All right, I'm gonna give my (completely unsolicited) track-by-track review of Animals. (You'd better fire up the barbecue in advance... :grin: )

1. Pigs on the Wing 1 7/10
This song makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I love it. I'm a guitar player, and I'm playing this constantly (to the chagrin of my unenlightened, pronounced "Non-Floyd-fan", friends.) My only complaint is, to me it kinda doesn't fit the tone of the album. Syrup and bile don't go well together. :grin:

2. Dogs 10/10
What can I say? F*ckin-A amazing guitar work from Dave, and that "Stone...stone...stone" delay effect (a chant, almost) just mesmerises me when I'm, well, figure it out. That repeating solo (the one he does three times) is easy to play, but it sounds sooooo wild (Like the descending bit in SOYCD, the one that follows the "Shine...on...you cra...zy diamond" vocal tune). This gets in my head at work, and I start singing it, even scatting the solos and drumming on the table, for the whole 17 minutes. My coworkers think I'm insane. Rog's lyrics are amazing, and his singing is even great. Of all the songs from the "Waters Domination" era, this one is second only to Comfortably Numb. In case you didn't notice, I really, really like this song. :grin:

3. Pigs (Three Different Ones) 9/10
Another song I just looooove. Musically it's not *that* great, but still worth a 9. The lyrics are what gets me. I'd love to get inside Rog's head and find out where stuff like this came from. (Just by the way, does he have to put at least one curse into every album? Just a thought. Seems Dave's picked up on that as well.) So far, a 26/30 over three songs, until...

4. Sheep 1/10
Gah. Beastly. I know I've got an unpopular opinion right here, but this song just makes me want to scream. "Raving and Drooling", indeed. "Dogs" and "Pigs" are 17- and 12- minute songs that would sound good if they were 30 minutes. "Sheep" is a 10-minute song that would be better off as the length of, say, Pigs on the Wing 1. Again, this album basically lives and dies by the music, not the lyrics. This song...I've got nothing more to say. Flame me if you wish.

5. Pigs on the Wing 2 7/10
As this song is almost indistinguishable from the first, it gets the same score. This song I like because it removes the taste of "Mutton" from my mouth. Thank you.

So, in all, a 34/50. I must be a pretty harsh marker, because this album is #4 on my Floyd list. Hm.

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