The Animals 
The best album credited to The Animals is The Animals which is ranked number 2,419 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 666.
The Animals is ranked number 1,155 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 1,343.
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- Hilton Valentine
- Danny McCulloch
- Eric Burdon
- Andy Summers
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 05/04/2026 19:02 | gmessian | 69 | 67/100 |
| ! | 04/10/2025 08:45 | platus | 2,166 | 72/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2024 08:50 |  Purplepash | 2,743 | 74/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 72.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 18.4.
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A very good blues band with a HUGE singer. Their first two albums -maybe their first 3- are consistently good. They were playing the same league as the Yardbirds and maybe early Rolling Stones but when music changed after the Beatles 65-66 musical revolution they fell behind and their style was suddenly old overnight.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/04/2012 23:01 | #50001
Playing the same game as the Rolling Stones and Beatles, with a little bit more bluesy influences. They just don't do it quite as well. They have their moments (Rising Sun, Misunderstood, etc...) but they have way too much filler, and their post 66 work is awful. Too bad - they have some great tracks.
The early Animals is great. Love the sound of the group and also Eric Burdon sings great!
antiloopje 09/03/2013 15:28 | #85112
Most songs by this band seem to have "aged" more than songs by other bands (The Troggs for example also sound old, but still a lot "fresher"). This music seems out of time and ready to be forgotten (if not already by most). However, they do have 2 or 3 great songs, House of the Rising sun in the first place.
zwiebel 09/17/2019 10:57 | #242715
maybe the band isnt as aclaimed as the beatles, but "house of the rising sun" is in top3 songs of the 60s, waaaaay ahead of its times - this song alone opened the door for many great great bands and songs in upcoming generations.
