Animals (album)

Animals is a Pink Floyd concept album, recorded at the band's own Britannia Row Studios in London and released on 23 January 1977 in the UK on Harvest Records and then released on 2 February 1977 in the US and Canada originally on Columbia Records. It is a concept album, loosely reminiscent of George Orwell's famous book Animal Farm. A digitally re-mastered CD was subsequently released in Europe 1994 on EMI and in 1997 in for the rest of the world on Columbia/Sony. The 1997 remaster was then re-released on 25 April 2000 on Capitol Records in the US and EMI outside the US. Animals quickly reached #3 on The Billboard US Album charts in 1977 but quickly fell off the charts due to the fact it had three awkwardly long songs and a heavy bass sonic quality which kept the album from getting radio play. However, when remastered for the 1992 Pink Floyd box set Shine On, the sound of Animals was fresh and still startling as compared to other albums from 1977. It went Gold on 12 February 1977 and Platinum on 10 March 1977 in the US which was good but some saw as a flop compared to Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here. To date, Animals has sold over four million copies in the US alone, seven million worldwide and is currently listed as Quadruple Platinum by the R.I.A.A.. It marked the first-ever appearance of the Pink Floyd pig.

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Pink Floyd - Britannia Row Studios - London - 23 January - 1977 - 2 February - 1977 - Concept album - George Orwell - Animal Farm - CD - 1994 - 25 April - 2000 - Shine On - 12 February - 10 March - Dark Side of the Moon - Wish You Were Here - R.I.A.A. - Pink Floyd pig

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