Pink Floyd - Animals

Master of the Axe Joined : 06 Apr 2007 Posts : 510

So I've decided to pick up a bunch of Pink Floyd, due to my madness for them.

I've got Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, and recently Animals.

I'm liking Meddle the best, but Animals is coming as a close second.

What does everyone else think of Animals?

Age : 20 Joined : 12 Apr 2007 Posts : 206

Good choice of albums! Smile

I'd rate them in the same order, though if it wasn't for Echoes, my favourite song by them, I think I'd put Animals above Meddle.

The concept was (obviously I suppose) inspired by Orwell's book, Animal Farm, in which he uses a story of the animals on a farm as a metaphor for Russian Communism. The intent was to split people into 3 groups; Pigs, Dogs, and Sheep rather than to directly refer to the storyline in Animal Farm, and the lyrics are pretty interesting.

Of the three longer tracks Dogs is possibly my favourite, but it's very difficult to choose. I love the shorter song, Pigs on the Wing. At first it doesn't seem very significant next to the other three, but it's one of the best acoustic songs I own, and I like the way the album opens and closes with it. I think it complements the other three really well.
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moldy oldie Age : 32 Joined : 25 Dec 2006 Posts : 1759

Animals rules!
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Joined : 26 Dec 2006 Posts : 1911

Animals is probably the Pink Floyd album I play the most. It's great to kick back to and listen to as you are lying in bed at night.
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Age : 20 Joined : 21 Jul 2007 Posts : 2021

Animals is my favorite Pink Floyd album. Meddle is very good too but I rank is slightly lower.
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Age : 48 Joined : 06 Apr 2007 Posts : 3445

Animals is my favorite as well. I think Sheep may be my favorite Floyd track period.
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Subject: Re: Pink Floyd - Animals Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:14 am

Great album... Cool

I would rank my Floyd rather oddly I think, but oh well:

1. Meddle
2. A Momentary Lapse of Reason
3. Ummagumma (studio)
4. The Division Bell
5. Animals
6. Ummagumma (live)
8. Dark Side of the Moon
9. Atom Heart Mother
10. More
11. A Saucerful of Secrets
12. The Wall
13. Piper at the Gates of Dawn
14. Obscured by Clouds
15. The Final Cut
16. Wish You Were Here
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Joined : 09 Apr 2007 Posts : 584

...mayhaps I'll have to break out my copy and give it a few listens...haven't listened to Animals much, not as much as The Wall, Dark Side Of The Moon, and Momentary Lapse Of Reason. Thing about Pink Floyd, though, is that no matter what of theirs I put on, I always end up sitting in my chair stairing at the wall...kinda like "Pink" at the beginning of the movie, there...

...and the story behind the photo shoot for Animals, involving the giant inflatable pig getting loose, is darn funny...
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Age : 21 Joined : 18 May 2007 Posts : 2714

it is a great album.

i've got four Pink Floyd myself. Meddle, Darkside, Animals and Division Bell.
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Take me as I am Age : 82 Joined : 28 Dec 2006 Posts : 3803

The only Floyd I have is Wish You Were Here. I think I bought that one cuz it sounded interesting on Ult's site. I've never listened to it all the way through though.
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you should give some of the other ones a chance. why not start with the threads namesake? Twisted Evil

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Take me as I am Age : 82 Joined : 28 Dec 2006 Posts : 3803

Well... as Greg says... only 17,000 cd's left to get. I'll add some Floyd to the list.
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He's just pickier than you are, GW. Twisted Evil

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Of course......that was before you went from the very early 20s to 82. scratch

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TallT said:

Age : 24 Joined : 06 Aug 2007 Posts : 241

An amazing album....

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I have this disc on the way. Smile

Subject: Re: Pink Floyd - Animals Thu May 01, 2008 5:08 pm

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Sorry to upset you, Orion, but I'm just now getting into Floyd. I would probably have been chewed out for starting a separate thread on the subject by ye mods, so I'm reviving an older thread. Shocked