Artist: ANIMALS
Album: BEFORE WE WERE SO RUDELY INTERRUPED REMASTERED (DIGI)

Release date: 1977/ 2008
Media type: CD

This was indeed a reunion of the five original Animals from the group's first incarnation — Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, and John Steel, in their first recording sessions (and, save for a one-off concert in 1968, their first musical project together at all) since 1966. Bassist Chandler produced the effort using his Barn Records team.

The album has received strong critical notices. Rolling Stone writer Dave Marsh called it "a surprisingly successful [...] one-shot, with the original group, again dominated by Price and Burdon, turning in fine, hard-nosed blues performances." Bruce Eder of Allmusic judged it "just short of a lost classic." The Italian e-zine Viceversa ranked it number 42 on their top 100 albums of all time.[1]

However, record company promotion for the album was weak, no tour was held, and the sound was out of phase with the popularity of disco and punk rock; Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted reached number 70 on the U.S. pop albums chart, number 24 in Netherlands and did not seem to chart at all in the UK.

The album was remastered and reissued on CD in 2008 by Repertoire Records.

TRACKLIST:

1 Brother Bill (The Last Clean Shit)
03:16

2 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
04:40

3 Fire On The Sun
02:22

4 As The Crow Flies
03:37

5 Please Send Me Someone To Love
04:44

6 Many Rivers To Cross
04:08

7 Just Want A Little Bit
02:05

8 Riverside County
03:48

9 Lonely Avenue
05:20

10 The Fool
03:24


LINE-UP:

Eric Burdon – vocals
Alan Price – keyboards
Hilton Valentine – guitar
Chas Chandler – bass
John Steel – drums