Animals is a
Pink Floyd album, released in 1977. It is something of a concept album, based on
George Orwell's famous book
Animal Farm. Through three songs, all over 10 minutes in length,
Roger Waters equates humans to one of three animals: dogs, pigs, or sheep. Dogs are used to represent the power-hungry businessmen who end up being dragged down by the very weight they needed to throw around. Pigs represent the corrupt politicians (with a direct reference to
Margaret Thatcher and
Mary Whitehouse). Those who do not fall in those categories are sheep, who follow blindly, without any self-thought. The three songs are bookended by a pair of love songs written by Waters, Pigs On The Wing parts 1 & 2. On an interesting note,
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade[?] covered the entire album in some concerts and eventually released a recording of this exact cover.
Tracks:
- "Pigs On The Wing pt. 1" - 1:25 (Waters)
- "Dogs" - 17:08 (Waters/Gilmour)
- "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" - 11:28 (Waters)
- "Sheep" - 10:20 (Waters)
- "Pigs On The Wing pt. 2" - 1:25 (Waters)
Personnel:
Roger Waters - bass, vocals
David Gilmour - guitar, vocals
Richard Wright - keyboards
Nick Mason[?] - drums
Recorded at Brittania Row Studios in London