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Find sources: "Animalization" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (July 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) 1966 studio album by the Animals Animalization Studio album by the Animals Released August 1966 Recorded 9 January – 4 July 1966 Genre Rock, blues rock, rhythm and blues Length 40:16 Label MGM Producer Tom Wilson The Animals US chronology The Best of The Animals (1966) Animalization (1966) Animalism (1966) Singles from Animalization "Inside-Looking Out" Released: 11 February 1966 "Don't Bring Me Down" Released: 13 April 1966 "See See Rider" Released: 1966 ***Animalization*** is a studio album by the English [rock](/source/Rock_music) band [the Animals](/source/The_Animals). The band's fourth American release, it was issued in August 1966 on [MGM Records](/source/MGM_Records). ## Overview It has a track listing somewhat similar to the British album *[Animalisms](/source/Animalisms)*. The album, which reached #20 on the [US Billboard album chart](/source/Billboard_200), included three US Top 40 singles ("Inside-Looking Out", "Don't Bring Me Down", and "See See Rider") and was the first Animals album to have some tracks mixed in true stereo. It was during this period that drummer John Steel left the group and was replaced by Barry Jenkins, previously of [The Nashville Teens](/source/The_Nashville_Teens) (of "[Tobacco Road](/source/Tobacco_Road_(song))" fame). Both drummers appear on the cover, Jenkins on the front (upper right in brown shirt) and Steel on the back. In addition, it was also during this period that [Mickie Most](/source/Mickie_Most) stepped down as the group's producer and was replaced by [Tom Wilson](/source/Tom_Wilson_(producer)). The album was successful, it peaked at No. 20 on the [*Billboard* Top LPs](/source/Billboard_Top_LPs) in late 1966, during a thirty-week stay on the chart.[1] Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic link Encyclopedia of Popular Music [2] ## Track listing ### Side one Side one No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Don't Bring Me Down" Gerry Goffin Carole King 3:13 2. "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show" Joe Tex 3:20 3. "You're On My Mind" Eric Burdon Dave Rowberry 2:54 4. "Cheating" Eric Burdon Chas Chandler 2:23 5. "She'll Return It" (It is erroneously credited to Barry Jenkins, Rowberry, Burdon, Chandler, Hilton Valentine and is not listed on the back cover) Eric Burdon Dave Rowberry 2:47 6. "Inside-Looking Out" John Avery Lomax Alan Lomax Eric Burdon Chas Chandler 3:47 Total length: 18:24 Side two No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "See See Rider" Ma Rainey 3:58 2. "Gin House Blues" Henry Troy Fletcher Henderson 4:37 3. "Maudie" John Lee Hooker 4:03 4. "What Am I Living For" Fred Jay Art Harris 3:12 5. "Sweet Little Sixteen" Chuck Berry 3:07 6. "I Put a Spell on You" Screamin' Jay Hawkins 2:55 Total length: 21:52 ## Personnel **The Animals** - [Eric Burdon](/source/Eric_Burdon) – vocals - [Dave Rowberry](/source/Dave_Rowberry) – keyboards - [Hilton Valentine](/source/Hilton_Valentine) – guitar - [Chas Chandler](/source/Chas_Chandler) – bass - [John Steel](/source/John_Steel_(drummer)) – drums except as indicated below - [Barry Jenkins](/source/Barry_Jenkins_(musician)) – drums on "Don't Bring Me Down", "Cheating" and "See See Rider" **Technical** - [Val Valentin](/source/Val_Valentin) – engineer ## Charts Chart (1966) Peak position US Billboard Top LPs[1] 20 ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Whitburn_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Whitburn_1-1) Whitburn, Joel (1996). [*Top LPs, 1955–1996*](https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/10/mode/2up). Record Research. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Larkin, Colin (2011). [*The Encyclopedia of Popular Music*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&dq=cowboy&pg=RA3-PA2005-IA45). Omnibus Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780857125958](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780857125958). Retrieved 1 May 2019. v t e The Animals The (Original) Animals (1963–1966, 1977, 1983): Eric Burdon Chas Chandler Mick Gallagher Barry Jenkins Alan Price Dave Rowberry John Steel Hilton Valentine Eric Burdon & The (New) Animals (1966–1969): Vic Briggs Eric Burdon Barry Jenkins Danny McCulloch Zoot Money Andy Summers John Weider Studio albums The Animals (1963–1966) (UK) The Animals Animal Tracks Animalisms (US) The Animals The Animals on Tour Animal Tracks Animalization Animalism Eric Burdon and the Animals Eric Is Here (US only) Winds of Change The Twain Shall Meet Every One of Us (US only) Love Is The Animals (1977, 1983) Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted Ark Compilations The Best of The Animals (1966) The Greatest Hits of Eric Burdon and the Animals (1969) The Most of the Animals Absolute Animals 1964–1968 Hit singles "Baby Let Me Take You Home" "The House of the Rising Sun" "I'm Crying" "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" "Bring It On Home to Me" "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" "It's My Life" "Inside-Looking Out" "Don't Bring Me Down" "See See Rider" "Help Me Girl" "When I Was Young" "Good Times" "San Franciscan Nights" "Monterey" "Sky Pilot" "The Night" Related articles The Animals discography Eric Burdon discography The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood (1965 soundtrack) Category Authority control databases MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Animalization](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalization) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalization?action=history)). 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