Sunday, December 18, 2011

The Animals -- Animal Tracks

  US release of Animal Tracks works more like a compilation than an actual album.  These Animals are hard edge Garage Blues royalties who certainly know their licks, my only real problem with the record is Burdon's sporadic opera tones he explores with his voice, which he turns up to eleven later in his career.  These guys definitely had a leg up on the Doors by a couple years, thanks to Alan Price's brilliant keyboard playing.  So just "Bury My Body, I don't care where they ...."