Animalism by Animals Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Animalism
Book Review: AWESOME ANIMALS
Summary: 5 Stars
Can't believe I have never owned Animalism until right now.I think it got buried by all the hoo- ha surrounding the new Eric Burdon & The Animals in the U.S who I love as well.I was too young then to have known about all that but this album is fanastic.True to the original Animals sound but you can tell they are at the very top of their game.Book Review: Animals at Their Best
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutely excellent cd by a pathetically under-appreciated band. Good song selection, LOTS of gutty blues, excellent interpretations of songs written by the likes of Ray Charles. It was albums like this that made me start loving the blues back when this album first came out. Sadly, this is one of the few original Animals albums that has been released on cd. If you want to hear early Animals, you can't go wrong with this cd.Book Review: Best Animals Album
Summary: 5 Stars
Until the stones did Begger's Banquet two years later, there was never a British Blues album even close in quality. It is criminal this group is so underated. Dave Rowberry shines here on keyboards and is creating a style like Alan Price had, and Hilton Valentine's guitar is in a class by its own. I don't know where to start. For example on Smoketack Lighting, Chas Chandlers bass guitar seems to be playing lead at times against Valentine's Guitar. Rowberry plays amazing hammond organ. Burdon is in a non stop vocal jam, which he did best on the Burdon Declares War Album a few years later. On Shake newcomer Barry Jenkins drums fly against Valentines hard core fuzz and Rowberry's hard hammond organ. Valentine plays amazing guitar solos and riffs on Rock Me Baby and Going down Slow. Rowberry has a spooky organ solo against Burdon's excellent vocals on a slow moody Hit the Road Jack. Two cuts feature old drummer John Steel uncredited, on Outcast [better than the single version with fuzztone and organ ] and the jazzy/ fuzz laden That's All I Am To You. And of course there is the classic Hey Gyp with flute like organ by Rowberry, Bo Didley guitar by Valentine, and a great drumm workout by Jenkins. Zappa arranged All Night Long and Other Side of This Life. The other tracks I failed to mention include a fast hard hitting Lucille and a slow piano version of Lousiana Blues. Both are excellent as well.Book Review: Fantastic
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been searching for this item for a long time to give to my brother, it's his favorite. He was thrilled when I gave it to him for his birthday. The seller was 100% honest and delivered in record time, hats off to him!Book Review: It's Been a Long Wait, But Worth It.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been waiting a long time for this reissue. I'm 57 and bought the LP when it came out. I've wanted to upgrade this one to cd for a long time. It starts a little slow, but picks up steam. Great vocals by Eric and some great guitar by Hilton Valentine similar in style to his work on Animalization, particularly CC Rider, which had a nice solo. He does some nice stuff here particularly on the slow blues. He's always been under appreciated compared to the Yardbird guitarists, but here he puts out work as good as anything they were doing back then. This is a great group of songs and performances, unique in the Animal's canon. Get it while you can. I got it very promptly from Hip-O.