Pink Floyd’s Animals 2018 Remix Details and Release Date
Fans have been waiting a long time to find out when the new Animals remix will be released, what formats are available and what other goodies and features may be included. Well, the wait is finally over as we can reveal the details below.
The formats of Animals 2018 Remix include CD, LP (with gatefold artwork), Blu-ray, and SACD. These will be released around the world on September 16th, with the deluxe being available from October 7th 2022.
The reason this 2018 remix is only just being released in late 2022 is because of the arguing between Roger Waters and David Gilmour after author Mark Blake was commissioned to write liner notes to accompany the release but the pair could not quite agree on them. It is good news that they have arrived at a place where this can now be released and enjoyed by fans.
Format and particulars | UK& Europe | USA & Rest of World |
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Animals 2018 Remix : Deluxe Gatefold 4 discs, includes LP/CD/DVD/Blu-Ray, 32-page booklet, all housed in a hardcover book style cover | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com |
Animals 2018 Remix : Blu-ray Special Blu-Ray gatefold card sleeve, 16-page booklet | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com |
Animals 2018 Remix : SACD Hardback book package with 28-page book in slipcase. Package includes 2018 NEW STEREO MIX (High-resolution DSD), 2018 NEW 5.1 SURROUND MIX (High-resolution DSD), 2018 NEW STEREO MIX (standard CD) | Rough Trade | Acoustic Sounds |
Animals 2018 Remix : 180g vinyl LP 180 Gram black heavyweight vinyl, 28 page booklet, gatefold vinyl sleeve | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com |
Animals 2018 Remix : CD CD in card gatefold cd size sleeve, 28-page booklet. | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.com |
Press Release
Warner Music [Sony Music outside Europe] today announced the upcoming release of Pink Floyd’s ‘Animals’ on Deluxe Gatefold, CD, LP, Blu-ray and SACD. The individual versions will be available on 16 September 2022 with the Deluxe version available from 7 October. This is the first time the album will have been available on 5.1 Surround Sound.
Animals is the tenth studio album by Pink Floyd, originally released in January 1977. It was recorded at the band’s Britannia Row Studios in London throughout 1976 and early 1977, and was produced by the band themselves. The successful album peaked at number 2 in the UK and number 3 in the US, and is considered as one of the band’s best works. The album was recorded by band members David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright.
Animals 2018 Remix will be released on CD, LP (with gatefold artwork), Blu-ray, SACD and Deluxe Gatefold formats. The Deluxe Gatefold version includes LP, CD, audio Blu-ray, audio DVD and a 32-page book. The Blu-ray and DVD audio include the 2018 remix in Stereo, 5.1 Surround (both by James Guthrie) and the original 1977 Stereo mix. The 32-page booklet features rarely seen behind the scenes photographs of the album sleeve shoot along with live images and memorabilia. The album artwork has been reimagined for this release.
Animals is a concept album, focusing on the social-political conditions of mid-1970s Britain, and was a change from the style of the band’s earlier work. The album was developed from a collection of unrelated songs into a concept which describes the apparent social and moral decay of society, likening the human condition to that of animals. Taking inspiration from George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the album depicts the different classes of people as animals with pigs being at the top of the social chain, dropping down to the sheep as the mindless herd following what they are told, with dogs as the business bosses getting fat on the money and power they hold over the other. Although it’s been a long time since 1977, the narrative of the album still resonates today as our social and economical situation mirrors that of the time.
The album’s iconic cover shows an inflatable pig (now known as Algie) floating between two chimneys of the Battersea Power Station, conceived by Roger Waters, and designed by long-time collaborator Storm Thorgerson of Hipgnosis Studios. For this new release, the artwork has been re-designed for the modern era by Storm’s Hipgnosis partner Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell. Taking new shots of the building as it appeared during the recent conversion work, Po experimented with new angles and produce some striking new takes on the classic original. Po elaborates: “With the original 1977 album cover being such an iconic piece of stand-alone art, I had the chance to update it, which was a rather daunting task, but Hipgnosis took the opportunity to re-photograph the image to reflect a changing world, and by using modern digital colouring techniques I kept Pink Floyd’s rather bleak message of moral decay using the Orwellian themes of animals, the pig ‘Algie’, faithful to the message of the album”.
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