The Animals | ||||
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Studio album by The Animals | ||||
Released | September 1964 | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Genre | British blues, rhythm and blues | |||
Length | 32:41 | |||
Label | MGM | |||
Producer | Mickie Most | |||
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The Animals is the self-titled American debut album from British invasion group, The Animals. Released in late summer 1964, the album introduced the States to the "drawling, dirty R&B sound (with the emphasis on the B)" that typified the group. The album featured many R&B standards, written by the likes of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and John Lee Hooker, as well as the classic #1 hit single "House of the Rising Sun", here presented in its truncated-for-radio form (it would be restored to full length on the February 1966 compilation The Best of The Animals).
The British album The Animals was released a month later, the group's debut album there albeit with substantially differing contents.