Animals
Three long songs about dogs, pigs and sheep, loosely based on Orwell's Animal Farm.
Pink Floyd, 1977
- Released
- 21 January 1977 (UK), 12 February 1977 (US)
- Studio
- Britannia Row Studios, London
- Label
- Harvest (UK), Columbia (US)
- Producer
- Pink Floyd
- Length
- 41:40
Recorded at the band's own Britannia Row Studios with engineer Brian Humphries, it reached number 2 in Britain and number 3 in the United States, and went four times Platinum there. A giant pig balloon used for the cover shoot at Battersea Power Station broke loose, drifted over Heathrow and landed in Kent. Years later the Edge of U2 said he bought his first delay pedal after hearing Dogs.
Dogs began in 1974 as You've Got to Be Crazy and was played on the 1974 and 1975 tours before it was recorded for the album.
Track listing
- Pigs on the Wing 11:24
- Dogs17:04
- Pigs (Three Different Ones)11:28
- Sheep10:20
- Pigs on the Wing 21:24
More from Pink Floyd
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967), A Saucerful of Secrets (1968), Atom Heart Mother (1970), Meddle (1971), The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), The Wall (1979), The Final Cut (1983)
Sources
- Animals (Pink Floyd album), Wikipedia
- Pink Floyd, Wikipedia
- Dogs (Pink Floyd song), Wikipedia