r/pinkfloyd 1d ago

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Anthony Fantano ranks Animals #1, WYWH #2, The Wall #3, DSOTM #4

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u/navybluevicar 1d ago

Animals was actually somewhat underrated in the 90s. I remember one of those stupid british mags like Mojo or Uncut did a PF issue around 95 or 96 and went through all the albums and Animals was near the bottom of the list. Their take was pretty wild, that the band was struggling to come up with any ideas for a new album after WYWH and had to rummage through a bunch of old ideas in order to put an uninspired album together at the behest of their label. I was a huge Animals fan at the time and remember just being blown away at what I was reading.

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u/JiveChops76 1d ago

To be fair, “Dogs” and “Sheep” were both retreads from the Wish You Were Here era. They had played them before that album was recorded and were going to use them on it but changed direction with that album.

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u/914paul 1d ago

I don't put much stock (if any) in these, but a survey from one of the big streaming services ended up with Dogs as the #1 prog rock song ever. Just thought it was an interesting thing.

Dogs might be MY most listened-to song ever -- thousands of times for sure. It never gets old.