{"product_id":"pink-floyd-animals-preloved","title":"Pink Floyd - Animals (Preloved)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's hard to call anything of Pink Floyd's underrated. The band has two entries in the Top 20 Best Selling Albums of All Time list, matching the Eagles and the Beatles for two albums in the list. Their best-known album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDark Side of the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, spent 741 consecutive weeks (14+ years) in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e200 Album charts. Their devoted fan base includes millions. And that's not even half of their achievements. So to call anything of theirs underrated is rather unbelievable, but in the case of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnimals\u003c\/em\u003e, some fans say it's true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many instances,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnimals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis fairly stripped-down, with Gilmour's soothing voice missing, and Richard Wright making little if any contribution. Roger Waters writes all lyrics, and the concept of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnimals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis entirely his. In his harshest manner, Waters rips apart late-1970s society through the use of three types of animals: dogs, the materialistic and glib \"yuppies\" of a decade later, concerned only with wealth, good times, power and their own well-being; \"Pigs\" are no less flattering, high-positioned and self-righteous, they preach and dispense their high-minded, moralist views from atop the world's ranks; \"Sheep\" are the aimless and docile masses who get used and abused by the more powerful Dogs and Pigs in society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnimals\u003c\/em\u003e, released in 1977, reached No. 2 in the U.K., and No. 3 in the U.S.. Thanks to the album and the band's back catalogue, noted\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Guinness Book of British Hit Albums\u003c\/em\u003e, \"Pink Floyd bested Abba for most weeks on chart (in 1977), 108 to 106.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNME\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecalled\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnimals\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\"one of the most extreme, relentless, harrowing and downright iconoclastic hunks of music to have been made available this side of the sun,\" and Melody Maker's Karl Dallas described it as \"(an) uncomfortable taste of reality in a medium that has become in recent years, increasingly soporific.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bad Neighbour Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55259270611243,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/3640\/2219\/files\/Pink-Floyd_Animals-orig.jpg?v=1788232708","url":"https:\/\/bnrecords.com.au\/products\/pink-floyd-animals-preloved","provider":"Bad Neighbour Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}