Pink Floyd Animals Documentary.

[@progrockdocs]

This a second upload. The first was flagged as having 'adult content' Presumably the Scarfe drawings having half a cock in them or something (or Waters Swearing?) both fine for 1977 but not in today's more enlightened times. I've censored the Scarfe drawings for this upload. They were due to be used on the Animals tour no less! If this video remains a week, I'll remove the old upload, but the old comments go with it, so consider adding again here as many enjoy reading them.

[@pottedrodenttube]

Maggie Thatch's ghost cursed it.

[@alvarhanso6310]

Thanks for the upload, great stuff!

[@clemclemson9259]

thanks KZbin....

[@greendragonreprised6885]

Don't worry about KZbin censoring Scarfe's artwork. I've watched this video sitting between the Wife, a flying vagina with fangs, and the Judge, a wig-wearing taking anus from The Wall I picked up at Christie's back in 91. I dare say both would be considered unacceptable today.

[@patgalvez4563]

i MISS THE 80'S...

[@ewanfraser]

It’s crazy to hear how rough these songs were before they got polished up for the album. Just shows you how much work goes into these songs.

[@booley4512]

The album holds more true today than when released. IMO a rock masterpiece!

[@CaptainGanja]

Animals was ahead of its time and so misunderstood. Definitely one of my favorites. I like this one and most of their albums before Dark Side Of The Moon a lot better than the more commercial ones.

[@theo9952]

Most critics praise The Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here, but for me , it is Animals, Meddle and Atom Heart Mother. My three most favorite Pink Floyd albums.

[@MoncoField]

Dont forget live at Pompeii thats the best one ever

[@theo9952]

@@MoncoField Not an album but the best Pink Floyd live film. I have the director's cut on dvd. Great film.

[@newforestpixie5297]

Yeah i think i feel the same plus as the other fella says the Pompeii live show. i first heard AHM on a Mini 1275 car stereo coming up on something at Stonehenge festival in 1982 . The brass section opening part had us pissing ourselves & it only got better . Being 18 was great !😃👍

[@dannylgriffin]

For me it is 1) Wish You Were Here 2) Animals 3) DSOTM. If someone else wanted to switch the 1 and 2 positions I wouldn't complain. Both are quite a bit better than DSOTM IMO.

[@adammatthews1984]

Animals has become my favourite Floyd album. It’s amazing they got any work done at all with all the inner turmoil. Great work, sir, keep up the good work!!!!

[@FreedomFighter485]

I agree about Animals being the best but for me it was only after getting the remix & remastered version it is utterly incredible!

[@freddyboombatz]

Animals is my favorite too and everything before DSOTM.

[@Shaun.Stephens]

@@FreedomFighter485 I actually prefer the original mix. My stereo is very transparent and revealing and I find the remix version to be too harsh and brittle. It could also be partly due to the fact I've been listening to the original pretty regularly since I first bought it in 1977 and the remix sounds 'different'.

[@ZAPPAFREAK59]

My favorite Pink Floyd album. Absolute phenomenal music and lyrics!

[@terminallygray]

Say listen, do you have a pair of zircon encrusted tweezers ??

[@newforestpixie5297]

@@terminallygrayi was a plumber & it was a bummer every summer

[@dmytromorozov2593]

This album is phenomenal, always was one of my favorites. Shame it was somewhat underrated for decades and only recently (for the last few years maybe) it started getting widely positive acclaim. Such a dark, gloomy and haunting sound...Masters!

[@tonycook1624]

The existance of Trump and Roger's Us& Them tour helped bring Animals back into focus kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4ivc6eDr5qCq7s

[@DJRayBoston]

Almost everyone knows about the Dark Side of OZ but almost no one knows about Animals with Casablanca. it's amazing!

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

No, I’ve never heard about this before! At what part of the movie does the music begin?🤔

[@DJRayBoston]

@@BaconTomatoCheese press play right at the WB logo and repeat till end of movie.

[@tomgebarowski8156]

Agreed

[@CarefulObserver1]

"Play it again, Roger," Lol 😅 That's funny you put those two together , because lines from Casablanca can be heard in the background on the track Yet Another Movie on AMLOR.

[@ytsm]

Animalablanca

[@LeonBerrange]

Definitely their greatest work. Such intensity and clarity. And lyrics which still mean something today. The only Floyd album I still routinely play. Sometimes you get to feel that way that the only thing you want to hear id Animals. Great video, thank you so much.

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

after the release and the years after, the critics were bad, they said it is their weakest album compared to all the others which have been released before. and even the fanbase was like that. which of course was nonsense. Animals it is part of the big 3. The zenith of Pink Floyd was from Dark Side until Animlas inclusive. The Wall was a step back, mainstream and a dispointment for me personal back then. I learned to love it but it is not the zenith.

[@SuperPatrick777]

​@@keep_walking_on_grassYeah because it's a pink floyd album not because its necessarily good .

[@ShaighJosephson]

I used to smoke weed and listen to this album all the time with my high school friends... I later learned to play guitar by trying to emulate Gilmour's sound... Now I score my own videos... Pink Floyd had quite an influence in my life...

[@dannypacini9820]

Same as. Changed my life . Gave me new thoughts and direction

[@newforestpixie5297]

i didn’t progress beyond the weed then watching others’ videos…🙄

[@EstebanPosadaDuque-ik6hm]

Proceed with the weed 😮

[@kenshin73himura70]

To me. The best Floyd album!!! Don't get me wrong, anything Floyd is the best. But Animals, back in the day was my introduction to them. And you never forget your first!🫣😉🤘🤘🤘😎

[@timcase2494]

Animal is my favorite Pink Floyd album, indeed one of my favorite albums period. When i first listened to it in the late 90s when i was in high school i was hooked.

[@TheAlbumReviewchannel]

Hey Lee. So great to see you uncovered on @progcorner channel this evening. It was a joy to listen to you and how you put these great videos together. Looking forward to your next video in a few weeks time. An absolute pleasure to listen to you my friend. Your Stokie mate. Dave✅✅

[@progrockdocs]

I'm out the closet now!

[@AbigailJrney-1]

This was sooooo excellent! Great job!👏👏👏 I think "Animals" is a great album, and I love the new 2018 remixed version!

[@PeteGenesis]

As always. Fantastic work Rael. Learned a lot from your documentary. Animals is one of my favorite PF album.

[@dougidoug]

This is really well put together and has a great deal of background detail that gives a good overview history of the album. Animals which is in my opinion one of their best albums. Some of Gilmore’s best guitar work is in this album. The texture, sound, style and solos that he plays is just incredible. The same goes for keyboard work for Rick Wright. It’s all just outstanding. You said it best yourself with phenomenal. Good job

[@cjo2012]

Perfectly said Douglas!

[@lionelalias4561]

Who is Gilmore? He doesn't even exist.

[@dougidoug]

Gilmour.

[@sfeudy20]

Very well done documentary for 30 minutes time. Nice reflection on the lyrics interpretation, band members personalities and the song development. I enjoyed this very much

[@bishopofbarf]

Brilliantly detailed and superbly constructed documentary. Absolutely loved it. Thanks for all the time writing and editing

[@louise_rose]

Agree, beautifully researched, cut and edited - this is on a really professional level. 💗

[@ALong-fo5so]

In my mind its Pink Floyd’s best work. Waters at his most creative and incredible musicianship from the other 3 members especially Gilmour’s scintillating axemanship. Special mention also to Wright for his haunting intro to Sheep.

[@betojdesigns]

I saw this tour live when it came to the U.S. It was cloudy and drizzling rain at an outdoor stadium. I will never forget the experience, and it will always be one of my favorite concerts and albums.

[@Zoetropeification]

Was that at the old Cleveland Stadium?

[@betojdesigns]

@@Zoetropeification Robertson Stadium, Houston, Texas. The weather was what we call drizzerable. But it sure captured the mood.

[@patgalvez4563]

I was there. One of my favorite concert experiences....@@betojdesigns

[@fractalmusicj]

I love hearing the versions of the songs in concert and demo's sounding so clean and good, your insight into this band is deep and grounding. I thought I was a fan it seems I know nothing, keep up the great work

[@progrockdocs]

Trust me, half of what I present is new to me. It just takes a lot of digging around, reading and joining dots together.

[@fractalmusicj]

You have a good shovel and you must have dug a lot holes to find this treasure give that ape a cigarette @@progrockdocs

[@georgegeysen6499]

Really an excellent documentary, although "The story of Animals", it's full reveal is not until about 14:00. Great display of how earlier pieces and concepts evolved in to Animals, e.g. Sheep and Dogs mainly. I've always thought that Animals is a very underrated record.

[@progrockdocs]

Yes, I toiled with the amount of pre-animals information I had, but the Raving and Crazy are essentially over half of the Animals album. I wish in retrospect I'd have gone the whole hog (excuse the pun) and made this video longer. Talking more about the cover and the lyrics.

[@georat16]

Fear not--It's perfect as it is. Quickest half hour I've spent on KZbin in a long time. Beautiful. And remember, if you want, you can always do a re-make 50 years later...Just like Roger has with Dark Side!! ;-) Nice work!

[@jimmyvuletich9453]

@@progrockdocswhat is the story behind the cover?

[@progrockdocs]

​@@jimmyvuletich9453 A power station - the ida of corporate/ political power. The 4 chimney's - the four members of the band... that sort of Hipgnosis stuff.

[@jackbringe2473]

bruh your Floyd videos are better than most professionally produced docs I’ve seen on KZbin lol. Keep it up!

[@DavidRamos-nz4bh]

I agree, Gilmore is amazing on this record. It’s my favorite Floyd album.

[@ArtistontheBorder]

I still maintain that you are dangerously good. This ought to be a recurring series.

[@treesquatch9150]

I was at a show, Waters yelled at us for cheering during the songs, Clapton came out after a break and apologized for Waters' out busrt.

[@mossga]

That was Roger's 'Pros and Cons' tour.

[@murraymaunder8754]

Nice work. To me this represented the peak of the Floyd run from Meddle to The Wall. Plenty of bite in the playing and the lyrics, David cemented his place in guitar greatness and Rick was his perfect foil with keyboards that wove "the Pink Floyd sound" together. It's possibly the Floyd album that has aged the best, and that's saying something.

[@EannaButler]

The fact that you weaved the original multitracks thru this video too tho... Outstanding! Thanks! Subbed - all day..

[@visionproductionsnz7828]

Fantastic work Rael, maybe even your best. More what I'd call "indie film" for it's fluidity I love the way it further explores the emergence of the two "left over" tracks and how playing and touring evolved the songs we now know as "Dogs" (my favourite Floyd track) and "Sheep" into the creative masterpiece that is Animals. I agree with your closing sentiment that returning to the seventies album reveals the musical mastery that to many of us elevates it beyond just an Orwellian vehicle that to the most avid Floydies is their pinnacle.

[@Gormit]

What a great documentary. I can imagine it wasn’t easy to find footage from this era but you did an amazing job by picking pictures that matched really well with the audio which results in a very smooth viewing. thank you very much!

[@thornil2231]

It's incredible, I never heard that album. I guess at the time there was so much music. I liked Pink Floyd but for some reason I never heard that... very strange.

[@jasonpaulelder]

I've listened to Pink Floyd's "Animals" LP many times when taking a long afternoon's drive, where there are winding turns showcasing a seemingly endless assortment of trees, and even a farm or two on the way. It works so well in a meditative sense, that even listening to it in and out of a nap has been extremely pleasurable for me as well. With all that recurs in certain sounds and progressions in one regard or another, "Animals" is the album that I've cited as my favorite by Pink Floyd on multiple occasions. The only conflict with stating that though, is that there is so much to appreciate throughout their catalogue (with the same degree of difficulty that I feel in choosing a favorite album by the Beatles or XTC), that I don't want to ever give the impression that I don't regard the others strongly - such as Obscured by Clouds, Atom Heart Mother, Wish You Were Here, and (of course), The Dark Side of the Moon. As for The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, I look at that as my favorite album by "The" Pink Floyd, since it's fully done with and through Syd Barrett. I'm sure that there are others who can relate to these sentiments, and am grateful for the focus made on the "Animals" LP throughout the video itself.

[@joe1972]

I enjoyed reading your comment and have the same hang-up citing a best PInk Floyd album. I remembered once upon a time when I was playing guitar around the age of 16 in 1988, I was mesmerized by ummagumma and my mother thought I was on drugs, lol. I was some of the time, definitely not most of the time... I love the whimsical Piper, the organic sounding Atom Heart Mother, and Dark Side... and and and... DSOTM to me is imo, the album relatable to most as it deals with life's struggles in a generalization, yet brilliantly written way... Having heard it so many times over the years, I feel less drawn to it as I put it in the same class of best, yet overplayed albums / songs as say, Stairway To Heaven... As I've gotten older, Animals has become more of a favorite and is my go-to album to play beginning to end. That one and Rush's Exit Stage Left are definitely personal favs

[@luvbasses5487]

Excellent run-down of this truly incredible album. Like nursery rhymes that stay with us for life, the haunting melodies from Animals have been banging around in my head for the better part of 40 years. Dave’s solo record from the following year in 1978 I feel is a wonderful effort as well. You know it pissed Waters off too. You could feel the tension growing between them on Animals…and by The Wall things just got larger on most every front. It was bound for doom. Richard wasn’t treated all that well either by ‘79 and was basically a wage earner by then. Waters all but dismissed him from the sessions. The basic time frame for a band is generally 10 years so…by 1980 their course was about overdue.

[@cjo2012]

Sadly absolutely true. Every word. Well stated.

[@luvbasses5487]

…I’ll love what they’ve created until the lid is closed on my coffin. It’s changed my life in many ways. After watching the Pompeii film so many years ago, I just HAD to run out and find a Fender Precision Bass! Just had too! Even at 55 years of age, the sight of a Sunburst Fender Bass still excites me. Waters just had “that sound” largely because he played with a pick. There’s no other sound like it. It’s still very sought by producers and studio engineers. Waters along with John Deacon, Tom Hamilton, JPJ, Johnny Entwistle, Kelly from ELO and dozens of others I can’t think of at the moment in one way or another have inspired me to pick up the instrument. What do you think of the re-release of Dark Side?

[@pfos]

The Pink Floyd iz proof we're living in a simulacrum =PF

[@nectarinedreams7208]

Why would David's solo album piss Waters off? It was a mediocre effort and didn't exactly set the world on fire. Waters had been making solo albums since 1973.

[@luvbasses5487]

@@nectarinedreams7208 I’m only assuming it did. It’s the vibe I get that’s all. I certainly don’t know them personally but Waters is the controlling type as we know. Maybe you’re right. Maybe he didn’t care at all. And as far as Dave’s record, it’s personal preference. It may not have went to number one but I think Dave did what he felt the direction of Floyd should be going in - without the psychedelic element nonsense that Waters liked.

[@BaconTomatoCheese]

For many years, I’ve been playing “pigs- three different ones”- sometimes as a solo acoustic, other times in a band setting… still looking for that blistering solo guitar though…🎸

[@TheChadTI]

A new Rael NYC upload is always a gift! Thank you sir and may God bless you! 🙏

[@progrockdocs]

Mahalo ✌

[@tomtaylor9557]

Once again Rael, brilliant documentary. You should have been snapped up by the BBC long ago! Absolutely loved the Genesis vids. Both PF and Genesis being my favourite bands. Just listened to the 2018 animals remix then your latest offering. Brilliant! Would love to see you do one on Then there were three at some point?

[@progrockdocs]

BBC? The Biased Broadcasting Company? No-chance. And Then There Were Three.... watch this space....

[@crazyralph6386]

BBC? Haha, good one. They haven’t been relevant for ages now.

[@Richard_Lush]

I remember listening to this over and over again. I loved Wish you were here but this album has the most memories for me. Skateboarding, weed and girls. Ah the 70s. It was a special time. Cynical but free too. We brought up a whole generation of cynics. Perfect!

[@Suunder]

Absolutely the best video ive seen on animals. i sent you 10 bucks as a small donation cause im just astounded by how good this video is. you are definetely getting a sub too

[@progrockdocs]

Cheers my man, check out Vinyl Rewind also - he does an incredible analysis of Animals.

[@Suunder]

@@progrockdocs Yeah ive seen that one. but i have to admit that this one beats that one by a mile. i love the intrusion of animals live aswell. so good. and i see you got your hands on the montreal video aswell.

[@lukegoss7790]

I live for these video essays and you’ve done an amazing job documenting the creation of this album and capturing the tone. Awesome stuff keep it up!

[@batuhandemiriz]

By far the best album review.you're great and thank you

[@rondarnell949]

This album shot immediately upon first hearing it to one of my favorite albums of all time. You did a fine job bringing such an iconic album to the forethought of many other people's mind. I always said if there was 1 album i could choose to call my own, this would be that album. Such genius throughout its entirely, and such a hard hitting in your face kick ass ROCK-N-ROLL

[@davefink2326]

As this creator reminds us, "sheer perfection!" It took time for me to warm up to Animals, but it was my favorite album by the end of the year 1977 and it has stayed at the top of my list ever since.

[@195511SM]

'Animals' has always been my preferred Pink Floyd album.....or at lest the one I find myself listening to the most often. I've seen Gilmour 3 times...( once on his 'About Face' solo tour.....3 times on his 'Momentary LAPSE TOUR....& twice on his 'Division Bell tour'....,but each time wondered why he wouldn't't touch anything from 'Animals'. '

[@markcunningham1963]

A very enjoyable half hour. Full of intrigue, insight and alternate sounds. Well done and thanks.

[@plev10]

Brilliant analysis my man. And as usual Gilmour For the Win. 💯👑

[@gnawbabygnaw]

This album means a lot to me. Takes me back to a specific place in time. ❤

[@davidclark8132]

Me too. Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio, June 25th, 1977.

[@Barnabas45]

It's like an acid trip without acid!

[@slowery43]

you really think anyone else cares? You think people came here hoping to hear about you?

[@gnawbabygnaw]

@@slowery43 it’s a compliment to the artist that they created something I remember 45 years later. You can buy sex. Try that. Between voting for Trump. What is it really? Tiny weiner syndrome? Can’t get a date? Mommy and Daddy kick you out? It’ll be ok. Troll on. Bitch.

[@davidclark8132]

@@Barnabas45 Well, for me, it was like an acid trip with the acid.

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

It took me a while to realize the connection between Animals and Animal Farm. It’s a mash up of two of my favorite things! I was so stoked.

[@progrockdocs]

As Rog says... "You either get it or you don't"

[@marxman00]

My go to Floyd album... stunning, fully immersive recording. This doc is enlightening ,fantastic work !

[@mauriceholder1386]

My favorite Floyd album. It got zero radio play, but I played my 8trck of it to death. I still love this album, I have it on vinyl and play it often.

[@patmayer7222]

Still have the 8-track carcass,,,no tape,,my original one,,wore out,beat ,can't read much on it,,,but still kept it,,,......my look back tunes for sure,,,....no other album does what this does to me....😮land o' lakes,wi..usa.

[@mauriceholder1386]

@patmayer7222 that's really cool. I so wish I kept my giant box of 8 trks. here in Charleston S.C.

[@danielprivate7442]

There's no single on Animals. Most radio stations aren't going to play a 17 minute song. That's why the records before and after Animals all went gold but Animals didn't. That was the music business back then. No single. No sales.

[@joe18425]

​@@patmayer7222old skool 😮 😊

[@axeman2638]

Also my favourite Floyd album, sadly not as widely known as some of the others.

[@classicrockalbumreviews19]

Rael nyc you are definitely right about Gilmours guitar being the highlight of the album …. Pure brilliance . The day Animals was released , I was in London’s west end , back then there were tons of record shops , everyone it seemed was playing the album . A surreal experience to wander from shop to shop accompanied by the Floyd .

[@ENGBriseB]

One of my favourite Album's love Pink Floyd.

[@tmcb_]

Excellent retrospective. Thanks for calling out Gilmour's musical contributions...

[@pewsterbaby]

Great visuals man. I didn't have high hopes for this but when you went into depth about the Animals songs being wheeled out during the '74 and '75 shows I knew I was listening to a narrator who knew his shit. Bravo, homeslice.

[@ocean686]

This was the last of their trio of best work. The rest are patchy with parts good and parts not so good, but these 3 were end-to-end masterpieces.

[@BinaryDad]

Superbly curated footage here. I don't think I'd seen any of it before. Impressive work

[@marcusrios8517]

Killer video! Never see much about the Animals album but it's got some incredible stuff.

[@MDS_R4]

Great doc man! My almost-fav Floyd album.

[@mountaintruth1deeds533]

I wore this album out on vinyl, similar to Robin Trower, hardly ever heard on the radio.

[@GORDONMCGOOCHAN]

Thanks for that, a great analysis of my favourite Floyd album. Really informative and very well presented. Your commentary on Gilmour's playing on Pigs was spot on.

[@paulnolan4971]

Blew my mind hearing them songs on the 74 tour after listening to the album versions. Raving and drooling and Gotta be Crazy are raw AF. 75 tour too. It's mad that the only year from 66-81 that they didn't tour was 76.

[@robgoodman7303]

Very well done! This period always gets overshadowed by the albums on either side of it. But it is a gem!

[@ericligotke3542]

It’s so cool that Pink Floyd kept going over and retooling these songs

[@simonhodgetts6530]

You can hear some early influence on Animals in Robert Wyatt’s Rock Bottom - produced by Nick Mason

[@progrockdocs]

Just listening to it now for the first time - sounds good - thanks.

[@r7coo]

This is a phenomenal video, thank you so much for making it !

[@paulhaynes3170]

This is some great music journalism! Well written sir ! THANKYOU !

[@progrockdocs]

Thanks man. I wish I could do it for a living, I tell you!

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

My friend I used to listen to this with has been gone a long time now and I never listened to this since. Forgot how great it is. I don't drink anymore but I got to go find something to pour out.

[@ScottGarland-r4v]

Just graduated high school when this album came out. Then , I was in the military , and overseas for several years.

[@earlbrackett6508]

Wright & Gilmour not receiving credits on Animals is a crime...it's acoustic Rog and a few chords without the stunning brilliance of Dave & Rick...superb documentary making. thx for a yeoman's job on your docs.

[@sideshowbobrobert]

Animals is a criminally underrated album. sadly it will probably forever dwell in the shadow o' Dark Side and the Wall. it is one o' those slabs o' sonic exploration perfectly suited for headphones, and since i first heard it in the early 80s it remains my favorite o' their catalog......cheers for re-uploading this

[@HardRockMaster7577]

It didn't have radio "hits". I could care less. Radio today is a wasteland of a handful of over-played songs by each artist. Let the rabble that don't appreciate Animals stay in their cesspool I say.

[@davefink2326]

​@@HardRockMaster7577I always believed Sheep could have been sliced and diced into a perfect 3 and 1/2 minute radio friendly single. Kind of wish they had done this, yet relieved that they didn't.

[@nectarinedreams7208]

It's not underrated lol it's the fourth highest selling album of one of the top ten highest selling bands in the history of mankind. Everyone who knows it (millions and millions of people) considers it one of the band's best.

[@sideshowbobrobert]

@@nectarinedreams7208 ...stats aside, the overwhelming majority o' the people i know do not recognize this album at all - but most can at least name 'the wall' or 'dark side...' just say'n...

[@jeanguy3400]

@@nectarinedreams7208 From my personal experience, i was a fan of The Wall and DSOTM and didn't know much about Animals until i went to a weekend cottage trip with some friends. Once i listened...truly listened...to the album, that was it! I was moved by the lyrics and music and in a trance every time in listened. The aggressive and powerful lyrics combined with the soft welcoming music has made this album a true masterpiece. With their songs being over 10 minutes, it was not meant to be played on the radio and obviously hurt them in sales. With total sales of 6.5M albums compared to 50M albums with DSOTM and 33M albums with The Wall, of course it was underrated. But they didn't care about sales or popularity with this album...hence the long tracks. It was meant to be lived and experienced by true hard-core Pink Floyd fans

[@EnglishStrippedBare]

Nicely done. A fantastic video on a fantastic album.

[@anthonyintexas]

I saw this tour in Ft.Worth 1977, when I was 11 years old. 5th row, center. It changed my life. About 10 years ago, I found a bootleg of that exact concert. It was like finding the Holy Grail!! I personally don't think there is a "best pink floyd album", my favourite is still Meddle.

[@latkagravas2967]

This album represents power for me - but not just the corporate power and greed the lads were lamenting, (although that has never been done better than on Animals) - but the power of music to (potentially) drive emotions to incredible heights. I only listen to it once a year or so, and must choose when (to listen) carefully, b/c the volume will inevitably be turned to 11, and I will not be able to do anything else while it is playing, just listening and experiencing, and must have time to listen in full. Can't say this about ANY other album in my fairly large collection. Those (in these comments) who think it's one of the greatest albums ever released, well, I feel they make a strong argument. It's a great gift to be able to appreciate it. Great work on the video.

[@afonsecamillan]

Thank you, great documentary, I´m a new suscriber

[@iannash1027]

Another excellent doc - always new things to learn, even for us old dogs that think we know our prog history - and I completely agree re' Gilmour's playing on Animals; yep, it's his finest work.

[@davidtexter913]

My favorite Floyd album by far. Thanks for your presentation.

[@FabioCalissi]

your channel is GOLD in the youtube urban jungle - thx for your fine work

[@bushranger8960]

Excellent video! Animals is definitely a stand out in the Floyd catalogue, I however always wondered why Rick didn't get any writing credits for the album, especially for the fender rhodes intro on Sheep!

[@artgreig7069]

Best Pink Floyd album hands down! It's really sad, because I feel the band was circling the drain with best album.

[@bobtaylor7197]

I've got to re-listen to this album!

[@progrockdocs]

Ha! That's the whole purpose of the videos! To breathe new life into this music. "Breathe, breathe in the air...."

[@terminallygray]

I would also re-listen but.... I really have to be in the mood for this one. It not an album I can listen to "whenever".

[@ksmit]

This is totally awesome. New pics of the PF and a great commentary. Thanks from the US!!!

[@franciscolozano1422]

Magnificent documentary. Congratulations.

[@carolball5764]

Really enjoyed this. You packed so much into this half hour that it seemed much longer than that.. thank you ..

[@peterbustin2683]

The bass line that Gilmour played is just so dirty and swine. Brilliant !

[@captpicard6894]

Roger Waters is the Bass player, David Gilmour is the Guitar player

[@peterbustin2683]

@@captpicard6894 Gilmour played most of the bass lines on this album, not Waters.

[@davefink2326]

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[@ALong-fo5so]

Gilmour plays a lot of bass in Pink Floyd’s recordings mainly because he had written the bass lines (Comfortable Numb, One Of These Days, Sheep) or Waters was busy with the acoustic. And he played all the fretless bass (Hey You) as Waters wasnt accomplished with the instrument.

[@eclipsedzeppelin]

Wiki says Waters only played bass on Dogs

[@nitro102]

The original Pink Floyd pig, a 12-metre (40 ft), helium-filled balloon, was designed by Roger Waters and built in December 1976 by the artist Jeffrey Shaw with help of design team Hypnosis, in preparation for shooting the cover of the Animals album. Plans were made to fly it over Battersea Power Station for a three-day photo-shoot, with a marksman standing by to shoot the pig down if it broke free. On the first day, poor weather and delays meant the pig was not launched, and the marksman was told he was not needed.[3][4] On the second day, 3 December 1976, the marksman was again not present because no one had told him to return. A gust of wind tore the pig loose. It disappeared from sight within five minutes and was spotted by airline pilots at thirty thousand feet in the air. Flights at Heathrow Airport were cancelled as the huge inflatable pig continued eastwards across flight lanes and out over the English Channel, finally landing that night on a farm in Kent, where it frightened a herd of cows. The pig was recovered and repaired for the resumption of photography for the album cover, but the sky was cloudless and blue, thus "boring". However, the pictures of the sky from the first day were suitable; the album cover was created using a composite of photos from the first and third days.

[@harduspretorius4961]

This video was excellent thank you! The live recordings used here was brilliant

[@rozzgrey801]

Excellent work, nailed the album perfectly. I remember reading the Nick Kent article at 1:41, it was called 'Pink Floyd, the Road to 1984?' focused on how they seemed remote from their audience.

[@davidroberts7282]

Nick Kent always had a bit of a love/hate, often times "difficult" and strained relationship with the Waters-led Floyd seeing ad how he was originally a huge Syd Barrett fan in the band's UFO underground days and he remained a bit of a fan of the early Waters Floyd works up until maybe Atom Heart Mother when they began slowly moving away from epic, psychedelic jam past. He wrote a pretty nasty, vicious review IIRC of one of the band's shows in January 1975 and while most of the band members later on admitted, at least Nick Mason did, that most of his criticisms then were valid and salient, it didnt exactly make him well-liked by the band, as a whole. Plus, like many rock critics in the US and especially in deep-recession, seemingly broken-down UK of the mid-70's, Kent had begun championing the punk movement which fashioned itself as a musical, artistic, cultural revolution in mainstream rock music, accusing the now millionamillio

[@MARIO-uf1no]

Quite possibly my favorite album of all time.

[@steevieel]

Great Insight into this Amazing Album .. One of my favorites from PF 👍💯🎸🥁🎹🎧🎵🎼🎶

[@stephenbrock7146]

this was great man, thanks for making and sharing! what an album, what a band, truly the best

[@colingillis5989]

Great documentary as always! That comic book... never even realized that exists! One of my favorite LPs of all time. My Dad blasted it on the stereo when I was a lad. It really does fit in with punk and the political environment of England at the time. Lyrically as important today as it was back then. Thanks for the insight and history!

[@maplechill75]

Dogs is absolutely one of the greatest Pink Floyd songs. So easy to get lost in it.

[@peterer1960]

Great Mini Documentary. Always loved this album, so it’s good to learn more about it. I saw PF on the Animals tour in the UK in 1977, age 16. They just played Animals and WYWH in their entirety (can’t remember in what order) , with a break in between , and then did Money for an encore. Brilliant.

[@joe1972]

Must have been an incredible show. I was 5 in '77 and my 1st show was Billy Joel in '79 with my parents. Glad to have at least seen one show in the 70s, although it was not Pink Floyd. I sometimes wonder which tour/year I'd pick were I able to see one PF concert... Hard to say, but Animals would've been a top contender for sure.

[@timherrera8500]

A band that I was in at the travailed from Minnesota to Wisconsin to see Pink Floyd live June 77. I was in awe from the time the lights went dim and until the show was over. Still one of the BEST live concerts I have ever been to and on the top 5 right along with ELP, Led Zepplin, The Tubes and KISS back in the early to mid 1970s.

[@mick998r]

Wow! Another absolutely fantastic well made video. Brilliant stuff. 👏

[@mikkelcalum6589]

DAMN!. Thank you for this documentary. A lot of things i haven't seen or heard before. WOW!

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

Sheep is my favorite track on the album. The beats, the base are wonderful and its great story telling. I was alive at the time, it almost makes more sense these days

[@asymptoticspatula]

Sorry you had to re-up this! I watched the other one and really enjoyed it, so I'll watch it again to help out.

[@5150JAM]

saw them in NYC on July 3rd, 1977.....we sat 3rd row center for an awesome show.....glad I saw them once

[@TuffEsox]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!!! For FINALLY producing a documentary on Floyd's GREATEST album.

[@RB55able]

Excellent documentary on what I believe is Pink Floyd's greatest work . Being Canadian, I especially enjoyed the analysis given the album from an English point of view. Many of the political references I didn't understand as a 21 year old in 1977, when I first heard the record. "Animals" showcases Dave Gilmour's guitar playing at the height of his powers in my opinion. Thanks again for the work you put into this documentary.

[@cloudtowerphotography815]

Fantastic video. Very Interesting and full of new Information. I wouldn't call myself the biggest Pink Floyd fan In the world, but Animals Is my favorite album of all time. It comes from a different place to all their other albums. It's a masterpiece. Rick Wright's work on here Is peerless.