The title is a bit of a misnomer; this double CD only includes the complete sessions that the Animals recorded with producer Mickie Most in 1964 and 1965.
The 40 songs capture the band at their peak, including most of their best and biggest hits: "House of the Rising Sun," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "Bring It on Home to Me," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," "I'm Crying," "It's My Life," and "Boom Boom." Most of the rest of the tunes don't match the excellence of these smashes, though they're solid.
The great majority of them are covers of vintage R&B/rock tunes by Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and the like, which aren't quite as durable as reinterpretations from the same era by the Stones and Yardbirds.
When they hit the mark, though, the Animals produced some great album tracks that have been mostly forgotten by time, such as "I'm Mad Again" (originally by John Lee Hooker), "Worried Life Blues," and "Bury My Body." After leaving Most, the group would maintain their peak for another year or so (this period is represented on the fine import collection Inside Looking Out) despite the departure of one of rock's all-time finest organists, Alan Price.
This compilation has everything that Price recorded with the group, including four previously unreleased cuts and the non-LP Eric Burdon original on the B-side of "It's My Life," "I'm Gonna Change the World.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boom BoomJohn Lee Hooker | The Animals | Play | 03:18 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Blue Feeling | The Animals | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | DimplesJames C. Bracken, John Lee Hooker | The Animals | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Baby Let Me Take You HomeWes Farrell, Bert Russell | The Animals | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Gonna Send You Back to WalkerJohnnie Mae Matthews | The Animals | Play | 02:28 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Baby What's WrongJimmy Reed | The Animals | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | F-E-E-L | The Animals | Play | 02:44 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | I'm Mad AgainJohn Lee Hooker | The Animals | Play | 04:15 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Around and AroundChuck Berry | The Animals | Play | 02:44 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | I'm in Love AgainDave Bartholomew, Fats Domino | The Animals | Play | 03:01 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Bury My BodyAl Kooper, Alan Price | The Animals | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | She Said YeahMichael James Jackson | The Animals | Play | 02:20 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 13 | I'm CryingEric Burdon, Alan Price | The Animals | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 14 | Take It EasyEric Burdon, Alan Price | The Animals | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 15 | The Story of Bo DiddleyEric Burdon, Ellas McDaniel | The Animals | Play | 05:45 | 13 MB | 0 MB |
| 16 | The Girl Can't Help ItBobby Troup | The Animals | Play | 02:23 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 17 | I've Been AroundFats Domino | The Animals | Play | 01:36 | 3 MB | 0 MB |
| 18 | Memphis TennesseeChuck Berry | The Animals | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 19 | Don't Let Me Be MisunderstoodBennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell, Sol Marcus | The Animals | Play | 02:25 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 20 | RoadrunnerBo Diddley | The Animals | Play | 02:51 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 21 | Hallelujah, I Love Her SoRay Charles | The Animals | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 22 | Don't Want Much | The Animals | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 23 | I Believe to My SoulRay Charles, Allan Learner | The Animals | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 24 | Let the Good Times RollShirley Goodman, Leonard Lee | The Animals | Play | 01:57 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 25 | Mess AroundAhmet Ertegun | The Animals | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 26 | How You've ChangedChuck Berry | The Animals | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 27 | I Ain't Got YouClarence Carter | The Animals | Play | 02:28 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 28 | RobertaAl Smith, John Vincent | The Animals | Play | 02:07 | 4 MB | 0 MB |
| 29 | Bright Lights, Big CityJimmy Reed | The Animals | Play | 02:54 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 30 | Worried Life BluesBig Maceo Merriweather | The Animals | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 31 | Bring It on Home to MeSam Cooke | The Animals | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 32 | For Miss CaulkerEric Burdon | The Animals | Play | 03:59 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 33 | I Can't Believe ItEric Burdon | The Animals | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 34 | It's My LifeRoger Atkins, Carl D'Errico | The Animals | Play | 03:09 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 35 | House of the Rising Sun | The Animals | Play | 04:29 | 10 MB | 0 MB |
| 36 | Club-A-Go-Go | The Animals | Play | 02:22 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 37 | We've Gotta Get out of This Place | The Animals | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 38 | I'm Going to Change the World | The Animals | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 39 | The Right Time | The Animals | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 40 | Talkin' 'Bout You (Full Version) | The Animals | Play | 07:04 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 125 mins | 287 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Animals | Primary Artist |
| 2 | Roger Atkins | Composer |
| 3 | Dave Bartholomew | Composer |
| 4 | Bennie Benjamin | Composer |
| 5 | Chuck Berry | Composer |
| 6 | James C. Bracken | Composer |
| 7 | Vic Briggs | Guitar |
| 8 | Eric Burdon | Composer |
| 9 | Gloria Caldwell | Composer |
| 10 | Clarence Carter | Composer |
| 11 | Tim Chacksfield | Project Coordinator |
| 12 | Ray Charles | Composer |
| 13 | Sam Cooke | Composer |
| 14 | Carl D'Errico | Composer |
| 15 | Bo Diddley | Composer |
| 16 | Fats Domino | Composer |
| 17 | Ahmet Ertegun | Composer |
| 18 | Wes Farrell | Composer |
| 19 | Shirley Goodman | Composer |
| 20 | Lew Herman | Composer |
| 21 | Brian Hogg | Liner Notes |
| 22 | John Lee Hooker | Composer |
| 23 | Michael James Jackson | Composer |
| 24 | Al Kooper | Composer |
| 25 | Allan Learner | Composer |
| 26 | Leonard Lee | Composer |
| 27 | Barry Mann | Composer |
| 28 | Sol Marcus | Composer |
| 29 | Johnnie Mae Matthews | Composer |
| 30 | Danny McCulloch | Bass |
| 31 | Ellas McDaniel | Composer |
| 32 | Big Maceo Merriweather | Composer |
| 33 | Mickie Most | Producer |
| 34 | Alan Price | Composer |
| 35 | Jimmy Reed | Composer |
| 36 | Bert Russell | Composer |
| 37 | Phil Smee | Design |
| 38 | Al Smith | Composer |
| 39 | Traditional | Composer |
| 40 | Bobby Troup | Composer |
| 41 | John Vincent | Composer |
| 42 | John Weider | Guitar |
| 43 | Cynthia Weil | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |