Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted [Extra tracks, Import]

The Animals | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 23, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Repertoire
• ASIN: B000046Q80
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #261,153 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Brother Bill (The Last Clean Shirt)

2. It's All Over Now Baby Blue

3. Fire On The Sun

4. As The Crow Flies

5. Please Send Me Someone To Love

6. Many Rivers To Cross

7. Just A Little Bit

8. Riverside County

9. Lonely Avenue

10. The Fool

Editorial Reviews

German remastered reissue of 1976 reunion album featuringthe original lineup. 10 tracks including ''It's All Over Now, Baby Blue', 'Please Send Me Someone To Love' & 'Lonely Avenue'. 2000 release. Standard jewelcase.

Customer Reviews

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Animals at their best, CD quality poor, May 25, 2000

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This review is from: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted (Audio CD)

This is one of the best albums by the Animals. Burdon's singing is exceptional. The keyboard work is fantastic, as are the other instruments. However, the CD is defective. There is noticeable distortion in "Please Send Me Someone" and in "The Fool." It sounds like a bad master tape. I compared it to a vinyl copy and the vinyl does not have this distortion. But this CD is better than no CD. Animals fans have waited so long for this album to be put on CD, I would recommend it even with the distortion.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long wait, March 7, 2002

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Javier Fernandez (Richmond, California USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted (Audio CD)

I like so much this recording that my vinyl copy is almost worn out. It took more than 20 years to get the CD re-issue released. It is one of the most under-rated recordings in the History of Rock and one of the best recordings by the band, in spite of having been made more than 10 years after the original line-up broke down. As in the previous albums by The Animals, most of the songs are covers and only one song has been written by the band. However, and as they did before, the covered songs are completely recreated, till the extent that may be listen to as if they were new songs. For instance, Dylan's "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" is sung by Eric Burdon with such a feeling, and backed by a terrific piano comping and solo by Alan Price that reminds me the work they did on "The House of The Rising Sun", also inspired by Bob Dylan's first album. There are a few differences on this recording, compered to the previous albums: the band does not sound as they did in the 60's, they sound pretty much better in terms of record production, credited to the bass player Chas Chandler, without loosing that live recording feeling they have in their 60's albums, which doesn't happen with "Ark", the last official studio recording by the band. Another difference in terms of music is that they approach styles they never did before, such as Jimmy Cliff's "Many Rivers To Cross". There are some great out-takes from this recording, available in the collector market, which should have been included on this re-issue, such as Lennon/McCartney's "Let It Be". Eventually, a recording that is a must, not only for The Animals fans, but also for all Classic Rock, Blues and R&B lovers.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As a revival album, this is no lame duck, December 9, 2004

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Jason Walker (Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted (Audio CD)

I have this album on Vinyl but, since it's in England and I'm in Japan, I thought I'd add it to my CD collection too. It's been a while since I lisented to it (maybe 8/9 years) and it was with new ears that I listened this time round. Seems even better than before. The songs are not so gutsy as the earlier Animals turnouts but I think it just reflects how the band members had mellowed by this time. Having been off doing their own things for 11 years or so they came back a little wiser, a little more laid back and self satisfied perhaps. Probably they weren't trying to make a point or prove anything with this album - they'd already done all that - and just wanted to blow the dust off a bit. I think the beauty of this album lies in the fact that the material is pretty simple and, as such, helps accentuate the genius of Alan Price's keyboards, the subtlety and finesse of Hilton Valentine's guitar work (there's some nice riffs and licks in there), the burning power of Burdon's voice, the simple yet driving base of Chandler and the earthy percussion of Steele. They get back to their bluesier and gutsier roots with a few numbers, such as 'fire on the sun', 'brother bill', 'just a little bit' and my favourite, 'the fool'. There are powerful renditions of classics - 'many rivers to cross' and Bob Dylan's unforgettable 'it's all over now, baby blue'. On these, and 'please send me someone to love', Eric Burdon's voice is at its most crystaline and gut tugging. There are a couple of songs that aren't bad but they don't grab me so much - 'riverside county' and 'as the crow flies'. Ok, but just as fillers. As a band revival album I reckon this one of the better attempts - just to say 'we're still around and we can still rock if we want'. Unfortunately, the music scene and attitudes in the UK (and the world) had changed by 1977 and this album didn't really get the acclaim that it should have, and kind of got buried and forgotten quite quickly. Shame. I think it has a kind of subtle yet solid, almost legendary sound and should be remembered along with the earlier material the band produced. Their later album 'Ark', which they made in 1983, doesn't have the same impact (aside from a few songs it doesn't really say 'we're the Animals at all) but, it's listenable. BWWSRI is well worth adding to your collection.