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Animalisms

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Animalisms
Studio album by
Released13 May 1966
RecordedJanuary 1966
GenreR&B[1]
Length36:45
LabelDecca
ProducerTom Wilson
The Animals UK chronology
Animal Tracks
(1965)
Animalisms
(1966)
Winds of Change
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Monkey Don't Stop No Show"Joe Tex3:18
2."Maudie"John Lee Hooker4:01
3."Outcast"Eddie Campbell, Ernie Johnson Jnr.3:02
4."Sweet Little Sixteen"Chuck Berry3:05
5."You're on My Mind"Eric Burdon, Dave Rowberry2:52
6."Clapping"Rowberry1:18
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Gin House Blues"Henry Troy, Fletcher Henderson4:36
8."Squeeze Her, Tease Her"Alonzo Tucker, Jackie Wilson2:57
9."What Am I Living For"Fred Jay, Art Harris3:11
10."I Put a Spell on You"Screamin' Jay Hawkins2:54
11."That's All I Am to You"Winfield Scott, Otis Blackwell2:22
12."She'll Return It"Rowberry, Burdon2:40
1999 CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Inside-Looking Out"Burdon, John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Chas Chandler3:43
14."Don't Bring Me Down"Gerry Goffin, Carole King3:15
15."Cheating"Chandler, Burdon2:22
16."Help Me Girl"Scott English, Larry Weiss2:33
17."See See Rider"Traditional; arranged by Rowberry3:59
18."I Just Want to Make Love to You" (In the Beginning There Was Early Animals EP)Willie Dixon3:44
19."Boom Boom" (In the Beginning There Was Early Animals EP)Hooker3:47
20."Big Boss Man" (In the Beginning There Was Early Animals EP)Al Smith, Luther Dixon3:43
21."Pretty Thing" (In the Beginning There Was Early Animals EP)Dixon2:36
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

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The Animals
Technical

Charts

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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