| Animal | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1989 | |||
| Genre | R&B [1] | |||
| Label | Mercury Records [2] | |||
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Animal is an album by the American R&B band the Bar-Kays, released in 1989. [3] [4]
The album peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Top Black Albums chart. [5] Its first single was "Struck By You", which peaked at No. 11 on the Hot Black Singles chart. [6] [7]
The band recorded the album as a trio. [8] Joe Walsh played guitar on the title track. "Just Like a Teeter Totter" was cowritten and coproduced by Sly Stone. [6]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [10] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [11] |
The Orlando Sentinel concluded that "although modern, metallic sounds shape the bouncing, bending rhythm of the title song, for instance, there's a touch of old- fashioned call-and-response interplay in the vocals." [10] USA Today opined that "what's nice about this album, though, is the band's mature, unfunky handling of slow tunes ... 'Leaving You' shows they can be true balladeers." [12] The New York Amsterdam News determined that although Animal "is thigh-high in funk-fortified R&B, the music is never dated." [1]
AllMusic wrote that "it's important to remember that the Bar-Kays never stopped being a good band—it was taste and fashion that twisted the knife and pushed them aside." [9] The Rolling Stone Album Guide thought that "their best cuts resemble lite pastiches of other bands' refinements." [11]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Animal" | 5:14 |
| 2. | "Struck By You" | 5:45 |
| 3. | "Stop! Look What You're Missing" | 5:15 |
| 4. | "Someone Else" | 4:49 |
| 5. | "Are U Available" | 5:37 |
| 6. | "Get Your Fingers Wet" | 5:45 |
| 7. | "Just Like a Teeter Totter" | 4:14 |
| 8. | "I Adore You" | 5:16 |
| 9. | "Leaving You" | 5:15 |
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