Pink Floyd
Animals
Animals (1977)
Released in the UK on 21 January 1977. A contemporary hostile review in Rolling Stone on 24 March 1977, chart results from the US, UK and the Netherlands, and the album's later classic status.
The verdict at the time
Rose dismissed Animals as the work of a 'noodle factory': Gilmour's guitar solos were 'thin, brittle and a sorry substitute', the singing 'more wooden than ever', the message 'pointless and tedious', and the album itself something Floyd had 'done, with a thud.' A hostile verdict from Frank Rose in Rolling Stone on 24 March 1977 — attributed to the critic and the publication, not to Echo Mandala.
Chart peaks
European positions are listed by country. Later chart entries are labelled separately.
Sources & context
One critic's opinion, summarised from Frank Rose's original Rolling Stone review of 24 March 1977. The verdict belongs to Rose and Rolling Stone, not to Echo Mandala. Animals is now recognised as one of Pink Floyd's greatest albums.
