Animal Tracks (British album)

Animal Tracks is the second studio album by British R&B/blues rock band the Animals. It was released in May 1965, on Columbia, and was the group's last album with the full participation of Alan Price until the release of the original quintet's 1977 reunion album, Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted.^[4] It reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart and remained there for 26 weeks.^[5]

Animal Tracks
Studio album by the Animals
Released	7 May 1965
Recorded	16–17 November 1964; 20 March 1965[1]
Genre	Blues rock, R&B[2]
Length	32:25
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mickie Most
The Animals UK chronology
The Animals (1964) Animal Tracks (1965) Animalisms (1966)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mess Around"	Ahmet Ertegun	2:22
2.	"How You've Changed"	Chuck Berry	3:14
3.	"Hallelujah I Love Her So"	Ray Charles	2:48
4.	"I Believe to My Soul"	Charles, Allan Learner	3:26
5.	"Worried Life Blues"	Major Merriweather	4:13
6.	"Roberta"	Huey "Piano" Smith, Johnny Vincent	2:08

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Ain't Got You"	Calvin Carter	2:31
2.	"Bright Lights, Big City"	Jimmy Reed	2:57
3.	"Let the Good Times Roll"	Shirley Goodman	1:57
4.	"For Miss Caulker"	Eric Burdon	3:59
5.	"Road Runner"	Ellas McDaniel	2:50

Personnel

The Animals

• Eric Burdon – lead vocals
• Hilton Valentine – guitar, vocals
• Alan Price – keyboards, vocals
• Chas Chandler – bass, vocals
• John Steel – drums, percussion

Technical

• Mickie Most – producer, liner notes
• Val Valentin – engineer

Charts

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	1965	6

References

1. "The Animals". Chrome Oxide. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
2. "Animal Tracks [UK] - The Animals | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
3. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
4. "The Complete Animals". discogs. Retrieved 29 December 2018. The album's release date is given in liner notes of CD release--see 10th image.
5. "UK Chart Stats". Official Charts. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2018.