The Animals - The Singles Plus (1994) (2 CDs) torrent

This is the same torrent that was uploaded to Demonoid in July 2008.


The Animals - The Singles Plus (1994) (2 CDs)

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Includes:
Files by track, ripped at FLAC 8 using Easy CD-DA Extractor (www.poikosoft.com)
Tracks have full tags (including embedded thumbnail).
All artwork in jpgs at 300 d.p.i. Rotated and cropped losslessly using jpegcrop. (Includes 12 page booklet.)
AMG Bio.txt
AMG Review.txt
Notes.txt (which is simply these notes included in the torrent)

Bio Excerpt from All Music:

One of the most important bands originating from England's R&B scene during the early '60s, the Animals were second only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B-based bands in the first wave of the British Invasion. The Animals had their origins in a Newcastle-based group called the Kansas City Five, whose membership included pianist Alan Price, drummer John Steel, and vocalist Eric Burdon. Price exited to join the Kontours in 1962, while Burdon went off to London. The Kontours, whose membership included Bryan "Chas" Chandler, eventually were transmuted into the Alan Price R&B Combo, with John Steel joining on drums. Burdon's return to Newcastle in early 1963 heralded his return to the lineup. The final member of the combo, guitarist Hilton Valentine, joined just in time for the recording of a self-produced EP under the band's new name, the Animals. That record alerted Graham Bond to the Animals; he was likely responsible for pointing impresario Giorgio Gomelsky to the group. ....

To read the entire bio:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:jiftxqw5ldae~T1

All Music Album Review:

This double-disc, 41-track collection does what the title promises. It runs through the Animals' -- and the subsequent Eric Burdon & the Animals' -- singles, A- and B-sides from March 1964's "Baby Let Me Take You Home" till January 1969's cover of "Ring of Fire." By representing both the early- and late-'60s Animals incarnations, it's a relatively comprehensive summation of the band, at least as embodied by their singles. It's not complete since there is nothing from the band's excellent 1977 reunion album Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted. Also, the dreadful 1983 second reunion track "The Night" is incongruously and non-chronologically tacked on as the last cut of the first disc, making the omission of Rudely material that much more frustrating. That said, this is nonetheless a solid compilation of the Eric Burdon-led combo as they progress from the Chicago blues interpreters that exposed many '60s youngsters to the music of John Lee Hooker and Jimmy Reed to the rampant, often over-the-top psychedelics of "Sky Pilot" and the good-natured flower-power simplicity of "Monterey." The sound varies, but is generally lackluster with the earlier tracks oddly seeming more vivid and less compressed than the later ones, which appear muddy in comparison. The 12-page booklet is unreasonably skimpy though. Reproductions of some single sleeves make a worthy addition; however, the lack of individual track personnel is a frustrating omission and the short, poorly written essay is embarrassing. The B-sides provide interesting rarities such as "White Houses" ("River Deep, Mountain High"'s flip) and "It's All Meat," a 1968 obscurity that sounds remarkably like early Jefferson Airplane. While neither is up to the standards of the best tunes, they provide a full warts and all picture of the seminal group in its rootsy honesty, well-intentioned excess, and occasionally misguided glory.

Amazon.com has a page: http://www.amazon.com/Singles-Plus-Animals/dp/B00000JD1U/

Track List:

Disc 1:

01. The House Of The Rising Sun
02. Gonna Send You Back To Walker
03. I'm Crying
04. Boom Boom
05. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
06. Bring It On Home To Me
07. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
08. It's My Life
09. Baby Let Me Take You Home
10. Talkin' 'bout You
11. Take It Easy
12. Club A Go Go
13. Roadrunner
14. Mess Around
15. Dimples
16. I'm In Love Again
17. I Ain't Got You
18. Bright Lights Big City
19. Blue Feeling
20. The Night

Disc 2:

01. Inside - Looking Out
02. You're On My Mind
03. Don't Bring Me Down
04. Cheating
05. See See Rider
06. Help Me Girl
07. She'll Return It
08. That Ain't Where It's At
09. When I Was Young
10. A Girl Named Sandoz
11. San Franciscan Nights
12. Good Times
13. Monterey
14. The Other Side Of This Life
15. Sky Pilot
16. Anything
17. It's All Meat
18. River Deep, Mountain High
19. White Houses
20. Ring Of Fire
21. I'm An Animal

More album detail at: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:avfyxqt0ld0e