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intereact!Pink Floyd
Retail Price (not our price): $17.98
Release Date: 2000-04-25
Manufacturer: Capitol
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com essential recording
Although not in the same vein as the deliciously hallucinogenic earlier Floyd works such as Ummagumma and Dark Side of the Moon, Animals is innovative and musically diverse in its own right. Inspired in part by George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm, Roger Waters condemns the avarice and inequalities of capitalism, metaphorically and musically grouping humans as pigs, dogs, and sheep. The pigs are self-righteous hypocrites inflicting their beliefs on everyone else, the dogs greedy money-grabbers, and the sheep witless followers. Dark, cynical, and brilliantly composed, Animals is an ingenious and under-acknowledged album. --Naomi Gesinger
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) Great! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
After writing what would become two of their truly classic albums, this album comes off as an "in-between" to most casual listeners, and as a hidden gem to most dedicated fans. Another of those "I've never heard this on the radio" albums, this one has all of the things that have made Pink Floyd an iconic name. Two very short, simple tracks, surround three magnificent, epic tracks, each with a very different feel to it. I'm uncertain as to whether this has ever been confirmed, but many consider this album to have been based on the animal hierarchy set up in George Orwell's Animal Farm, and the presence of tracks entitled "Pigs," "Dogs," and "Sheep" certainly lends credence to that theory. However, unlike Orwell's criticism of Marxism, this plays more as a general criticism of political blindness and the abuse of power. A great album!2) Animals Review [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Animals is Pink Floyd that focuses mainly on a single guitar. The album isn't quite as good as Wish you were here, however most songs are quite well done.3) Are you a pig, dog, or sheep? [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The unrelenting negativity of the lyrics, but beauty of the compositions and performance makes this the seminal Pink Floyd album, and my favorite. Skip the feel good stuff they did, and rock out to bleakness and harsh noon daylight. It's oddly uplifting and stays with you.4) New Items are always good! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
The order was recieved in a timely manor, it was new, and it will be enjoyed by the person I gave it to. After all he did ask for it by name and title.5) Pink Floyd - Are You A Dog Pig Or Sheep? [Rating: 5 out of 5]
"Animals" is one of those albums that gets fairly mixed reviews from Pink Floyd fans. Most don't rate it up with the band's best, and it seems to have been a bit of a transitional album for the band. I have always thought that it was a brilliant piece of work. The album is probably the hardest rocking of any of Floyd's stuff, and the lyrics rank right up with Roger Waters most cynical. The album is somewhat based on George Orwell's Animal Farm with humanity divided into Dogs, Pigs, and Sheep. Anyone who works in the corporate world should be able to relate to "Dogs" and "Sheep" is one of the best single compositions the band ever did in my opinion. "Pigs (3 Different Ones)", does not work quite as well, but is still solid. The opening and closing acoustic numbers "Pigs On The Wing Part One And Two" serve as an intro and coda to the rest of the material. David Gilmour has some great guitar parts on this disc and Richard Wright's keyboard work is some of his most creative. Opinions certainly seem to vary on this one, but for me it is another essential album in my Pink Floyd collection.