The Animals - Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted

Title: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted Artist: The Animals Release Date: 8/1977 Re-Released On: 7/8/2008 Label: Repertoire Records Duration: 37:40 UPCs: 4009910484524, 4009910511121, 766485763426 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Blues-Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, British Blues, Regional Blues Moods: Confident, Freewheeling, Passionate, Rollicking, Bravado, Dramatic, Fiery, Intense, Raucous, Swaggering, Urgent, Angry, Eerie, Reckless, Rowdy, Visceral, Volatile, Yearning, Angst-Ridden, Brash, Confrontational, Earthy, Menacing, Street-Smart, Tense/Anxious, Reverent, Druggy, Brooding, Malevolent, Rebellious, Rousing Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 4 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Brother Bill (The Last Clean Shirt)
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. Fire on the Sun
4. As the Crow Flies
5. Please Send Me Someone to Love
6. Many Rivers to Cross
7. Just Want a Little Bit
8. Riverside County
9. Lonely Avenue
10. The Fool

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Repertoire Records 5111 2000 CD Repertoire Records 104845

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Cut 11 years after the Animals' original lineup recorded their last LP and six years before their more well-remembered reunion tour, this oft-overlooked album is just short of a lost classic; it lacks the intensity of their 1983 studio effort, Ark, but it is more substantial musically than that album and fits in very neatly with their preceding work, as though they'd scarcely skipped a beat. Recorded under the auspices of the late Chas Chandler's Barn Productions, the album was highlighted by a dramatically bluesy rendition of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," boasting superb playing by Alan Price. Hilton Valentine's soaring guitar pyrotechnics light up "Fire on the Sun," perhaps the flashiest performance of his career for this most introspective of '60s British blues axemen, and "As the Crow Flies" has the group returning to its roots, as a dark, brooding rendition of the Jimmy Reed song that gives room for Chandler, Valentine, Price, and John Steel to show off their '60s-era blues chops in a more expansive form. After a promising start, the gospel number "Many Rivers to Cross" falls apart a bit, but "Just a Little Bit," with its rippling organ break, the group original "Riverside County," and the pounding finale, "The Fool," make the rest of side two eminently enjoyable, although, coming out in the midst of the punk and disco booms, the LP never had a chance to be heard by more than the most dedicated fans. The album was remastered and reissued on CD in the spring of 2000 by Repertoire Records. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Alan O'Duffy Engineer Alan Price Keyboards Barry Plummer Photography Chas Chandler Producer, Bass Chris Welch Liner Notes Eric Burdon Vocals Hilton Valentine Guitar Jo Mirowski Cover Design John Steel Drums Mick McKenna Tape Operator Paul Hardman Mixing Terry O'Neil Photography, Cover Photo