The Most of the Animals


The Most of the Animals is the title of a number of different compilation albums by the British blues rock group the Animals. Although track listing varies, all feature only songs from 1964 and 1965. The title is derived from the name of their then producer Mickie Most.
The first album was released in April 1966 by Columbia. Most of the material had not featured on either of their previous two UK LPs. The album reached number four - their highest position so far on the UK album chart. It was their final album for EMI-owned Columbia before moving to Decca.
The album was issued on EMI's budget Music for Pleasure label in 1971 with a different track listing. This version also charted, reaching number 17. This is the version of the album that has spent the longest in print, being available on LP and cassette throughout the 1970s and 1980s and is still available in extended form on CD. It is also the basis for the 1997 release The Best of the Animals. Another version was released in 1993 in Australia.

1966 track listing

The album was released by Columbia in April 1966.

Side one

  1. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place"
  2. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
  3. "Boom Boom"
  4. "Baby Let Me Take You Home"
  5. "Bright Lights, Big City"
  6. "I'm Crying"
  7. "The House of the Rising Sun"

    Side two

  8. "It's My Life"
  9. "Mess Around"
  10. "Dimples"
  11. "Bring It On Home to Me"
  12. "Gonna Send You Back to Walker"
  13. "I'm Mad Again"
  14. "Talkin' 'bout You"

    1971 track listing

Released by Music for Pleasure in 1971.

Side one

  1. "The House of the Rising Sun" – 4:32
  2. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" – 3:15
  3. "Road Runner" – 2:51
  4. "Let the Good Times Roll" – 1:56
  5. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" – 2:48
  6. "I'm Going to Change the World" – 3:37

    Side two

  7. "Bring It On Home to Me" – 2:45
  8. "Worried Life Blues" – 4:13
  9. "Baby Let Me Take You Home" – 2:22
  10. "For Miss Caulker" – 3:59
  11. "I Believe to My Soul" – 3:25
  12. "How You've Changed" – 3:15

    CD bonus tracks

  13. "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" – 2:30
  14. "It's My Life" – 3:09
  15. "Club-A-Gogo" – 2:22
  16. "I'm Crying" – 2:48

    1993 track listing

Released by EMI Music Australia in 1993.

Charts