Animals (Pink Floyd album)

Animals
Animals
Studio album by Pink Floyd
Released	23 January 1977 (UK); 2 February 1977 (U.S.)
Recorded	April 1976 – November 1976 at Britannia Row Studios
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	41:46
Label	Harvest (UK original); EMI (UK reissue); Columbia (U.S. original); Capitol (U.S. reissue)
Producer	Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd chronology

Animals is a concept album by English progressive rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on 23 January 1977 in the United Kingdom and on 2 February 1977 in the United States. The album proved to be a success in the UK, where it reached #2 in the era of punk music. It was also a success in the U.S., reaching #3 on the Billboard album charts (#1 and #2 were Hotel California by the Eagles, and the soundtrack to the Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born). However, it was on the American charts for only six months even though it has continued to sell solidly, to the extent of its having gone quadruple platinum, according to the RIAA.

In the UK, the British Phonographic Industry awarded the album Gold (100,000 units) in 1977. It has yet to achieve Platinum.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Roger Waters.

Side one
No.	Title	Music	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Pigs on the Wing, Part 1"	Waters	Waters	1:25
2.	"Dogs"	Gilmour, Waters	Gilmour, Waters	17:03
Total length:				18:28

Side two
No.	Title	Music	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Pigs (Three Different Ones)"	Waters	Waters	11:25
2.	"Sheep"	Waters	Waters	10:25
3.	"Pigs on the Wing, Part 2"	Waters	Waters	1:23
Total length:				23:13

Animals (Pink Floyd Album) Media

Battersea Power Station (seen here in 2008) is the subject for the album's cover image.
The band played at Soldier Field in Chicago during their In the Flesh Tour in 1977.