The Animals
Studio album by
the Animals
ReleasedSeptember 1964 (1964-09)
Recorded22 January – 31 July 1964
Genre
Length32:41
LabelMGM
ProducerMickie Most
The Animals US chronology
The Animals
(1964)		 The Animals on Tour
(1965)
Singles from The Animals
  1. "Baby Let Me Take You Home" / "Gonna Send You Back to Walker"
    Released: August 1964
  2. "House of the Rising Sun" / "Talkin' 'bout You"
    Released: August 1964

The Animals is the American debut album by the British Invasion group, the Animals. Released in late summer 1964, the album introduced the States to the "drawling, dirty R&B sound (with the emphasis on the B)"[2] that typified the group.

The album includes several R&B standards, written by the likes of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and John Lee Hooker, as well as the number one single "House of the Rising Sun", here presented in its truncated-for-radio form (it would be restored to full length on the February 1966 compilation The Best of the Animals, and later CD and digital reissues of The Animals would feature the full-length recording).

The British album The Animals was released a month later, the group's debut album there albeit with substantially differing contents.

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Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."The House of the Rising Sun" (Edited single version)Traditional, arranged by Alan Price18 May 19642:59
2."The Girl Can't Help It"Bobby Troup31 July 19642:20
3."Blue Feeling"Jimmy Henshaw22 January 19642:28
4."Baby Let Me Take You Home"
12 February 19642:18
5."The Right Time"Lew Herman31 July 19643:42
6."Talkin' 'bout You" (Edited single version)Ray Charles22 January 19641:55
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
7."Around and Around"Chuck Berry31 July 19642:44
8."I'm in Love Again"
31 July 19642:59
9."Gonna Send You Back to Walker"Johnnie Mae Matthews12 February 19642:22
10."Memphis, Tennessee"Berry31 July 19643:04
11."I'm Mad Again"John Lee Hooker31 July 19644:15
12."I've Been Around"Domino31 July 19641:35
Total length:32:41

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The Animals
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References

  1. ↑ Breihan, Tom (28 June 2018). "The Number Ones: The Animals' "The House Of The Rising Sun"". Stereogum. Retrieved 11 June 2023. But most of the Animals' self-titled debut album is the sort of blues-rock that you only make when you're way too into the idea of authenticity.
  2. ↑ The Animals (US) – Review
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