The Animals (currently billed as Eric Burdon &The Animals and Animals &Friends are an English rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1963.
Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the R&B and rock band the Animals and the funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep,powerful blues-rock voice. Burdon is also known for his intense stage performances.
Animalism is the fifth American album by the Animals,released in November 1966. The album includes the band's usual repertoire of blues and R&B covers,while Frank Zappa contributed a song and played bass on two tracks. It was the last album recorded by the original incarnation of the Animals prior to their disbandment,after which singer Eric Burdon would assemble a mostly new lineup under the name "Eric Burdon and the Animals". This new version of the group was already touring when Animalism released.
John Weider is an English rock musician who plays guitar,bass,and violin. He is best known as the guitarist for the Animals from 1966 to 1968. He was also the bass player for Family from 1969 to 1971.
Victor Harvey Briggs III was a British blues and rock musician,best known as the lead guitarist with Eric Burdon and The Animals during the 1966–1968 period. Briggs,a convert to Sikhism,later played classical Indian and Hawaiian music,and adopted the name Antion Vikram Singh Meredith.
Love Is is the third album by Eric Burdon and the Animals. It was released in 1968 as a double album.
The discography of the Animals,an English music group of the 1960s formed in Newcastle upon Tyne,contains 20 studio albums,six compilation albums,five EPs and 25 singles. Featuring a gritty,bluesy sound and a deep-voiced frontman in Eric Burdon,they are best known for their rendition of an American folk song "The House of the Rising Sun",which is described by many as their signature song. This single had worldwide sales of nearly 5 million and became a Number One hit in both the UK and US in 1964. Overall,the group balanced tough,rock-edged pop singles such as "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" and "It's My Life" against rhythm and blues–oriented album material. The Animals released separate UK and US albums,a practice common to other British Invasion bands of the time such as the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and The Animals was the group's compilation representing the Animals' last three lineups,and showcased their venture into psychedelic rock. It was released in March 1969 in the US but never put out in the United Kingdom;it was the last album MGM Records would release in the group's lifetime. Despite containing three tracks that had been US Top 15 singles,the collection was not commercially successful,placing only at number 153 on the Billboard 200.
"San Franciscan Nights" is a 1967 song performed by Eric Burdon and The Animals. Words and music were composed by the group's members,Eric Burdon,Vic Briggs,John Weider,Barry Jenkins,and Danny McCulloch. A paean to San Francisco,it was the biggest hit that the new band –as opposed to the first-incarnation Animals of the mid-1960s –would have. It reached a peak position of number 1 on the Canadian RPM charts,number 9 on the U.S. pop singles chart,and number 7 on the UK pop singles chart.
"Monterey" is a 1967 song by Eric Burdon &The Animals. The music and lyrics were composed by the group's members,Eric Burdon,John Weider,Vic Briggs,Danny McCulloch,and Barry Jenkins. The song provides an oral account of the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival,at which the Animals performed. Burdon namedrops several of the acts who performed at the festival such as the Byrds,Jefferson Airplane,the Who,the Grateful Dead,and Jimi Hendrix. In 1968,two different video clips of the song were aired.
"Good Times" is a song recorded by Eric Burdon &the Animals and released on the 1967 album Winds of Change,with music and lyrics by Eric Burdon,John Weider,Vic Briggs,Danny McCulloch and Barry Jenkins.
The Twain Shall Meet is the second album by Eric Burdon &the Animals. It was released in 1968 on MGM Records.
Every One of Us is an album by Eric Burdon &The Animals. It was released in 1968 on MGM Records.
"Inside-Looking Out",often written "Inside Looking Out",is a 1966 single by the Animals,and their first for Decca Records. It was a moderate hit,reaching number 12 on the UK Singles Chart,number 23 in Canada,and number 34 in the United States on the U.S. pop singles chart. It was the group's final single with drummer John Steel,who left shortly after its release. He was replaced by Barry Jenkins,who would go on to play with Eric Burdon and the Animals.
Colin Ernest "Barry" Jenkins was an English musician,best known for being a drummer for the Animals during both of that 1960s group's incarnations.
Daniel Joseph "Danny" McCulloch was an English musician best known as the bassist of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Eric Burdon and The Animals.
"Anything" is a song performed by Eric Burdon &the Animals in 1967. It was featured on their psychedelic rock album Winds of Change. While the singles "San Franciscan Nights","Good Times" and the album were released,"Anything" was also released as a single,peaking #80 on the United States pop singles chart. Allmusic critic Bruce Eder described it as a "relatively straightforward,brooding,moody rocker." Billboard described the single as an "intriguing rock ballad with an equally compelling lyric." Cash Box said it was "slow rock with a tasteful touch of soul" with "stunning string lines" and a "melancholy Burdon vocal."
Absolute Animals 1964–1968 is a compilation album of The Animals,released in 2003 and which features many of their hits. It was also the first compilation to feature songs from their Columbia,Decca,and MGM albums.
Dantalian's Chariot were a British psychedelic rock band formed in 1967,led by keyboardist and bandleader Zoot Money,and also featuring Andy Summers. They are best remembered for their single "Madman Running Through the Fields",and for their live performances,which featured early psychedelic light shows. The band would all wear white robes and kaftans in concert,with all of their equipment painted white,to heighten the effect of these light shows. The group disbanded in April 1968,with Money going on to join Eric Burdon &The Animals and Summers joining Soft Machine.
