ANIMALS

This is probably my favorite of the late period Floyd albums (post Meddle, Dark Side through Final Cut). Gilmour is at his peak on this album, and his lead lines are used wonderfully as melody lines and not just solos, though the actual solos themselves are some of his best. This album gets accused of being bloated and overlong, but I totally disagree. I think this is Waters best concept album in terms of consistency and intricacy, and some of his best writing of his whole career, lyrically and musically. There is not one weak moment on this album. The two Pigs On The Wing are essentially a single song, and are really just intro and outro to the rest of the album, done in typical Waters acoustic ballad style (very similar in construction to Wish You Were Here, the song). Dogs is a sprawling masterpiece of song with some of Gilmours most biting and perfect singing and guitar playing. Much of my favorite solo work by him is on this track. Pigs and Sheep are both outstanding songs, fitting beatifully into the concept with excellent performances from all band members.

Personally, I much prefer this album to the Wall, as I find it really the last concise and perfectly written concept album that Waters would ever do. As popular and legendary as the Wall is/was, I just think this was the last truely great Floyd album. For me, a definite 5 star album.

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