Animal Tracks (British album)

Animal Tracks
Studio album by
the Animals
Released7 May 1965
Recorded16–17 November 1964; 20 March 1965[1]
GenreBlues rock, R&B[2]
Length32:25
LabelColumbia
ProducerMickie Most
The Animals UK chronology
The Animals
(1964) 		Animal Tracks
(1965) 		The Most of the Animals
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf star[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular MusicStarStarStar[3]

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 number six on the Record Retailer Albums Chart and remained there for 26 weeks.[5]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mess Around"Ahmet Ertegun2:22
2."How You've Changed"Chuck Berry3:14
3."Hallelujah I Love Her So"Ray Charles2:48
4."I Believe to My Soul"Charles, Allan Learner3:26
5."Worried Life Blues"Major Merriweather4:13
6."Roberta"Huey "Piano" Smith, Johnny Vincent2:08
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Ain't Got You"Calvin Carter2:31
2."Bright Lights, Big City"Jimmy Reed2:57
3."Let the Good Times Roll"Shirley Goodman1:57
4."For Miss Caulker"Eric Burdon3:59
5."Road Runner"Ellas McDaniel2:50

Personnel

The Animals
Technical

Charts

Chart (1965) Peak

position

UK Melody Maker Top Ten LPs[6] 8
UK New Musical Express Best Selling LPs in Britain[7] 2
UK Record Retailer LPs Chart[8] 6

References

  1. ^ "The Animals". Chrome Oxide. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Animal Tracks [UK] - The Animals | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. ^ "The Complete Animals". discogs. Retrieved 29 December 2018. The album's release date is given in liner notes of CD release--see 10th image.
  5. ^ "Animal Tracks by Animals". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 7 February 2025. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  6. ^ Anon. (12 June 1965). "Top Ten LPs". Melody Maker. p. 2.
  7. ^ Anon. (21 May 1965). "Best Selling LPs in Britain" (PDF). New Musical Express. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2025 – via WorldRadioHistory.
  8. ^ "The Animals by Animals". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 14 January 2026. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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