The Best of The Animals

~ Release by The Animals (see all versions of this release, 9 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
4.054:32
2I’m Crying
recording of:
I’m Crying
writer:
Eric Burdon and Alan Price
2.352:48
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
2.252:21
4Around and Around
cover recording of:
Around and Around
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Good-Tunes-Music AG, Isalee Music Publishing Company and Rock ’n’ Roll Music
2.52:46
5Talkin’ ’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.
21:53
6Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 315)
cover recording of:
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
writer:
Bennie Benjamin, Sol Marcus and Horace Ott
publisher:
Bennie Benjamin Music Inc., Carlin Music Corporation, Chris-n-Jen Music, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) and Unichappell Music, Inc. (in 1981)
3.852:29
7Boom 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.
43:19
8Dimples
cover recording of:
Dimples
lyricist:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1956)
composer:
James Bracken
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Costoma Publishing Company and Tristan Music Ltd.
2.53:18
9We Gotta Get Out of This Place
23:13
10I’m in Love Again
cover recording of:
I’m in Love Again
writer:
Antoine Dominique Domino and Dave Bartholomew
23:02
11Bury My Body
recording of:
Bury My Body (The Animals arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alan Price
22:52
12Gonna Send You Back to Walker
cover recording of:
Gonna Send You Back to Walker
writer:
John Hammond (blues singer and guitarist) and Johnnie Mae Matthews
is based on:
Gonna Send You Back to Georgia (A City Slick)
22:30
13Story of Bo Diddley
25:46
14It’s My Life
recording of:
It’s My Life (The Animals)
lyricist:
Roger Atkins
composer:
Carl D’Errico
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
13:08
15Bring 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.
2.252:42

Credits

Release

manufactured in:United States
printed in:United States
copyrighted (©) by:ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. (not an imprint, please use “ABKCO” instead) (in 1987)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2769989 [info]
ASIN:US: B000003BDD [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/the_animals/the_best_of_the_animals__original_60s_master_recordings/ [info]

Release Group

Wikidata:Q7717269 [info]