Animalism is the fifth American album by the Animals, released in November 1966.

Overview

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.

The album peaked at number 33 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. A remastered bootlegged CD edition was issued by Flawed Gems in 2014 that included 11 bonus tracks.

Track listing

Side 1

  1. "All Night Long" (Frank Zappa) - 2:46
  2. "Shake" (Sam Cooke) - 3:11
  3. "The Other Side of This Life" (Fred Neil) - 3:30
  4. "Rock Me Baby" (B.B. King, Joe Josea) - 5:23
  5. "Lucille" (Albert Collins, Richard Penniman) - 2:19
  6. "Smokestack Lightning" (Chester Burnett) - 5:19

Side 2

  1. "Hey Gyp" (Donovan Leitch) - 3:46
  2. "Hit the Road, Jack" (Percy Mayfield) - 3:16
  3. "Outcast" (Ernie Johnson, Edgar Campbell) (Album version) - 2:35
  4. "Louisiana Blues" (McKinley Morganfield) - 2:37
  5. "That's All I Am to You" (Otis Blackwell, Winfield Scott) - 2:08
  6. "Going Down Slow" (Jimmy Oden) - 6:12 The 2014 CD reissue has asterisks for tracks 1 and 3, but no explanation of them, so Globalia.net may be correct.

;The Animals

  • Eric Burdon — lead vocals on 1–12
  • Chas Chandler — bass guitar, vocals on 2 and 4–12
  • Dave Rowberry — organ, piano on 2 and 4–12
  • Hilton Valentine — guitar on 2 and 4–12
  • Barry Jenkins — drums on 2 and 4–12
  • John Steel — drums on 9 and 11

with:

  • Frank Zappa — arrangements on 1 and 3, guitar on 1, and bass guitar on 3

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