Description
Animals is the tenth studio album by Pink Floyd, originally released in January 1977. It was recorded
at the band’s Britannia Row Studios in London throughout 1976 and early 1977, and was produced
by the band themselves. The successful album peaked at number 2 in the UK and number 3 in the
US, and is considered as one of the band’s best works. The album was recorded by band members
David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright.
The Deluxe Gatefold version includes LP, CD, audio Blu-ray, audio DVD and a 32-
page book. The Blu-ray and DVD audio include the 2018 remix in Stereo, 5.1 Surround (both by
James Guthrie) and the original 1977 Stereo mix. The 32-page booklet features rarely seen behind
the scenes photographs of the album sleeve shoot along with live images and memorabilia. The
album artwork has been reimagined for this release.
Animals is a concept album, focusing on the social-political conditions of mid-1970s Britain, and was
a change from the style of the band’s earlier work. The album was developed from a collection of
unrelated songs into a concept which describes the apparent social and moral decay of society,
likening the human condition to that of animals. Taking inspiration from George Orwell’s Animal
Farm, the album depicts the different classes of people as animals with pigs being at the top of the
social chain, dropping down to the sheep as the mindless herd following what they are told, with
dogs as the business bosses getting fat on the money and power they hold over the other. Although
it’s been a long time since 1977, the narrative of the album still resonates today as our social and
economical situation mirrors that of the time.
The album’s iconic cover shows an inflatable pig (now known as Algie) floating between two
chimneys of the Battersea Power Station, conceived by Roger Waters, and designed by long-time
collaborator Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis Studios. For this new release, the artwork has been re-
designed for the modern era by Storm’s Hipgnosis partner Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell. Taking new shots of
the building as it appeared during the recent conversion work, Po experimented with new angles
and produce some striking new takes on the classic original.
