Monday, March 5, 2012

#479 The Animals - Animalism

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Garagey rock at just about its finest, playing a series of bluesy / early R&B covers. The guitars are ragged and frayed, the delivery just this side of the wheels coming off, a threadbare scarecrow in a ramshackle soapbox racer. The production is the perfect vehicle too, alternately sharp and cavernous, always aggressive and huge. You feel like you are hearing real performances, and every rough edge is in just the right spot. I don't think I ever quite connected the dots between R&B and garage and the route the electric guitar took through the 60's; this is a crucial link 4/5

You might like this if: you like rock and roll

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