Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
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Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted | ||||
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Released | August 1977 | |||
Studio | Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Goulds Farm | |||
Genre | Rock, blues rock, rhythm and blues | |||
Label | Barn (original)[1] Jet/United Artists (USA)[2] | |||
Producer | Chas Chandler | |||
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Christgau's Record Guide | B−[4] |
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Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted is a 1977 reunion album by the Animals.[7] They are billed on the cover as the Original Animals.
History
[edit]The album marked a reunion of the five original Animals from the group's first incarnation — Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, and John Steel, in their first recording sessions since 1965.[8] Bassist Chandler produced the effort using his Barn Records team.
The title refers to the first sentence of William Connor's first column in the Daily Mirror after World War II: "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted ...".
The album was remastered and reissued on CD in 2000 by Repertoire Records.
Reception
[edit]The album has received good critical notices. Rolling Stone writer Dave Marsh called it "a surprisingly successful [...] one-shot, with the original group, again dominated by Price and Burdon, turning in fine, hard-nosed blues performances." Bruce Eder of AllMusic judged it "just short of a lost classic."
However, record company promotion for the album was weak, no tour was held, and the sound was out of time with the popularity of disco and punk rock; it thus reached only No. 70 on the U.S. pop albums chart, No. 24 in Netherlands and did not chart at all in the UK.
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]- "Brother Bill (The Last Clean Shirt)" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Clyde Otis) – 3:18
- "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) – 4:39
- "Fire on the Sun" (Shaky Jake aka James D. Harris) – 2:23
- "As the Crow Flies" (Jimmy Reed) – 3:37
- "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) – 4:44
Side two
[edit]- "Many Rivers to Cross" (Jimmy Cliff) – 4:06
- "Just a Little Bit" (John Thornton, Ralph Bass, Earl Washington, Piney Brown) – 2:04
- "Riverside County" (Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, John Steel) – 3:46
- "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) – 5:16
- "The Fool" (Naomi Ford, Lee Hazlewood) – 3:24
Personnel
[edit]The Original Animals
[edit]- Eric Burdon – vocals
- Alan Price – keyboards
- Hilton Valentine – guitar
- Chas Chandler – bass
- John Steel – drums
Technical
[edit]- Alan O'Duffy – engineer
- Paul Hardiman – mix engineer
- Jo Mirowski – design
- Terry O'Neill – photography
References
[edit]- ^ "Italian Critics & Reviewers Assn. Chooses 28 Best LPs Of Year". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2 September 1978 – via Google Books.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (8 September 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted - The Animals - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: O". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 10 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 199.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 17.
- ^ "Hilton Valentine obituary". the Guardian. 15 February 2021.
- ^ The Rough Guide to Rock (2nd ed.). Rough Guides Ltd. 1999. pp. 28–29.
External links
[edit]- Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted at Discogs (list of releases)