The Best of The Animals ("Digitally Remastered from Original Master Recordings" on cover)

~ Release by The Animals (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
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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:
Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) (in 1964) and EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1964, in 2002)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1964 (recordings) (number: 11), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock, Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 122), BILLIONS CLUB and Rolling Stone: 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, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Keith Prowse, Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
arrangement of:
House of the Rising Sun
4.254:32
2I’m Crying
recording of:
I’m Crying
writer:
Eric Burdon and Alan Price
translated version of:
Estoy llorando
32:48
3Baby Let Me Take You Home
arranger:
Alan Price
recording of:
Baby Let Me Take You Home
writer:
Bert Russell Berns and Wes Farrell
version of:
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Eric Von Schmidt version)
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
2.752:23
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
42:47
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.
31:55
6Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
part of:
Rolling Stone: 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, Gloria Caldwell, 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)
4.32:28
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.
43:04
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.
43:18
9We Gotta Get Out of This Place
recording of:
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
writer:
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI), EMI Music Publishing Japan, Fujipacific Division (until 2021-06-30), Francis, Day & Hunter (publisher) (in 1979) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング フジパシフィック事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., Fujipacific Division) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
53:17
10I’m in Love Again
cover recording of:
I’m in Love Again
writer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
3:03
11Bury My Body
recording of:
Bury My Body (The Animals arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Alan Price
is based on:
Bury My Body
32:52
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)
32:25
13Story of Bo Diddley
recording of:
The Story of Bo Diddley
lyricist:
Eric Burdon
composer:
Eric Burdon and Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
5:45
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), EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
53:14
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 (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, ABKCO Music Ltd., ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
2.752:36

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Wikidata:Q7717269 [info]