Animals

Album · Released 21 January 1977

Animals

Animals is a bitter record with a remarkably expressive band inside it. Roger Waters' portraits of power, competition and obedience are severe, but the music keeps finding nuances that the animal categories alone cannot provide. Pink Floyd make the anger feel lived in rather than merely announced. The two brief parts of Pigs on the Wing create an essential frame. Their acoustic setting allows a small personal connection to exist outside the…