The Animals (studio album) by The Animals

The Animals by The Animals
Year: 1964
Overall rank: 2,346th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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75/100 (from 152 votes)
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Award Top 20 albums of 1964 (14th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (217th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,346th)
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.9/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.

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From 10/09/2023 02:57
Hilton Valentine's guitar introduction to House Of The Rising Sun is a classic/iconic moment in modern music history - sadly, Hilton passed in 2021 - but his moment of musical brilliance will live on.
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From 09/03/2022 09:41
Quite nice for a debut album mostly comprised of traditional blues rock tunes. Seminal stuff to begin the Brit Invasion to the USA. This BEA entry is for the US album version
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From 12/14/2020 18:37
63/100

Best tracks: The House of the Rising Sun, I'm Mad Again
Worst tracks: Blue Feeling, Baby Let Me Take You Home, Night Time Is the Right Time, I've Been Around
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From 10/25/2020 02:31
Straight ahead, well produced (especially for 1964) garage rock albums. Eric Burdon has one of the best voices in rock and the rest of the band sounds great. Gets a little bit repetitive towards the back half of the album, but taken in bites this is a great slice of early rock music.
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From 10/15/2016 00:28
A very strong debut. Maybe even better than the Rolling Stones 64 debut.
The band sound very tight and clear, and the bass lines are glorious.
A commonplace would be to say that "House of the rising sun" is the highlight. HOTRS is the best track, but the real highlight is Eric Burdon's powerful and deep voice through the entire record. His performance is almost unbelievable.
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From 01/24/2015 20:38
The first track is deservedly the best known, but there are some other strong tracks here as well. Solid debut.
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From 09/04/2012 22:59
Naples is right... House of the Rising Sun is an all-time epic track.
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Best Albums of 1964
1. A Hard Day's Night by The Beatles
2. Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz & João Gilberto
3. The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob Dylan
4. Beatles For Sale by The Beatles
5. Out To Lunch! by Eric Dolphy
6. Another Side Of Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
7. Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica by The Ronettes
8. Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes
9. Ain't That Good News by Sam Cooke
10. Kinks by The Kinks
11. The Sidewinder by Lee Morgan
12. Empyrean Isles by Herbie Hancock
13. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus by Charles Mingus
14. The Animals by The Animals
15. Song For My Father by Horace Silver Quintet
16. Folk Singer by Muddy Waters
17. Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles
18. "Live" At The Star-Club, Hamburg by Jerry Lee Lewis
19. The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones
20. Wednesday Morning, 3AM by Simon & Garfunkel
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