Roger Waters and David Gilmour composed ˝Animals˝ at a time in England when the face of rock music was drastically changing, 1977.
Punk bands were forming everywhere, and they all hated Pink Floyd’s brand of drawn-out, ethereal music - stuff they felt was pompous.
Thus, given the times, ˝Animals˝ turns out to be an impressively guitar-driven album, musical compositions that, despite it all, are also drawn-out and ethereal as only Pink Floyd can be.
The middle of this great album courageously contains three lengthy songs, much too long- winded for radio, thus spoiling the album’s commercial viability.
Also, ˝Animals˝ strangely opens and closes with two short and melodically pleasing acoustic songs about love gone bad; ˝Pigs on the Wing,˝ parts 1 and 2, somehow work well with the overall vibe of the album.