Animals
by Pink Floyd

Album
Animals by Pink Floyd
Year: 1977
Release date: 1977-01-21
Overall rank: 34th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
88/100 (from 2,837 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1977 (2nd)
Award Top 10 albums of 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 38 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 56,338.

Pink Floyd album bestography « Higher ranked (32nd)
The Wall This album (34th)
Animals Lower ranked (155th) »
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

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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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1.
Pigs On The Wing (Part 1)
Average Rating: 85 (588 votes)Comments: View 3
2.
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Dogs
Average Rating: 92 (869 votes)Comments: View 19
3.
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Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Average Rating: 91 (759 votes)Comments: View 10
4.
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Sheep
Average Rating: 91 (748 votes)Comments: View 9
5.
Pigs On The Wing (Part 2)
Average Rating: 84 (574 votes)Comments: View 4

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Animals rankings

Animals rankings summary
Overall rank: 34th | 1970s rank: 8th | 1977 rank: 2nd  Overall chart history
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Animals ratings

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 !		09/03/2026 01:11 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,60170/100
 
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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 87.5/100, 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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From BestEverAlbums 24 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by StreakyNuno () 1. by (1973) 2. by (1975) 3. by (1967) 4. by (1972) 5. by by (1967) 7. by (2004) 9. by (1977) 11. (1977) 12. by (1979) 13. by (1966) 14. (1982) 15. (1989) 16. by (1988) 17. (1986) 18. by by (2020) 22. by (1985) 23. by (1997)…”
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“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Simon_bramhall () 1. by (1973) 2. by by (1969) 4. by (1977) 6. by (1969) 7. (1966) 8. by (1975) 9. by (1968) 11. by by by by (1969) 15. by by by (1973) 18. (1972) 19. by (2009) 20. (1973) 21. by (1987) 22. by (1971) 23. by by (1973) 25.…”
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From 07/02/2025 14:31 | #309858
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From 06/30/2025 14:37 | #309798
Perfection. (Edited)
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From 07/22/2024 19:42 | #304488
Wonderfully Moody (Edited)
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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! (Edited)
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From 02/15/2024 00:46 | #302001
Funnily the Floyd album that clicked with me instantly (Edited)
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