by Bruce Eder The group's U.K. debut long-player, containing -- in the custom of the time in England -- not one of their singles up to that point, including &House of the Rising Sun.& Apart from &Story of Bo Diddley& (which is, itself, heavily steeped in conventions out of Bo Diddley's repertory), everything here is a cover of traditional blues and R&B material, and a bit on the dry side, as though the band was trying too hard to prove themselves. This is one of the more serious and dour British Invasion-era albums, with none of the cheerfulness evident on the work of the Liverpool, Birmingham, or Manchester-based bands of the period -- the Chuck Berry covers, in particular, seem rather joyless compared to rival versions by the Rolling Stones, et al. For adult orientation, The Animals is roughly on a par with the Rolling Stones' debut LP (though that album is also more fun). The group would do better in the future in a less stiff and intense posture, but this is a strong debut. In 1998, The Animals was reissued in remastered form as part of EMI's 100th Anniversary series, and all of its tracks also appear on EMI's Complete Animals double-CD set as well.
原始名称 | The Animals |
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发行时间 | 1964-10-01 |
名称 | the animals |
唱片公司 | columbia |
收藏数 | 74 |
歌手 | the animals |
类别 | 录音室专辑 |
语言 | 英语 |