The Best of the Animals by The Animals - DeepRiffs

COMPILATION

There had been so many compilations of the Animals' hits by 2000, between England and America and the various labels that had owned the rights to their catalog, that this single-CD, 20-song collection mostly passed listeners by without much notice. But it is worth owning, and not just for the generally good sound -- there are lots of excellent-sounding CDs on the Animals' work out there. The appeal lies in the programming, which is confined primarily to the group's Mickie Most-produced EMI catalog -- the only exceptions are the Tom Wilson-produced "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Inside-Looking Out" that close the CD). But included here, apparently for the first time on a hits compilation, is the seven-minute uncut "Talkin' 'Bout You," an epic performance that rates alongside he band's best released work of the '60s, which first surfaced on the 1990 double-CD Complete Animals. Its presence elevates this collection above most of the competing hits assemblies devoted to this band.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo

1. House of the Rising Sun

Composer: Alan Price
Traditional; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Producer: Mickie Most; Production

2. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: Bennie Benjamin
Gloria Caldwell
Sol Marcus; Composer

3. We've Gotta Get out of This Place

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: Barry Mann
Cynthia Weil; Composer

4. Roadrunner

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: Mc Daniels
Ellas Mcdaniels; Composer

5. Baby Let Me Take You Home

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: Wes Farrell
Bert Russell; Composer

6. Club-A-Go-Go

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: Alan Price
Eric Burdon; Composer

7. Boom Boom

Composer: John Lee Hooker; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Producer: Mickie Most; Production

8. Gonna Send You Back to Walker

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: S Mathews
Hammond Jr
J R Hammond
Matthews
Jr Hammond; Composer

9. Dimples

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: John Lee Hooker
Bracken
Hooker; Composer

10. I'm Crying

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: Burdon
Eric Burdon
Louis Price
Alan Price; Composer

11. Talkin' 'Bout You

Composer: Ray Charles; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Producer: Mickie Most; Production

12. I'm Mad Again

Composer: John Lee Hooker
Hooker; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Producer: Mickie Most; Production

13. I Believe to My Soul

Composer: Ray Charles
Charles
Learner; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Producer: Mickie Most; Production

14. I Ain't Got You

Composer: Arnold
John Carter; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Producer: Mickie Most; Production

15. Bring It on Home to Me

Composer: Sam Cooke
Cooke
A Cooke; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Producer: Mickie Most; Production

16. It's My Life

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: C D'errico
R Atkins; Composer

17. Bright Lights Big City

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: Jimmy Reed
Reed; Composer

18. I'm Going to Change the World

Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Composer: Eric Burdon
Burdon; Composer

19. Don't Bring Me Down

Composer: Carole King
Gerry Goffin; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Performer: Peter Nelson; Performer
Producer: Tom Wilson; Production

20. Inside Looking Out

Composer: Eric Burdon
Alan Lomax
John Lomax
Bodie Chandler; Composer
Primary Artist: The Animals; Main Performer
Producer: Tom Wilson; Production

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

20 tracks available

Type

COMPILATION

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 5 minutes and 52 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1772x1772 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

17/20 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock, British Invasion, Blues, Country Blues, Rock & Roll, Blues-Rock, Soft Rock, Psychedelic

Label

Parlophone UK

Music Distribution Service

WMG Mora

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)
Italian

Popularity

Release Date

Oct 12, 1998

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

724352708451