Animal Tracks (British album)

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Animal Tracks
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Released7 May 1965
Recorded16–17 November 1964; 20 March 1965 [1]
Genre Blues rock, R&B [2]
Length32:25
Label Columbia
Producer Mickie Most
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Animal Tracks is the second studio album by British R&B/blues rock band the Animals. It was released in May 1965, on Columbia, and was the group's last album with the full participation of Alan Price until the release of the original quintet's 1977 reunion album, Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted . [4] It reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and remained there for 26 weeks. [5]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mess Around" Ahmet Ertegun 2:22
2."How You've Changed" Chuck Berry 3:14
3."Hallelujah I Love Her So" Ray Charles 2:48
4."I Believe to My Soul"Charles, Allan Learner3:26
5."Worried Life Blues" Major Merriweather 4:13
6."Roberta" Huey "Piano" Smith, Johnny Vincent 2:08
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Ain't Got You" Calvin Carter 2:31
2."Bright Lights, Big City" Jimmy Reed 2:57
3."Let the Good Times Roll" Shirley Goodman 1:57
4."For Miss Caulker" Eric Burdon 3:59
5."Road Runner" Ellas McDaniel 2:50

Personnel

The Animals
Technical

Charts

ChartYearPeak
position
UK Albums Chart 19656

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