Review of The Animals : Animal Tracks [Japan Bonus Tracks]
Japanese remastered reissue of 1965 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve, includes eight bonus tracks, 'Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood', 'Club-A-Go-Go', 'Bring It On Home To Me', 'We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place', 'I Can't Believe It', 'It's My Life', 'I'm Gonna Change The World', & 'Don't Want Much'. EMI. 2002.

Users's Reviews - The Animals : Great Rhythum and Blues
I have this Cd.Great Stuff.Turn it up.Alan Price plays the Vox Organ like no one else.Listen to him smoke on the long version of "Talkin Bout You"-Great music -Great Band-For all our Miltary in the Far East-I know your favorite Animals song is "We Gotta Get Outta This Place-Eric's still singing it-Buy this CD-Great--Charlie

Your latest reviews - The Animals : As a revival album, this is no lame duck
I have this album on Vinyl but, since it's in England and I'm in Japan, I thought I'd add it to my CD collection too. It's been a while since I lisented to it (maybe 8/9 years) and it was with new ears that I listened this time round. Seems even better than before. The songs are not so gutsy as the earlier Animals turnouts but I think it just reflects how the band members had mellowed by this time. Having been off doing their own things for 11 years or so they came back a little wiser, a little more laid back and self satisfied perhaps. Probably they weren't trying to make a point or prove anything with this album - they'd already done all that - and just wanted to blow the dust off a bit. I think the beauty of this album lies in the fact that the material is pretty simple and, as such, helps accentuate the genius of Alan Price's keyboards, the subtlety and finesse of Hilton Valentine's guitar work (there's some nice riffs and licks in there), the burning power of Burdon's voice, the simple yet driving base of Chandler and the earthy percussion of Steele. They get back to their bluesier and gutsier roots with a few numbers, such as 'fire on the sun', 'brother bill', 'just a little bit' and my favourite, 'the fool'. There are powerful renditions of classics - 'many rivers to cross' and Bob Dylan's unforgettable 'it's all over now, baby blue'. On these, and 'please send me someone to love', Eric Burdon's voice is at its most crystaline and gut tugging. There are a couple of songs that aren't bad but they don't grab me so much - 'riverside county' and 'as the crow flies'. Ok, but just as fillers. As a band revival album I reckon this one of the better attempts - just to say 'we're still around and we can still rock if we want'. Unfortunately, the music scene and attitudes in the UK (and the world) had changed by 1977 and this album didn't really get the acclaim that it should have, and kind of got buried and forgotten quite quickly. Shame. I think it has a kind of subtle yet solid, almost legendary sound and should be remembered along with the earlier material the band produced. Their later album 'Ark', which they made in 1983, doesn't have the same impact (aside from a few songs it doesn't really say 'we're the Animals at all) but, it's listenable. BWWSRI is well worth adding to your collection.