The Ultimate Best of the Animals

~ Release by The Animals (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Boom 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.
43:21
2Memphis Tennessee
cover recording of:
Memphis, Tennessee
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Isalee Music and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
33:09
3Don'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)
4.32:30
4Talkin' 'Bout You
cover recording of:
Talkin’ ’bout You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
3.57:06
5Blue Feeling
recording of:
Blue Feeling
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Henshaw
3.52:34
6Club a Go-Go
recording of:
Club A‐Gogo
writer:
Eric Burdon and Alan Price
42:22
7Dimples
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.
32:53
8Roadrunner
cover recording of:
Road Runner
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
3.52:51
9Baby Let Me Take You Home
arranger:
Alan Price
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
10Hallelujah I Love Her So
cover recording of:
Hallelujah, I Love Her So
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
3.52:49
11Don't Want Much
33:25
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)
32:31
13Baby What's Wrong
cover recording of:
Baby What’s Wrong
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
32:51
14I Believe to My Soul
cover recording of:
I Believe to My Soul
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.
3.53:27
15Let the Good Times Roll
cover recording of:
Let the Good Times Roll
writer:
Shirley Goodman and Leonard Lee (rhythm & blues and doo wop singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI), Pixley Music (publisher), Travis Music Co. and Unart Music Corp.
2.51:57
16The House 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), Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. (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
4.24:32
17F-E-E-L
recording of:
F-E-E-L
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:44
18Mess Around
cover recording of:
Mess Around
writer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:22
19How You've Changed
cover recording of:
How You’ve Changed
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
3:15
20I'm Mad Again
cover recording of:
I’m Mad Again
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
34:18
21I Ain't Got You
cover recording of:
I Ain’t Got You
lyricist and composer:
Calvin Carter
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
32:31
22Night Time Is the Right Time
cover recording of:
Night Time Is the Right Time
composer:
Lew Herman
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Planemar Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Tro-Essex Music
3.353:48
23Around 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
24Roberta
cover recording of:
Roberta
writer:
Huey “Piano” Smith and Johnny Vincent
4.52:07
25Bright Lights Big City
cover recording of:
Bright Lights, Big City
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Reed (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
2:57
26I'm in Love Again
cover recording of:
I’m in Love Again
writer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
3:04
27Bury 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
32:53
28Worried Life Blues
cover recording of:
Worried Life Blues
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
34:14
29Bring 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.
2.752:46
30She Said Yeah
cover recording of:
She Said, “Yeah”
writer:
Roddy Jackson and S. Christy
2:22
31For Miss Caulker
recording of:
For Miss Caulker
lyricist and composer:
Eric Burdon
4:00
32I'm Crying
recording of:
I’m Crying
writer:
Eric Burdon and Alan Price
translated version of:
Estoy llorando
32:49
33I Can't Believe It
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
I Can’t Believe It
composer:
Eric Burdon
publisher:
Salamina Music
33:34
34Take It Easy
recording of:
Take It Easy
writer:
Eric Burdon and Alan Price
3.52:55
35The Story 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)
45:46
36We Gotta Get Out of This Place
3:16
37It'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)
53:09
38The Girl Can't Help It
cover recording of:
The Girl Can’t Help It
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Troup
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp. and Twentieth Century Music Corp. (in 1956)
2:24
39I'm Gonna Change the World
producer:
Mickie Most (English record producer)
recording of:
I’m Going to Change the World
lyricist and composer:
Eric Burdon
3.53:34
40I've Been Around
cover recording of:
I’ve Been Around
lyricist and composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino)
1:37