Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted

Infobox Album |
Name = Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
Type = studio
Artist = The Original Animals


Released = August 1977
Recorded = Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Goulds Farm
Genre = Rock, blues, R&B
Length =
Label = Jet Records
Producer = Chas Chandler
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7udgylkjxp9b link]
*Rolling Stone Record Guide Rating|3|5 1983
Last album =
This album = "Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted"
(1977)
Next album = "Ark"
(1983)

"Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted" is a 1977 reunion album from The Animals, billed here as The Original Animals.

History

This was indeed 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 (and, save for a one-off concert in 1968, their first musical project together at all) since 1966. Bassist Chandler produced the effort using his Barn Records team.

The album has received strong 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." The Italian e-zine "Viceversa" ranked it number 42 on their top 100 albums of all time. [http://www.landscape.it/viceversa/thegallery/rock100.htm]

However, record company promotion for the album was weak, no tour was held, and the sound was out of phase with the popularity of disco and punk rock; "Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted" reached number 70 on the U.S. pop albums chart, number 24 in Netherlands and did not seem to chart at all in the UK.

The album was remastered and reissued on CD in 2000 by Repertoire Records.

Track listing

ide one

# "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" [no credit given] - 2:23
# "As the Crow Flies" (R. Stanley) - 3:37
# "Please Send Me Someone to Love" (Percy Mayfield) - 4:44

ide two

# "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) - 3:24

Personnel

* Eric Burdon – vocals
* Alan Price – keyboards
* Hilton Valentine – guitar
* Chas Chandler – bass
* John Steel – drums