Animalization

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Animalization
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1966
Recorded9 January 4 July 1966
Genre Rock, blues rock, rhythm and blues
Length40:16
Label MGM
Producer Tom Wilson
The Animals US chronology
The Best of The Animals
(1966)
Animalization
(1966)
Animalism
(1966)

Animalization is a studio album by the English rock band the Animals. The band's fourth American release, it was issued in August 1966 on MGM Records.

Contents

Overview

It has a track listing somewhat similar to the British album Animalisms . The album, which reached #20 on the US Billboard album chart, included three US Top 40 singles, and was the first Animals album to have some tracks mixed in true stereo.

It was during this period that drummer John Steel left the group and was replaced by Barry Jenkins, previously of The Nashville Teens (of "Tobacco Road" fame). Both drummers appear on the cover, Jenkins on the front (upper right in brown shirt) and Steel on the back. In addition, it was also during this period that Mickie Most stepped down as the group's producer and was replaced by Tom Wilson.

The album was successful, it peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Top LPs in late 1966, during a thirty-week stay on the chart. [1]

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Track listing

Side one

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't Bring Me Down"3:13
2."One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" Joe Tex 3:20
3."You're On My Mind"2:54
4."Cheating"
2:23
5."She'll Return It" (It is erroneously credited to Barry Jenkins, Rowberry, Burdon, Chandler, Hilton Valentine and is not listed on the back cover)
  • Eric Burdon
  • Dave Rowberry
2:47
6."Inside-Looking Out"
3:47
Total length:18:24
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."See See Rider" Ma Rainey 3:58
2."Gin House Blues"
4:37
3."Maudie" John Lee Hooker 4:03
4."What Am I Living For"
  • Fred Jay
  • Art Harris
3:12
5."Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry 3:07
6."I Put a Spell on You" Screamin' Jay Hawkins 2:55
Total length:21:52

Personnel

The Animals
Technical

Charts

Chart (1966)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [1] 20

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top LPs, 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 1 May 2019.