Animal | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Studio | Kiva Studios | |||
Genre | R&B [1] | |||
Label | Mercury [2] | |||
Producer | Kenni Hairston and Trevor Gale (tracks 1, 2 and 8), Harvey Henderson, Larry Dodson and Winston Stewart (co-producers on tracks 1, 2 and 8), James Mtume (tracks 3, 7 and 9), Jerry Goldstein (tracks 4-6 for Powder Horn Entertainment), Sly Stone (co-producer on track 7) | |||
The Bar-Kays chronology | ||||
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Animal is an album by the American R&B band the Bar-Kays, released in 1989. [3] [4]
The album peaked at No. 36 on the Billboard Top Black Albums chart. [5] Its first single was "Struck By You", which peaked at No. 11 on the Hot Black Singles chart. [6] [7] The title track was also released as a single. [8]
Produced at Kiva Studios, in Memphis, the album was recorded by a three-member lineup. [9] [10] Joe Walsh played guitar on the title track. "Just Like a Teeter Totter" was cowritten and coproduced by Sly Stone. [6]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [11] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [10] |
Orlando Sentinel | [12] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [13] |
The Orlando Sentinel concluded that, "although modern, metallic sounds shape the bouncing, bending rhythm of the title song, for instance, there's a touch of old- fashioned call-and-response interplay in the vocals." [12] USA Today opined that "what's nice about this album, though, is the band's mature, unfunky handling of slow tunes ... 'Leaving You' shows they can be true balladeers." [14] The New York Amsterdam News determined that although Animal "is thigh-high in funk-fortified R&B, the music is never dated." [1]
AllMusic wrote that "it's important to remember that the Bar-Kays never stopped being a good band—it was taste and fashion that twisted the knife and pushed them aside." [11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide thought that "their best cuts resemble lite pastiches of other bands' refinements." [13]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Animal" | 5:14 |
2. | "Struck by You" | 5:45 |
3. | "Stop! Look What You're Missing" | 5:15 |
4. | "Someone Else" | 4:49 |
5. | "Are U Available" | 5:37 |
6. | "Get Your Fingers Wet" | 5:45 |
7. | "Just Like a Teeter Totter" | 4:14 |
8. | "I Adore You" | 5:16 |
9. | "Leaving You" | 5:15 |