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Animals by Pink Floyd
Animals is an album by Pink Floyd, released in 1977. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 42 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Dogs”, on 12 lists with a best position of #103.
Animals, Pink Floyd's tenth album, arrived on Harvest in January 1977, made through 1976 at the band's new Britannia Row Studios in London. Roger Waters, bass player, chief songwriter and the man with the concepts, aimed the band's long-form style at the social and political state of mid-'70s Britain, with songs named for dogs, sheep and pigs, and David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason stretched them out into long, bitter suites.
"Dogs" snarls and sprawls, "Sheep" builds to a stampede, and "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" sneers with contempt. There were no singles; they took it out on the In the Flesh tour instead, and Waters' agitation with audiences on that tour planted the seed for The Wall. The sleeve, Waters' idea designed by Storm Thorgerson, floats an inflatable pig between two chimneys of Battersea Power Station. Reviews were mixed at first, but many now count it among their greatest.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Animals on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | 12 | #103 | – | 2004–2025 | |
| 2 | Sheep | 14 | #248 | – | 1997–2025 | |
| 3 | Pigs (Three Different Ones) | 16 | #14 | – | 1977–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.