Eric Burdon (Newcastle/GB, 5/04/41, vocais), Alan Price (County Durham/GB, 19/04/42, teclados), Bryan Chandler (Chas, Newcastle/GB, 18/12/48, baixo), John Steel (Gateshead/GB, 4/02/41, bateria) e Hilton Valentine (North Shields/GB, 21/05/43, guitarra) formam o Animals em 63 - Com o segundo single, "House Of The Rising Sun", chegam ao topo da parada norte-americana - Alan Price é substituído por Dave Rowberry (Newcastle/GB, 27/12/43, teclados) em Animal Traeks (65) - Em 66, Steel sai, cedendo lugar para Barry Jenkins (Leicester/GB, 22/12/44, bateria). Terão mais dois hits nesse ano: "Don´t Bring Me Down" e "See See Rider" - Pouco antes do lançamento de Animalisms, o grupo se desintegra. Será reformado como Eric Burdon & The New Animais, com Jenkins, Johnny Weider (Shepherd´s Bush/GB, 21/04/47, guitarra), Vic Briggs (Twickenham/GB, 14/02/45, guitarra) e Danny McCullough, Londres/GB, 18/07/45,baixo) - Winds Of Change (67) traz o hit "San Francisco Nigths" - Depois do lançamento de Twain..., em 68, Briggs e McCullough são substituídos por Zoot Money (teclados) e Andy Summers (guitarra -> Police). O álbum seguinte, Every One..., traz o último hit dessa fase, "White Houses". O grupo se separa após o lançamento de Love Is, em 69 - Em 76, a formação original volta a se reunir e grava Before... - Fizeram outro breve retorno em 83 com os LPs Ark e Rip It... (ao vivo).
FRASES: "Eu deixaria as drogas ou as mulheres acabarem comigo. Mas eu nunca deixaria que a indústria musical fizesse isso."
FRASES: "Eu deixaria as drogas ou as mulheres acabarem comigo. Mas eu nunca deixaria que a indústria musical fizesse isso."
The Complete Animals
CD 01
01. Boon Boom
02. Talkin' Bout You (Full Version)
03. Blue Feeling (Previously Unreleased In The UK)
04. Dimples
05. Baby Let Me Take You Home
06. Gonna Send You Back To Walker
07. Baby What's Wrong (Previously Unreleased)
08. The House Of The Rising Sun
09. F-E-E-L (Previously Unreleased)
10. I'm Mad Again
11. The Right Time
12. Around And Around
13. I'm In Love Again
14. Bury My Body
15. She Said Yeah
16. I'm Crying
17. Take It Easy
18. The Story Of Bo Diddley
19. The Girl Can't Help It
20. I've Been Around
01. Boon Boom
02. Talkin' Bout You (Full Version)
03. Blue Feeling (Previously Unreleased In The UK)
04. Dimples
05. Baby Let Me Take You Home
06. Gonna Send You Back To Walker
07. Baby What's Wrong (Previously Unreleased)
08. The House Of The Rising Sun
09. F-E-E-L (Previously Unreleased)
10. I'm Mad Again
11. The Right Time
12. Around And Around
13. I'm In Love Again
14. Bury My Body
15. She Said Yeah
16. I'm Crying
17. Take It Easy
18. The Story Of Bo Diddley
19. The Girl Can't Help It
20. I've Been Around
CD 02
01. Memphis Tennesee
02. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
03. Club-A-Gogo
04. Roadrunner
05. Hallelujah I Love Her So
06. Don't Want Much (Previously Unreleased)
07. I Believe To My Soul
08. Let The Good Times Roll
09. Mess Around
10. How You've Changed
11. I Ain't Got You
12. Roberta
13. Bright Lights Big City
14. Worried Life Blues
15. Bring It On Home To Me
16. For Miss Caulker
17. I Can't Believe It
18. We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
19. It's My Life
20. I'm Gonna Change The World
