The Animals - Best of the Animals
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Free Music Review: Buy Retraspective instead
Hit: 1 Stars
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 hitsFree Music Review: I'm just a soul who's intentions are good
Hit: 5 Stars
The Animals were one of the best groups of the British Invasion. So why aren't they as highly thought of as, say, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who or The Kinks? Because unlike those other groups, The Animals didn't have a great songwriter within their group. In fact, only one song on this "Best of" was actually written by the group. But regardless of who wrote them, these are great songs. This album (originally released in 1973), features all The Animals chart hits through 1965, plus some well selected album tracks. This is terrific stuff. One thing I need to mention is that, despite the writing credits, "I'm in Love Again" is not the old Fats Domino hit, but is a different song entirely. Also, for those of you who care about such things, this CD is in mono. I highly recommend this CD, especially to fans of the British Invasion.Free Music Review: "Why" you ask?
Hit: 2 Stars
Because most everybody wanted to stick a dirty sock down Eric Burdon's mouth, that's why. The Animals were great (a later incarnation included Andy Summers), but Burdon just absolutely alienated anyone with an IQ of greater than "10" by his flat vocals and his embarrassingly poor Jagger imitation.Free Music Review: Excellent CD!
Hit: 4 Stars
I Love The Animals for two reasons: The lead singer bears my first name (Burdon) and the driving keybording of Alan Price (who has to be in the pathion of Rock's greatest keyboard players). I am writing this review because I think I have the answer regarding 'Music Fan From California''s concern over why they don't have the original version of "We Got To Get Out Of This Place" (I hope that he reads this) on CD: If you want to hear the original version, you have to look up an import CD called "The Animals, Vol. 2" which is a collection of their songs from 1965 that includes the album version AND the original single version (EUREKA!) of "Place". I think that about solves the problemFree Music Review: BTW, It's not the original We Gotta Get Out of This Place!
Hit: 4 Stars
"Best of the Animals" would be 100% wonderful except for one thing: "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" on this 1987 CD is not the same version that appeared in 1967 or on the original 1960s Best of the Animals vinyl album (with Eric Burdon's wonderful roars and inflections). So why did the record company replace it with the 1987 dud? And prospective buyers won't know this because you can't listen to an excerpt first. The other songs are the original 1960s hits -- House of the Rising Sun, I'm Crying, It's My Life, etc., so I don't understand the "switch and bait." Fans, go and burn your own copy and get the genuine original!