Advantages: Contains those great 60's/psychadelia keyboard mixes and melodies Disadvantages: Seems too short in my opinion the closing and opening tracks bearly reach over a minute,and 'dogs' just drags on unfortunately
...classes humans into groups of animals of course only pigs,sheep and dogs are used in the album which can at times be frustrating because this album had the potential to include loads more tracks based on most of the other animals such as cats.The ANIMALS album was made after 'wish you were here' which was a Gilmour/Waters partnership although on ANIMALS gilmour only contributes to one song 'dogs' which can be considered a blessing to some because ...
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Advantages: It's Pink Floyd! Disadvantages: It's Pink Floyd- there are no disadvantages
...start with Pink Floyd - Animals - for 3 reasons
1 - I find Album reviews easy to write
2 - Animals only has 5 Tracks - a good way to get back in the flow
3 - It's Pink Floyd!! Who have now become somewhat of an obsession of mine!
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I was introduced to Pink Floyd by a friend. They became his obsession. He found their music amazing and better that ...
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...great moments in Floyd's career, Animals had succeeded as a project and for the first six months of 1977 the band toured the stadiums of the world promoting a tour which, given the huge size of the venues, was ironically dubbed Pink Floyd - In The Flesh.
Animals will forever be associated with images of flying pigs. Under Roger Waters direction Hipgnosis had again managed to infuse an ordinary everyday image with such potency that the band did ...
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Advantages: Musically the best Floyd album Disadvantages: Not easy-listening
...that the Floyds' 1977 album Animals was a direct retort to the Pistols and their sensationalism, others might say it was a natural progression for the songwriting of Roger Waters - having explored madness and greed on their opus Dark Side of the Moon; distrust of the music industry and odes to his acid-fried companion Syd Barrett on Wish You Were Here; it seemed like a natural step for Waters to turn his scouring eye out upon the world in general.
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Advantages: Dogs is a song with exceptional guitar playing and lyrics Disadvantages: Some of the other songs are a bit irritating in places
...Classifying various sterotypes as different animals you have the "Dogs", "sheep" and "pigs".
The three categories mentioned above are encased within two short acoustic songs that lead you into and out of this alternative look at society.
Dogs is a very long song and contains some remarkable guitar harmonies by Dave Gilmour - Sheep irritates me a little and is also long but the lyrics are thought provoking - Pigs is nearly a laugh, but really ...
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Advantages: Another superb Floyd Album Disadvantages: Nothing
I first heard the music from this album on a bootleg mono cassette from a concert in Manchester. You Gotta Be Crazy became Dogs and a particularly vicious Raving and Drooling was toned down to become Sheep.
It was advertised with a giant flying pig over Battersea Power station.
The concept is that people can be categorised as Dogs , Pigs or Sheep and this is one of the better latter Floyd albums. Even though all the tracks are quite long (barring ...
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21.01.2001
Animal Love Review ofAnimals - Pink Floydby
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Advantages: Original, Great guitar pieces Disadvantages: have to be in the mood
Animals is another beautifully remastered Pink Floyd CD. Featuring probably their most famous album cover showing an inflatable pig above Battersea Power Station, this album is made up entirely of tracks bearing the names of animals - namely pigs, sheep and dogs. Starting with a thoughtful acoustic song and building in strength to provide a rhythmic soundscape, this CD provides some great listening. Ending with the same song as it opens with (with ...
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Advantages: Typical Floyd songs - but with a bite. Disadvantages: Not too everyone's taste - songs too long?
...human characteristics with those of animals ("Dogs" - back-stabbing go-getters, "Sheep" - timid followers, etc.), and the album unfolds as a brilliant study in the disturbing frailties of our species. Essential. ...
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16.06.2000
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Although not in the same vein as the deliciously hallucinogenic earlier Floyd works such
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Animals - Pink Floyd
Although not in the same vein as the deliciously hallucinogenic earlier Floyd works such
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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 Fa...
ANIMALS
Pink Floyd: David Gilmour (vocals, guitar); Richard Wright (vocals, keyboards); Roger
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Waters (vocals, bass); Nick Mason (drums).Recorded at Britannia Row Studios, London, England.Digitally remastered by Doug Sax (The Mastering Lab, Los Angeles, Califor...
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