What is Animals (Pink Floyd album)?
{{Infobox Album | name = Animals | type = studio | artist = [[Pink Floyd]] | cover = | released = 23 January 1977 <small>(UK)</small><br />2 February 1977 <small>(U.S.)</small> | recorded = April 1976 – November 1976 at [[Britannia Row Studios]] | genre = [[Progressive rock]] | length = 41:46 | label = [[Harvest Records|Harvest]] <small>(UK original)</small><br />[[EMI Records|EMI]] <small>(UK reissue)</small><br />[[Columbia Records|Columbia]] <small>(U.S. original)</small><br />[[Capitol Records|Capitol]] <small>(U.S. reissue)</small> | producer = Pink Floyd | prev_title = [[Wish You Were Here (album)|Wish You Were Here]] | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = [[The Wall]] | next_year = 1979 }} '''''Animals''''' is a [[concept album]] by [[England|English]] progressive rock band [[Pink Floyd]]. It was released on 23 January 1977 in the [[United Kingdom]] and on 2 February 1977 in the [[United States]]. The album proved to be a success in the UK, where it reached #2 in the era of [[punk music]]. It was also a success in the U.S., reaching #3 on the [[Billboard 200|Billboard album charts]] (#1 and #2 were ''[[Hotel California]]'' by [[the Eagles]], and the [[soundtrack]] to the [[Barbra Streisand]] film ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]''). However, it was on the American charts for only six months even though it has continued to sell solidly, to the extent of its having gone quadruple platinum, according to the [[RIAA certification|RIAA]]. In the UK, the [[British Phonographic Industry]] awarded the album Gold (100,000 units) in 1977. It has yet to achieve Platinum. ==Track listing== <!-- DO NOT CHANGE TRACK TIMES. SEE TALK PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION. --> {{tracklist | music_credits = yes | all_lyrics = Roger Waters | extra_column = Lead vocals | headline = Side one | total_length = 18:28 | title1 = [[Pigs on the Wing|Pigs on the Wing, Part 1]] | music1 = Waters | extra1 = Waters | length1 = 1:25 | title2 = [[Dogs (Pink Floyd song)|Do