Animals
by Pink Floyd

Animals by Pink Floyd
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-01-21
Overall rank: 34th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
88/100 (from 2,832 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1977 (2nd)
Award Top 10 albums of the 1970s (8th)
Award Top 50 albums of all time (34th)

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Pink Floyd bestography

Animals is ranked 4th best out of 37 albums by Pink Floyd on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pink Floyd is The Dark Side Of The Moon which is ranked number 2 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 57,913.

Pink Floyd album bestography « Higher ranked (32nd)
The Wall
This album (34th)
Animals
Lower ranked (159th) »
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Animals track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 89 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 91 (759 votes)Comments: View 10
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Animals rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 34th | 1970s rank: 8th | 1977 rank: 2nd
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2026 NowhereManTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s1/10020
2026 LedZepTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s37/10013
2026 JMGL95Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s7/10019
2026 BozoTyrannusTop 100 Greatest Music Albums18/10083
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Greatest Music Albums22/10079
2026 spigelwiiTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s7/10019
2026 AAL2014Top 83 Music Albums of 19773/835
2026 arthur237Top 100 Greatest Music Albums60/10039
2026fabm0Platinum albums Pt 391/100 -
2026tim0505Top 52 Music Albums of 19772/525
2026 PurplepashYa joking? Should've been higher! All Time edition43/100 -
2026TroutMaskGregTop 30 Music Albums of 19771/305
2026 Robert Anton WilsonCustom chart15/61 -
2026Rm12398Top 100 Greatest Music Albums32/10069
2026 hoyquarlowTop 50 Music Albums of the 1970s17/5014
2026mrmcrookTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s19/10016
2026JonathanFisk02Top 40 Greatest Music Albums6/4087
2026 PurplepashTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s45/10011
2026mrmcrookTop 24 Music Albums of 19772/245
2026 RhynerTop 25 Music Albums of 19774/254
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 1,771
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 21,762
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Animals ratings

Average Rating: 
88/100 (from 2,832 votes)
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05/26/2026 02:26 progfan  Ratings distribution  3295/100
 
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05/19/2026 00:32 golrab67  Ratings distribution  17391/100
 
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05/12/2026 12:43 snailmail500  Ratings distribution  27883/100
 
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05/10/2026 12:03 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,67177/100
 
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05/10/2026 03:51 AdamRP  Ratings distribution  1748/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 87.6/100, a mean average of 86.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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Animals comments

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80/100
From 07/02/2025 14:31 | #309858
An outlet for Roger Water's self absorbed themed songwriting skills. He's credited with writing most of the songs on the album which makes me wonder where the rest of the band was. A solid release however I wouldn't rate it as high as most of their other releases.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -2 votes (0 helpful | 2 unhelpful)
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100/100
From 06/30/2025 14:37 | #309798
Perfection.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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80/100
From 07/22/2024 19:42 | #304488
Wonderfully Moody
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100/100
From 06/19/2024 18:45 | #304011
This album is definitely one of the greatest ever, not just of Pink Floyd, but ever. Dogs is one of the best songs ever made, Sheep is angry and catchy as hell, Pigs has such an incredible song. Both Pigs on the wing songs are ok but nowhere near as good as the other songs.

Really worth a listen to!
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +6 votes (6 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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100/100
From 02/15/2024 00:46 | #302001
Funnily the Floyd album that clicked with me instantly
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
90/100
From 11/16/2023 22:57 | #300007
Che dire...la musica di 4 dei musicisti più talentuosi che il mondo abbia mai visto a braccetto con delle liriche che denunciano il sistema e la politica. L'ultimo grande disco dei Pink Floyd come gruppo e non come 4 musicisti che suonano assieme.
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90/100
From 11/01/2023 14:43 | #299731
4,5 out of 5 for this very unique , almsot story-telling like, album from Pink FLoyd

Want to know what it feels like to be a runt fighting in the streets?
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Rating:  
90/100
From 05/12/2023 14:25 | #296907
Sheep is a masterpiece ??
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70/100
From 04/24/2023 22:50 | #296359
One of if not the most nihilistic albums of all time. A love or hate situation. A hard pill to swallow.
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95/100
From 04/19/2023 10:17 | #296204
Very good record, even if I don't often want to listen to it?
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