The Animals (60th Anniversary Edition) (National Album Day 2024) vinyl

This October marks the 60th Anniversary of The Animals' self-titled debut album. Never heard before in official vinyl reissue form, this remarkable return hears the mod rock menagerie of Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler and John Steel come together for a worthy groove-laid garage shutdown. With such hits enduring hits in tow as 'I've Been Around', 'I'm In Love Again' and 'Bury My Body' - though not packing their standalone, transatlantic treat 'House Of The Rising Sun' - this early record, first released on Columbia Records, tells the sonic tale of a now under-appreciated Newcastle band, whose efforts were nonetheless instrumental in helping to usher in the so-called British Invasion (musically) of the US music market in the 1960s.