ANIMALS

Following DSOM and WYWH, first impressions of this album can be a little negative and I can understand a number of 3 star ratings given. Personally I find myself listening to this album more than its 2 more sophisticated predecessors, is my personal favourite and highly underrated. The album leans more towards acoustic rock and has a harder edge. Rogers voice may not be to everybodies taste but probably suites this harder sound better than Dave's. Dogs is the standout piece but again the band have produced an album with no weak points. A true masterpiece considering this was 1977 and everybody else were shifting away from long progressive pieces to shorter commercial music.