Animals

by Pink Floyd

Type: Album
Released: 21 January 1977
Label: Harvest, Columbia
Country: United Kingdom
Length: 41:39
Community rating: 4.38/5 from 63 ratings

Artists on this release: Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Loosely based on George Orwell's 'Animal Farm', Pink Floyd's 'Animals' is a concept album offering a bleak critique of the sociopolitical conditions in 1970s Britain, categorizing society into predatory dogs, tyrannical pigs, and a mindless flock of sheep. The album's sound is defined by three sprawling rock compositions, noted for their long-form structure and David Gilmour's incisive guitar solos, which are framed by the quieter, acoustic-driven song 'Pigs on the Wing'. Recorded at the band's new Britannia Row Studios, the sessions were characterized by Roger Waters' increasing creative dominance and internal friction that foreshadowed future lineup changes and directly inspired the themes of their next album, 'The Wall'.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, political, long-form, conceptual, bleak

Tracklist

Credits

Roger Waters - lead vocals, vocal harmonies, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, ems vcs 3, sleeve concept, tape effects, vocoder
Richard Wright - keyboards, hammond organ, arp solina, piano, clavinet, minimoog, ems vcs 3, vocal harmonies
David Gilmour - lead vocals, vocal harmonies, electric rhythm and lead guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, sound effects, talk box
Nick Mason - drums, cowbell, vocoder, graphics, tape effects
Snowy White - guitar solo (on "pigs on the wing" 8-track version)
Pink Floyd - producer
Storm Thorgerson - sleeve design (organiser), art direction
Brian Humphries - engineer
Howard Bartrop - cover photography
E.R.G. Amsterdam - inflatable pig design
Aubrey Powell - sleeve design (organiser), art direction, photography
Peter Christopherson - photography
Nic Tucker - photography
Bob Ellis - photography
Rob Brimson - photography
Colin Jones - photography