Animalisms

Animalisms
Animalisms
Studio album by the Animals
Released	13 May 1966
Recorded	January 1966
Genre	R&B
Length	36:45
Label	Decca
Producer	Tom Wilson
The Animals UK chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

Animalisms is the third studio album by the English R&B/blues rock band the Animals, and was released in the United Kingdom in May 1966 on Decca Records. It was the first Animals album to be produced by Tom Wilson as well as the first to feature keyboardist Dave Rowberry after the May 1965 departure of original keyboardist Alan Price. It reached No. 4 on the UK Albums Chart and remained there for 17 weeks.^[3]

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"	Joe Tex	3:18
2.	"Maudie"	John Lee Hooker	4:01
3.	"Outcast"	Eddie Campbell, Ernie Johnson Jnr.	3:02
4.	"Sweet Little Sixteen"	Chuck Berry	3:05
5.	"You're on My Mind"	Eric Burdon, Dave Rowberry	2:52
6.	"Clapping"	Rowberry	1:18

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Gin House Blues"	Henry Troy, Fletcher Henderson	4:36
8.	"Squeeze Her, Tease Her"	Alonzo Tucker, Jackie Wilson	2:57
9.	"What Am I Living For"	Fred Jay, Art Harris	3:11
10.	"I Put a Spell on You"	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	2:54
11.	"That's All I Am to You"	Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell	2:22
12.	"She'll Return It"	Rowberry, Burdon	2:40

1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Inside-Looking Out"	Burdon, John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Chas Chandler	3:43
14.	"Don't Bring Me Down"	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	3:15
15.	"Cheating"	Chandler, Burdon	2:22
16.	"Help Me Girl"	Scott English, Larry Weiss	2:33
17.	"See See Rider"	Traditional; arranged by Rowberry	3:59
18.	"I Just Want to Make Love to You" (In the Beginning There Was Early Animals EP)	Willie Dixon	3:44
19.	"Boom Boom" (In the Beginning There Was Early Animals EP)	Hooker	3:47
20.	"Big Boss Man" (In the Beginning There Was Early Animals EP)	Al Smith, Luther Dixon	3:43
21.	"Pretty Thing" (In the Beginning There Was Early Animals EP)	Dixon	2:36
22.	"Don't Bring Me Down" (Stereo version)		3:14
23.	"See See Rider" (Stereo version)		4:00
24.	"Help Me Girl" (Stereo version)		2:39
25.	"Cheating" (Stereo version)		2:21

Personnel[edit]

The Animals

Eric Burdon – lead vocals
Hilton Valentine – guitar, vocals
Dave Rowberry – keyboards, vocals
Chas Chandler – bass, vocals
John Steel – drums, except as noted below
Barry Jenkins – drums on "Don't Bring Me Down", "Cheating" and "See See Rider"

Technical

Tom Wilson – producer

Charts[edit]

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	1966	4
Finnish Albums Chart^[4]	1966	7

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Bruce Eder. "Animalisms - The Animals". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "UK Chart Stats". Official Charts. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
^ Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 105. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.

External links[edit]

Discography and Info on The Animals

[AllMusic-1] Bruce Eder. "Animalisms - The Animals". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 July 2016.

[2] Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

[3] "UK Chart Stats". Official Charts. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.

[4] Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 105. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.

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