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In 1976, Pink Floyd began eight months of continuous recording for their next album, Animals, at their own studio facility, Britannia Row, in North London. The album’s cover, featuring a 40ft helium-filled inflatable pig floating above London’s Battersea Power Station, was conceptualized by Roger Waters and photographed by Hipgnosis. The photo shoot took place over three days in December 1976, with the pig famously breaking free and landing in Kent on the second day. The final cover was a composite of the pig from the third day and the location from the first day.
This period marked a significant phase in the band’s history as they continued to push the boundaries of progressive rock with their new album Animals. The band played no concerts this year, the first year without concerts for a long time.
Here are some of the biggest selling albums of 1976:
- “Hotel California” by Eagles
- “Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)” by Eagles
- “Boston” by Boston
- “Oxygene” by Jean-Michel Jarre
- “Frampton Comes Alive!” by Peter Frampton
- “James Taylor’s Greatest Hits” by James Taylor
- “Best of the Doobies” by The Doobie Brothers
- “Chronicle: 20 Greatest Hits” by Creedence Clearwater Revival
- “Linda Ronstadt’s Greatest Hits” by Linda Ronstadt
- “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap” by AC/DC
Pink Floyd 1976 Sources – Nick Mason A Personal History of Pink Floyd and For the Love of Vinyl The Cover Art of Hipgnosis and Mind over Matter The Images of Pink Floyd by Storm Thorgerson and Peter Curzon.