The Very Best of The Animals

~ Release by The Animals (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1House of the Rising Sun
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
bass guitar:
Chas Chandler
drums (drum set):
John Steel (English musician)
electric guitar:
Hilton Valentine
organ:
Alan Price
lead vocals:
Eric Burdon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI-owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1964)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (recordings) (number: 11), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 122) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 471)
recording of:
The House of the Rising Sun (Alan Price (The Animals) arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alan Price
publisher:
Al Gallico Music, Keith Prowse and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
arrangement of:
House of the Rising Sun
4.054:31
2Boom Boom
cover recording of:
Boom Boom
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.
43:20
3Baby Let Me Take You Home
arranger:
Alan Price
cover recording of:
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Eric Von Schmidt version)
lyricist:
Blind Boy Fuller
additional composer:
Eric Von Schmidt
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
version of:
Baby, Let Me Lay It on You
2.252:22
4Talkin’ ’bout You
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
cover recording of:
Talkin’ ’bout You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
21:55
5I’m Crying
recording of:
I’m Crying
writer:
Eric Burdon and Alan Price
2.352:49
6Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood3.852:31
7Bring It On Home to Me
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
cover recording of:
Bring It On Home to Me
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke
publisher:
ABKCO Music, ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
2.252:44
8We Gotta Get Out of This Place
53:15
9Don’t Bring Me Down3:17
10It’s My Life
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (recordings) (number: 12)
cover recording of:
It’s My Life (The Animals)
lyricist:
Roger Atkins
composer:
Carl D’Errico
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
3.23:06

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Release

ASIN:UK: B007Q4ME48 [info]