The Animals - The Complete Animals (1990) 2CD
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 406 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 290 Mb
Label: EMI | # CDS 79 4613 2 | Time: 02:05:51 | Scans ~ 57 Mb
Classic Rock, Blues-Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll, British Invasion
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 406 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 290 Mb
Label: EMI | # CDS 79 4613 2 | Time: 02:05:51 | Scans ~ 57 Mb
Classic Rock, Blues-Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Rock & Roll, British Invasion
The title is a bit of a misnomer; this double CD only includes the complete sessions that the Animals recorded with producer Mickie Most in 1964 and 1965. The 40 songs capture the band at their peak, including most of their best and biggest hits: "House of the Rising Sun," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "Bring It on Home to Me," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," "I'm Crying," "It's My Life," and "Boom Boom." Most of the rest of the tunes don't match the excellence of these smashes, though they're solid. The great majority of them are covers of vintage R&B/rock tunes by Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and the like, which aren't quite as durable as reinterpretations from the same era by the Stones and Yardbirds.