The Animals - Animal Tracks [Japan Bonus Tracks]

The Japanese remastering of the group's second LP, originally issued in early 1965, essentially cleans out the EMI vaults, closing out the Alan Price era and presenting the dawn of the Dave Rowberry era on the accompanying singles. The high-resolution audio seemingly brings John Steel's drums, Price's piano, and Hilton Valentine's guitar in a lot closer to the microphones so they can hold their own against Eric Burdon's singing, and allows one to pick the subtlety and power of the entire band as it approached its peak. Read More