The Animals on Tour

The Animals on Tour
The Animals on Tour
Studio album by The Animals
Released	February 1965
Recorded	22 January–16 November 1964
Genre	Rock, blues rock, rhythm and blues
Length	34:14
Label	MGM
Producer	Mickie Most
The Animals U.S. chronology
Singles from The Animals on Tour
	"I'm Crying"; Released: Sept 1964; "Boom Boom"; Released: Nov 1964;

The Animals on Tour is the second American studio album by British rock band The Animals. It was released by MGM Records in February 1965 (see 1965 in music).^[1] The album included two previously released singles, "I'm Crying" and "Boom Boom" and is mostly made up of leftovers from the British The Animals album (not included on the American version) and unreleased tracks intended for the British version of Animal Tracks.

The album was available in both mono and stereo formats. The songs on the stereo release were all rechanneled,^[3] which means that the original songs were mixed in mono and were re-mixed to simulate stereo. Rechanneling often occurred on American releases by British artists.

Despite what the title indicates, The Animals on Tour is not a live album; it is entirely made up of studio recordings. The album reached #99 on the Billboard 200.^[4]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording Date	Length
1.	"Boom Boom" (Edited version without guitar solo, single A-Side, 1964)	John Lee Hooker	22 January 1964	2:57
2.	"How You've Changed"	Chuck Berry	16 November 1964	3:10
3.	"Mess Around"	A. Nugetre	16 November 1964	2:18
4.	"Bright Lights, Big City"	Jimmy Reed	16 November 1964	2:52
5.	"I Believe to My Soul"	Ray Charles	16 November 1964	3:23
6.	"Worried Life Blues"	Big Maceo Merriweather	16 November 1964	4:09
Total length:				18:49

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording Date	Length
1.	"Let the Good Times Roll"	Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee	16 November 1964	1:52
2.	"I Ain't Got You"	Calvin Carter	16 November 1964	2:27
3.	"Hallelujah, I Love Her So"	Ray Charles	16 November 1964	2:43
4.	"I'm Crying"	Eric Burdon Alan Price	31 July 1964	2:49
5.	"Dimples" (Different version than that released on the UK album The Animals)	John Lee Hooker James Bracken	22 January 1964	3:15
6.	"She Said Yeah"	Roddy Jackson Sonny Christy	31 July 1964	2:19
Total length:				15:25

Personnel

The Animals

Eric Burdon – vocals
Alan Price – keyboards
Hilton Valentine – guitar
Chas Chandler – bass
John Steel – drums

Technical

Val Valentin – engineer

References

^ ^a ^b Ackerman, Paul, ed. (13 February 1965). "New Album Releases: MGM". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 7. p. 44. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ "The Story of the Animals". The Singles+ (CD liner). The Animals. Netherlands: BR Music. 1999. p. 2. BS 8112-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Edwards, David; Callahan, Mike; Eyries, Patrice; Preuss, Peter. "MGM Album Discography, Part 8: E-4201 to E-4400 (1964–1966)". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
^ "The Animals: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

[Billboard-1] Ackerman, Paul, ed. (13 February 1965). "New Album Releases: MGM". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 7. p. 44. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

[2] "The Story of the Animals". The Singles+ (CD liner). The Animals. Netherlands: BR Music. 1999. p. 2. BS 8112-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[3] Edwards, David; Callahan, Mike; Eyries, Patrice; Preuss, Peter. "MGM Album Discography, Part 8: E-4201 to E-4400 (1964–1966)". Both Sides Now Publications. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

[4] "The Animals: Charts & Awards – Billboard Albums". Allmusic. United States: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]