Pink Floyd’s tenth album, Animals, takes aim at the hierarchies of 1970s Britain through predatory dogs, ruthless pigs and obedient sheep. Loosely inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Roger Waters’ lyrics accompany extended arrangements of bluesy guitar, elaborate bass lines, synthesisers and electric piano.
Recorded at the band’s Britannia Row studio, the album reworks earlier live material into ‘Dogs’ and ‘Sheep’, with David Gilmour co-writing the former. The acoustic ‘Pigs on the Wing’ opens and closes the record, offering affection and hope around its social criticism. Battersea Power Station and a floating inflatable pig give that vision its famous cover.
Recorded at the band’s Britannia Row studio, the album reworks earlier live material into ‘Dogs’ and ‘Sheep’, with David Gilmour co-writing the former. The acoustic ‘Pigs on the Wing’ opens and closes the record, offering affection and hope around its social criticism. Battersea Power Station and a floating inflatable pig give that vision its famous cover.
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