burdon.......2005-08-12

THE BEST OF ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS, 1966-1968 is a great collection that starts off in the Memphis-Chicago-Detroit-Great Plains blues-rock-soul vein of early Animals, and then quickly moves into psychedelia. The most compelling cuts on this anthology, which I own on cassette, are "Monterey", a hymn to the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, and the devastating anti-war screed "Sky Pilot", which was released during the height of the Vietnam War but was actually not specifically about that war; rather, it was a condemnation of war in general seen through the eyes of a military chaplain. This is a great anthology which any fan of classic rock should own.
Mechanical Animals (Explicit Cover)
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ASIN: B00000AFGM
Release Date: 1998-09-15

Tracks:

  1. Great Big White World
  2. The Dope Show
  3. Mechanical Animals
  4. Rock Is Dead
  5. Disassociative
  6. The Speed Of Pain
  7. Posthuman
  8. I Want To Disappear
  9. I Don't Like The Drugs (But The Drugs Like Me)
  10. New Model No. 15
  11. User Friendly
  12. Fundamentally Loathsome
  13. The Last Day On Earth
  14. Coma White

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There's no question that Marilyn Manson's 1995 album Antichrist Superstar was a great-sounding record. It brooded, ripped, and clattered in all the right places, mixing industrial beats and samples with roaring heavy-metal riffs, echoing Goth keys, and the occasional tuneful pop vocal. But for all the sonic appeal, some of the songwriting wasn't too strong. No such problem on Manson's new record, Mechanical Animals, which forsakes some of the band's former grind in favor of dynamic glam rhythms and good old-fashioned melody. When the band tones down, as on the largely acoustic "Speed of Pain" and "Fundamentally Loathsome," Manson even sounds like a candidate for an Unplugged session. Most often, however, as on "Rock Is Dead," "User Friendly," and "The Dope Show," Mechanical Animals is a brash, decadent, and glittery display of self-indulgent hooks and melodramatic vocals that sounds like Aladdin Sane-era David Bowie and T. Rex at their most boisterous crossed with the more modern sounds of today's industrial nation. --Jon Wiederhorn

Album Details

Limited Edition with Bonus CD-ROM Tracks 'Dope Show'(Banned Version) and 'Sweet Dreams'.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Definately his masterpiece.......2007-05-26

This is Marilyn Mansons sole masterpiece. Their other albums are good, but this one takes the cake. It's sad that this album will never be topped by them.
The combination of John 5 and Jeordie White on this is brilliant. I don't even like Manson himself, I've always just loved the band, but I'll give him credit when its due. I highly recommend this album. My personal favorite is Disassociative. But The Speed of Pain is definately one of the most beautiful songs ever written and having gospel singers in it just makes it even better.

4 out of 5 stars A Cash In.......2007-04-26

This was a cash in on Antichrist Superstar, featuring the once gotic Manson in glam drag and vampire red hair. It went yo number one on the charts its first week of its 1998 release and was again racey for its time as they were now stuck in the 60s. A musically under rated album that has a number of classic tracks like White World, Dope Show and Coma White. Manson was no longer as controversial and had lasting impact on the late 90s and early 2000s popular music scene, as the white trashes just didn't get the joke as they didn't grow up with heavy metal music. The music itself is a mix of glam rock a la Ziggy Stardust and industrial, as Manson no longer cared for his masculinity any more, becsause he was a bona fide celebrity and millionaire.

1 out of 5 stars Another one bites the dust........2007-04-08

I was a pre-antichrist Manson fan. Marilyn Manson was not only an inspiration to me, and a representation of what I myself stood for and believed, even as a preadolescent child, but he was a saviour. I looked to him as the answer to life's most fundamental questions. When I saw the video for the dopeshow in 1998 I became nauseous. I suppose one could hurl invectives at me such as that I had or have no "life", or that I am a fool for believing so in another human being, but one must remember that we are all looking for answers, and when you think you find one, and then it's comfort is violently ripped away from you, it's bound to make you pretty sad. It makes me sad. I believe in the transforming powers of the arts. Marilyn Manson was a great human triumph up until Mechanical Animals, it was a big disappointment. This album gets one star for crushing my childhood dreams.

1 out of 5 stars The worm that never flew.......2007-04-07

I can still remember the feeling of confusion upon purchasing this album in '98. I was your typical Manson fanatic. I tuned in at Smells like Children, backtracked to Portrat, and then was completely blown away by Antichrist. Manson instantly rose to the level of my personal hero and guru. Antichrist Superstar, is, without a doubt, one of the finest albums I have ever experienced, and still is. I thought of Manson as an powerful demigod. Hell, I probably would have killed my parents if he asked me to.

And then this,... this... travesty. The shock, the horror. In september of '98, Marilyn Manson threw away all his power to pay homage to Glam Rock of all abominations. To expose the shallowness of Hollywood.... um, hello? What happened to the evolution of the Antichrist? What about all that Antichrist left unfinished? Your minions were waiting to hear your orders... and you failed them. CAREER SUICIDE FOLKS! End of the show, curtains up. I woke up in a daze, not really knowing where I was or what to think. My world collapsed. Manson had that kind of hold over me.

Perhaps it was trent's production skills on Antichrist that really made Manson who he was. It certainly seems that way, as Mansons last 3 efforts have been progressively more pathetic. I think of Manson's discography like the movie Star Wars. The first three are amazing, the last three are absolutely horrible. You may need special eyes and ears to understand why that may be the case.

To anyone that was around when Antichrist hit the shelves and changed the world, to those that were tuned in, and, who tuned out as soon as they heard Dope Show, I say, fear not. Life goes on. Someone else will pick up where manson left off 8 years ago. Where is the sincerity in this record? Its nothing but shallow material and self serving nonsense. What happened to the man ready to sacrifice himself to the cause of exposing religion, of embracing his own depravity and evil? What happened to my childhood hero?

This cd gets one star for the unparalleled power Manson gave up to realize his menial, small-minded glamrock concept. May he rot forever.

5 out of 5 stars MANSON.......2007-03-26

THIS IS AN EXCELLENT CD!YOU CAN FEEL THESE SONGS.YOU CAN FEEL HOW MANSON FEELS WITH THESE SONGS.THINGS THAT HE'S SINGING ABOUT-IS ALSO WHAT WE GO THROUGH.THIS CD IS VERY TOUCHING.IT TOUCHES ME.IT MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS,AND FEEL THINGS.HE REALLY DOES HAVE THE GIFT,AND TALENT TO GET TO YOUR HEART,AND SOUL.HE GOES ALL THROUGH YOU.HE TOUCHES MY HEART,AND SOUL.HE GOES ALL THROUGH ME.YOU REALLY SHOULD BUY THIS CD!YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
Absolute Animals 1964-1968
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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  • ABSOLUTE ANIMALS 1964-1968
  • A must have compliation!
  • This is an incredibly great album, but if I were making a US copy...
 Absolute Animals 1964-1968
The Animals
Manufacturer: Raven [Australia]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000CG8I7
Release Date: 2003-10-20

Tracks:

  1. House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
  2. Boom Boom - The Animals
  3. I'm Crying - The Animals
  4. Baby Let Me Take You Home - The Animals
  5. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - The Animals
  6. Bring It on Home to Me - The Animals
  7. We Gotta Get Out of This Place - The Animals
  8. It's My Life - The Animals
  9. Inside, Looking Out - The Animals
  10. Don't Bring Me Down - The Animals
  11. See See Rider - The Animals
  12. Help Me Girl - Eric Burdon & the Animals
  13. When I Was Young - Eric Burdon & the Animals
  14. San Franciscan Nights - Eric Burdon & the Animals
  15. Monterey - Eric Burdon & the Animals
  16. Sky Pilot, Pts. 1-2 - Eric Burdon & the Animals
  17. Ring of Fire - Eric Burdon & the Animals
  18. Good Times - Eric Burdon & the Animals
  19. Coloured Rain - Eric Burdon & the Animals, Andy Summers
  20. Animal Interviews - Eric Burdon, Alan Price

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  • House Of The Rising Sun
  • Boom Boom
  • I'm Crying
  • It's My Life
  • Baby Let Me Take You Home
  • Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
  • Bring It On Home To Me
  • We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
  • Inside, Looking Out
  • Don't Bring Me Down
  • See See Rider
  • Help Me Girl
  • When I Was Young
  • San Franciscan Nights
  • Monterey
  • Sky Pilot Parts 1 & 2
  • Ring Of Fire
  • Good Times
  • Coloured Rain
  • Interviews

    Format: CD

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Rhonda's Animal Review.......2007-05-13

    I absolutely love this CD. I had an old Album of the Animals and this had all the songs plus a few more that I remembered from childhood. It is an incredible buy!

    5 out of 5 stars Great Band.......2007-03-31

    This band produced alot of good songs back in the 60's.
    Their most well known song and a huge hit was House Of The Rising Sun.Thats got a tune that just seems to stick in you head.Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood is another one of my favorites here.Eric Burdon and the band had a special sound.We Gotta Get Out Of This Place is another big hit i love that tune.It's My Life is another well known song from the Animals.San Franciscan Nights is a song i also like.
    Bands like this were around for a short time,but made some of the best songs.

    5 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTE ANIMALS 1964-1968.......2007-03-31

    ONE OF THE BEST CD'S I HAVE EVER PURCHASED. LOVE IT!! LOVE IT!! LOVE IT!!

    5 out of 5 stars A must have compliation!.......2007-03-13

    I had long been looking for a compliation that had both House of Rising Sun and San Franciscan Nights (original recordings), and found it in this compliation. If you are looking for The Animals and don't want to buy singles, and if your are afraid you will end up with alternative recordings (which there are many) then this the compliation to have.

    5 out of 5 stars This is an incredibly great album, but if I were making a US copy..........2007-02-01

    First and foremost I should say that this is an incredably great album, with great sound quality, and should definately be in anyone's collection that appreciates good rock 'n' roll, R & B, or blues. It packs a lot for just one disc. However, if a US company were to make something similar I would suggest the following:

    For the Animals section:
    1. Omit "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (not a big US hit...as a mater of fact it wasn't even on the radio). It may have been a big hit in the UK, but it was nothing here.

    2. Omit "Inside, Looking Out" for the same reason, plus more people are use to the Grand Funk Railroad version.

    3. Try to find the original radio played version of "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" (It is available on "Retrospective". Yes you need to get another Greatest hits CD, but if you have a burner, you can edit it to your taste). This version isn't too bad, but I'm use to hearing, "See my daddy in bed a dyin'" (not "WATCH my daddy in bed a dyin'").

    For the Eric Burdon & The Animals Section:

    1. Move "Good Times" up between "When I Was Young", and "San Francisco Nights" (I think it was the flip side to SF Nights, but I was quite young and cant remember).

    2. Omit "Ring Of Fire" from the album. This may have been a hit in Austrailia, and the UK, but did nothing in the US.

    3. Omit Animals Interviews (This is a music album, and although informative, isn't great to listen to while driving in your car, or playing at a party).

    4. (with Good Times in it's new slot)After "Sky Piolot Pt.'s 1 & 2", put the following songs on the disc:
    "White Houses" (Was released on Every One Of Us, and was considered a US greatest hit, but use the (longer guitar solo) album cut).
    "St. James Infermary" (actually this is kind of an option in taste. "Year of the Guru" was a bigger AM radio hit than St. James, but St. James hit the FM radio circuit a lot harder, and in my opinion is a lot better. Again, from Every One Of Us).
    "River Deep, Mountain High" (from Love Is album, this was an especially great song, and considered a greatest hit in the US. Again, use the album cut).
    5. Leave "Colored Rain" as the last track. Considering that the guitar solo is by (future Police guitarist) Andy Summer, it is historically significant, plus this is the longest studio guitar solo that he would ever play (aprox. 4 minutes).

    I've made a lot of critiques from an American rock 'n' roller point of view, but the simple fact is that this is the only album that really has both the Animals, and EB & the Animals best. Unless some US record company listens to my suggestion in the near future (which I doubt will ever happen), then this is the one to get.
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      Robbers on High Street
      Manufacturer: New Line Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000RGSON2
      Release Date: 2007-07-24

      Tracks:

      1. Across Your Knee
      2. The Fatalist
      3. Crown Victoria
      4. The Ramp
      5. Kick 'em in the Shins
      6. Nasty Numbers
      7. Married Young
      8. Your Phantom Walks the Hall
      9. You Don't Stand a Chance
      10. Guard at Your Heel
      11. Keys to the Century

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      Strings. French horn. Tuba. The second album by New York-based indie rockers Robbers on High Street features all the classic elements that are supposed to make second albums so terrible. All that's missing, really, is a children's choir. In this case, however, the group has balanced its studio ambition with just the right amount of real world restraint, coming up with a disc that actually improves on the first while maintaining the trio's wry quirks. Produced by Italian composer Daniele Luppi--best known for his string arrangements on Gnarls Barkley's St. Elsewhere and John Legend's Once Again-- the disc once again finds the trio mining its record collection for inspiration and coming up with an album that pays rich tribute to everything from high tension British guitar rock in "The Fatalist" to wobbly soft-focus indie pop in "Your Phantom Walks the Hall." --Aidin Vaziri

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      Their sophomore album offers a fuller sound, courtesy of the band's exploration of new sonic territories and of the illustrious Italian composer Daniele Luppi, best known for his work with Danger Mouse and his string arrangements on Gnarls Barkley's "St. Elsewhere" and John Legend's "Once Again". Luppi ultimately captured a more complex sound, dipping into various styles, and pushing the band to expand their portrayal and visions of modern day society, with life-sized lyrical truths and bigger than life melodic hooks.
      Bad Animals
      Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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      • Started off great
      • An excellent Heart album (IMHO the Best)!!
      • My Favorite Heart Lp!!
      • HEART'S 2ND BEST!
      		 Bad Animals
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      Manufacturer: Capitol
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      ASIN: B000007PSM
      Release Date: 1990-10-25

      Tracks:

      1. Who Will You Run To
      2. Alone
      3. There's The Girl
      4. I Want You So Bad
      5. Wait For An Answer
      6. Bad Animals
      7. You Ain't So Tough
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      10. RSVP

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      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Here's the deal...........2007-05-16

      You have to understand how different the music was back in the 80's when this was made. Slick, overly produced, heavy keyboards along with the guitars. Everyone had a big sound to go along with their big hair! It was the decade of excess and everything was over the top and overdone. I can't blame Heart for surviving in the 80's. Look at Rod Stewart, he went from doing Maggie May to closing out the 70's with Do Ya' Think I'm Sexy. Yep, old rockin' Rod did disco and even Kiss did a disco song with I was made for Lovin' You. It's called surivial in the crazy world of the music biz. Sometimes you have to roll with things and adapt to the times in order to keep working and selling records. I'm so glad Heart did this even though it was hard to swallow after growing up with them in the 70's and loving their work. Heart and Bad Animals not only saved their career but it launched them into the next stratosphere. Besides, you can still hear and feel their talent streaming through these polished-up songs. Not at all their best work, but I'm so glad they were able to keep going and save their career. Just get Alive in Seattle on DVD. No matter who they play with, Ann and Nancy are two very talented ladies. Rock on...

      3 out of 5 stars Started off great.......2006-08-03

      I really enjoy Heart's music, particularly their "hairspray and synthesizers" material from the 80's, but I must say I was a bit disappointed with their 1987 album Bad Animals.

      Some Heart fans like to pretend that 1985's Heart and Bad Animals never happened, but the band's makeover as a keyboard-heavy AOR act gave their career a much needed shot in the arm, as well as some much deserved attention. The band's self-titled album was as good an AOR album as you could hope for, and featured some of the band's biggest hits. Unfortunately Bad Animals does not quite measure up.

      The album starts off with three extremely strong tracks - Alone, Who Will You Run To, and There's The Girl - but loses steam shortly after. The first two songs were fairly big hits, and the third, which featured Nancy Wilson on vocals, could have been. Other than those songs, the rest of Bad Animals seems like "by the numbers" AOR songs that would have been better off on a Starship album.

      Still, the first three songs are well worth the price of admission. If the rest of the album sounded like them, I'd probably be giving it a 4 or 5-star rating. As it stands, the best I can give is 3 stars.

      5 out of 5 stars An excellent Heart album (IMHO the Best)!!.......2006-06-28

      This CD is by far my favorite of Heart's. I think it was one of the first CD's I ever bought. I remember listening to 'Alone' and marvelling at the complete lack of hiss in the totally DDD recording.

      But the songs hold up too, as I soon discovered. 'Who Will You Run To' is great, but one of my personal faves is 'Wait for an Answer'. I love how the song builds in fervor and intensity. Of course, any song Nancy is lead vocalist on ('There's the Girl' and 'Strangers of the Heart') goes right up there. Nancy has a beautiful voice.

      'Alone' is a cool tune as well as 'Bad Animals'. Great stuff. This CD harkens from, what amounts to the Best 6 years of popular music, 1985-1990. This era includes U2 - The Joshua Tree; Peter Gabriel - So; Genesis - No Jacket Required; Midnight Oil - Blue Sky Mining, as well as others I think are slipping my mind right now. That's quality company. It's an awesome follow up to 1985's self-titled album. Sadly, I didn't find the follow-up, 1990's 'Brigade' to be as good, perhaps since this was such an excellent album. Still, if you want to get a great taste of Heart, this is an excellent start.

      Heart is an excellent band and they also do some excellent renditions of Led Zeppelin tunes, like 'Rock and Roll' and a personal favorite 'Battle of Evermore'

      5 out of 5 stars My Favorite Heart Lp!!.......2006-03-14

      I wore out my vinyl copy of this record!! in 1987 Heart followed up their mega-hit self-titled lp with the strong 'Bad Animals'!! Great songs!! 'Who Will You Run To' written by Diane Warren touched me so deeply!! 'Alone' shows why Ann has one the most powerful voices in music!! 'There's The Girl' with Nancy on vocals is one of my favorites!!! I love the sound of this record very strong and crisp. Now i wish Heart would another record like this!!

      5 out of 5 stars HEART'S 2ND BEST!.......2005-11-15

      If there is a song that represents the music of my life it would be "Who Will You Run To"(WWYRT) from Heart's Bad Animals recording.

      This was the second best recording I bought in the 1980s(Heart 1985 being the first) and within the top 5 of the best recordings I have ever bought. The high-powered, shotgun-blast effect of WWYRT was Heart's apex in making high-powered rock & glam.

      Ann Wilson was at her best musically and professionally with Bad Animals.
      At her 1987 stage show she carried herself as someone who had accomplished great things and she sounded the best ever, but she didn't break down into frenzied dances like she did at the 1985 show. In my view, she didn't do the dances at the 1987 show because she already proved what an incredible stage performer she was. Just as in her WWYRT video, she performed and sang mega-cool.

      Just as a 1960's young adult might have been impressed by the Beatles and thought of a "Hard Day's Night" as being the song that represented all that was great during the 1960s, "Who Will You Run To" represented the best of the 1980s to me. Being a younger adult at the time, WWYRT also represented a high-powered, energized, exuberant & happy state of mind and style of carrying oneself.

      WWYRT sounded so great it made me feel cool that the song I loved was also a big radio hit. To me it also represented an accomplished & mega-cool way of projecting oneself.

      That powerful feeling & energized way of carrying myself is gone, but the greatness of hearing Ann Wilson singing "Who Will You Run To" is still there. It's timeless.

      The song "Bad Animals" shows off Ann Wilson's high-volume, exquisite voice, but the song is too slow-paced instead of being a fast-paced rocker like it should have been.

      All the songs are good on this recording. When I initially bought Bad Animals the day the record store put it out for sale, I thought it was a little soft except for WWYRT, but nonetheless enjoyed all of it. "RSVP" is the best soft song. Now in 2005 I think some soft songs should have been replaced by WWYRT-styled songs.

      Without a doubt the WWYRT video is the best music video EVER. Ann Wilson has that captivating, mesmerizing, high-powered, confident, yet mega-cool style & look in the video. She has captured my attention & held it for 1/5 of a century now. WWYRT was out 18 years ago, yet the song and video are still unmatched in their greatness. Ann Wilson is rock music's crowned queen and Bad Animals is one of her many jewels. High-powered rock & glam shows made her music royalty to be cherished forever.

      Heart ruled female rock in 1987 yet they didn't get the media mention they deserved for their music & stage shows. Instead the media focused on untalented women churning out dance & pop-soul music.


      This cd needs to be redone with bonus tracks added such as the rock version of WWYRT.

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        The Sound of Animals Fighting
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        Release Date: 2007-06-26

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        1. Overture
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        4. Act II: All Is Ash Or the Light Shining Through It
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        6. Act III: Modulate Back To the Tonic
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        Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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        The Animals
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        ASIN: B000006SGT
        Release Date: 1993-01-21

        Tracks:

        1. Boon Boom
        2. Talkin' Bout You (Full Version)
        3. Blue Feeling (Previously Unreleased In The UK)
        4. Dimples
        5. Baby Let Me Take You Home
        6. Gonna Send You Back To Walker
        7. Baby What's Wrong (Previously Unreleased)
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        9. F-E-E-L (Previously Unreleased)
        10. I'm Mad Again
        11. The Right Time
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        13. I'm In Love Again
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        15. She Said Yeah
        16. I'm Crying
        17. Take It Easy
        18. The Story Of Bo Diddley
        19. The Girl Can't Help It
        20. I've Been Around

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        1. Memphis Tennesee
        2. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
        3. Club-A-Gogo
        4. Roadrunner
        5. Hallelujah I Love Her So
        6. Don't Want Much (Previously Unreleased)
        7. I Believe To My Soul
        8. Let The Good Times Roll
        9. Mess Around
        10. How You've Changed
        11. I Ain't Got You
        12. Roberta
        13. Bright Lights Big City
        14. Worried Life Blues
        15. Bring It On Home To Me
        16. For Miss Caulker
        17. I Can't Believe It
        18. We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
        19. It's My Life
        20. I'm Gonna Change The World

        Album Description

        41 track 1990 EMI retrospective with hits, rarities & three previously unreleased tracks: 'Baby What's Wrong', 'F-E-E-L'and 'Don't Want Much'. Includes their first six U.S. top 40 hits: 'The House Of The Rising Sun', 'I'm Crying', 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood', 'Bring It On Home To Me', 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place' and 'It's My Life'. Double jewel case.

        Album Details

        Re-mastered Two CD Set featuring all the Tracks Produced by Mickey Most. Includes Previously Unreleased Tracks: 'blue Feeling', 'baby What's Wrong', 'f-e-e-l' and 'don't Want Much'.

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars excelente compilacion, cruda y austera , imprescindible.......2006-12-18

        gran edicion que reune las obras de los animals bajo la perspectiva de su productor. temas iniciales, todavia enfrascados en el r&b primigenio, mucho bob didley y demas....encontramos la version definitiva de house of the rising sun..que mas decir......booklet modesto, sonido acorde a los años de las grabaciones. documento de una epoca........

        4 out of 5 stars whats not to like?.......2006-09-08

        This is a prime collection of their early, very R& B influnced work. They were just finding themselves and expanding into similar covers that other gritty Brittish bands were exploring. You can never go wrong with any Animals recording. This is very primal rock and roll. The sound quality is good for such old, presumably remastered or rediscovered recordings

        4 out of 5 stars Now Let's Hear This Story About Bo Didley.......2005-11-30

        The reason I chose this compilation above others was the inclusion of,'The Story of Bo Didley.' I thrilled to this mesmerizing slice of rock revisionism when it first hit the airwaves. I can't recall clearly, but I think,'The House of The Rising Sun,' was already out there, and what a pounding chunk of R & B that was. It alerted me to Dylan, and retrospectively to Leadbelly. But neither of them surpassed Eric Burdon and Alan Price's take. The Bo Didley story just romped on and on, flashing light on Bo's humble beginnings(I didn't even know who he was), Dylan, payola, The Stones & the Mersey beat. And of course, when Bo visits England with Jerome Green and his gorgeous sister,'The Dutchess' Burden twists on a feigned Southern accent to declaim his own emulations of the Blues, telling us that according to Bo, their music was, 'the biggest load of rubbish I ever heard, in my life'. But not in my life. Bo and the black bretheren came after Eric in my life. So thanks, Animals. I look at Pricey stumbling around the keyboard in Pennebaker's film,'Don't Look Back', and can't believe this innocent' was capable of those deep organ notes that set a new agenda for Rock music, paving the way for the ethereal sounds of Garth Hudson, I suggest. We'd have to wait on Don McLean's nostalgic,'American Pie' for an equivalent and qualitative summary of Rock's progress. And it packed nothing like the impact on the membranes as this Animalism!

        5 out of 5 stars This really is the best of The Animals.......2005-04-13

        The original Animals were my favorate band as a teenager, and this collection captures the band at its early, bluesy best. Unlike many of the other Animals CDs which focus mainly in the group's well-known singles, this collection includes all of the material from their early albums along with a few "never before released" items.

        Songs such as "Bright Lights, Big City," "I'm Mad Again," "Hallelujah, I Love Her So," "Worried Life Blues," and "Blue Feeling" are among The Animals' best, yet are often omitted from CD collections.

        For serious Animals aficianados, this CD also includes different versions of "Dimples" and "Talkin' Bout You" than were released on the original American albums. (On the down side - and it is the ONLY down side - this CD has the British version of "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place," which I regard as inferior to the American release; others will disagree about this, and still others won't be able to tell the difference between the two.) The previously unreleased material is also pretty good, unlike a lot of the previously unreleased material found on CDs of other bands.

        Most of this material has stood the test of time, so younger listeners may enjoy it as much as those of us who first heard it 40 years ago.

        5 out of 5 stars Sixties R+B from Newcastle.......2004-02-09

        The Animals, a group that included Eric Burdon and Alan Price, were the first major pop stars to emerge from Newcastle, a city located about 300 miles north of London, therefore far removed from where most talent scouts were searching. It is fortunate for us all that the Animals were discovered because they recorded some of the best R+B music to come of the UK in the sixties.

        Their biggest hit was House of the rising sun, a re-working of a folk song (apparently inspired by Josh White's version of the song) that gave them a transatlantic number one hit. They had five other top ten UK hits with Mickie Most, these being I'm crying, Don't let me be misunderstood (a cover of a Nina Simone song), Bring it on home to me (a Sam Cooke cover), We gotta get out of this place (the version included here is the UK version - a markedly different recording was released in America but was unavailable for inclusion in this set) and It's my life.

        Apart from their singles, the Animals recorded many other covers including Boom boom, Dimples, I'm mad again (all John Lee Hooker), Around and around, Memphis Tennessee, How you've changed (all Chuck Berry), I'm in love again, I've been around (both Fats Domino), Talking about you, Hallelujah I love her so and I believe to my soul (all Ray Charles). These covers clearly demonstrate what their main influences were, but they also wrote some of their own songs.

        All the music I've mentioned so far and much more can be found on this excellent compilation. Nevertheless, despite the title of the compilation, it isn't actually their complete recordings - there is a sub-text explaining that these are the complete recordings that they made with Mickie Most as producer, although the liner notes describe their whole career. After the split, they switched to another record label, where they had some success using the name Eric Burdon and the Animals, including two more UK top ten hits (Don't bring me down, San Franciscan nights) and several lesser hits, all of which can be found elsewhere (search for Eric Burdon). Alan Price left the group before the split with Mickie Most and had several hits as a solo singer. These are also outside the scope of this collection but are easy to find.

        This complete collection (apart from the American version of We've got to get out of this place) of the first and most important part of the Animals' career may be more than some people want - there are single CD collections available if you just want the hits - but if, like me, you like to explore beyond the hits, this is for you.

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        10. Tarantula [Import]

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