![]() They were reworked to fit the new concept, and separated by a Waters-penned composition, "Pigs (Three Different Ones)". "Raving and Drooling" and "You've Got to Be Crazy", two songs previously performed live and considered for Wish You Were Here, reappeared as "Sheep" and "Dogs" respectively. Īnimals was engineered by a previous Floyd collaborator, Brian Humphries, and recording took place at Britannia Row from April to December 1976, continuing into early 1977. Its construction took up most of 1975, and in April 1976 the band started work on their tenth studio album, Animals, at the new facility. Their deal with Harvest Records' parent company EMI for unlimited studio time in return for a reduced percentage of sales had expired, and they converted the building into a recording studio and storage facility. ![]() In 1975, Pink Floyd bought a three-storey block of church halls at 35 Britannia Row in Islington, north London. It initially received mixed reviews, but gained more favourable reviews in later years, and is considered one of the band's best works. Animals reached number 2 in the UK and number 3 in the US. Waters' agitation with audiences during this tour inspired their next album, The Wall (1979). Pink Floyd released no singles from Animals but promoted it through the In the Flesh tour. The album's cover, conceived by the band's bassist and lead songwriter Roger Waters and designed by long-time collaborator Storm Thorgerson, shows an inflatable pig floating between two chimneys of Battersea Power Station. Tension within the band during production culminated in keyboardist Richard Wright being fired two years later. ![]() The album continued the longform compositions that made up their previous works, including Wish You Were Here (1975).Īnimals is both a progressive rock album and a concept album, focusing on the social-political conditions of mid-1970s Britain, and was a change from the style of Pink Floyd's work. It was self-produced at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row Studios in London throughout 1976. Animals is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977 through Harvest Records and Columbia Records.
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