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- The Animals Retrospective
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The Animals
Released 2004

Gonna Send You Back To Walker
02:27
9,189 plays

Inside - Looking Out
03:49
8,246 plays

Monterey
04:22
8,044 plays

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- 1
- House Of The Rising Sun
- 04:31
- 161,831 plays

- 2
- I'm Crying
- 02:48
- 13,229 plays

- 3
- Baby Let Me Take You Home
- 02:20
- 10,366 plays

- 4
- Gonna Send You Back To Walker
- 02:27
- 9,189 plays

- 5
- Boom Boom
- 03:19
- 14,446 plays

- 6
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- 02:31
- 32,648 plays

- 7
- Bring It On Home To Me
- 02:44
- 12,373 plays

- 8
- We Gotta Get Out Of This Place
- 03:16
- 35,305 plays

- 9
- It's My Life
- 03:09
- 17,410 plays

- 10
- Don't Bring Me Down
- 03:17
- 23,539 plays

- 11
- See See Rider
- 04:02
- 17,601 plays

- 12
- Inside - Looking Out
- 03:49
- 8,246 plays

- 13
- Hey Gyp
- 03:50
- 6,688 plays

- 14
- Help Me Girl
- 02:39
- 7,944 plays

- 15
- When I Was Young
- 03:01
- 11,558 plays

- 16
- A Girl Named Sandoz
- 03:07
- 7,534 plays

- 17
- San Franciscan Nights
- 03:23
- 10,622 plays

- 18
- Monterey
- 04:22
- 8,044 plays

- 19
- Anything
- 03:23
- 5,755 plays

- 20
- Sky Pilot
- 07:33
- 11,240 plays

- 21
- White Houses
- 03:55
- 5,805 plays

- 22
- Spill The Wine (Radio Edit)
- 04:03
- 13,797 plays

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album review

Initially, the Animals' Retrospective looks like just another greatest-hits compilation recycling the same old tracks already easily available elsewhere. Yawn! Yet, on closer inspection, there's a big difference with this particular set. These 22 tracks are taken from the ABKCO masters and utilize Direct Stream Digital (DSD), containing both CD and Super Audio CD layers. ABKCO initially previewed this technology with much fanfare on the Rolling Stones' reissues of 2003. That excellence is again applied here and the material undeniably sparkles. The first incarnation of the band with Mickie Most's production is represented by what have to be the cleanest recordings heard yet of favorites like "House of the Rising Sun," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," and "Don't Bring Me Down." However, it's the psychedelic phase of the band, when they became Eric Burdon & the Animals, that the DSD really kicks. Every nuance present, and sometimes hidden, on a song like "San Franciscan Nights," or "Monterey," in which the horns noticeably jump out at you, or the battle sequence on "Sky Pilot," is incredibly vivid whether you're using high-tech gear or an average playback unit. Even if you've heard these tracks a zillion times, this ABKCO release gets you as close to hearing studio playback as you're likely to get! ~ Al Campbell, All Music Guide