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List Price: $24.95 | | Publisher: Music Sales America
Salesrank: 175703
Released: December 31, 1977 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
The P/V/G songbook of the Pink Floyd classic. Songs include: Pigs on the Wing * Dogs * Sheep * Pigs (Three Different Ones) * Pigs on the Wing Part II * and more.
Pink Floyd - Animals (Music Sales America) Reviews:
Solo Guitar 
2009-08-29 - I wasn't particularly impressed by this book. It was also probably because I wasn't expecting it to be a guitar/voice book. It tries to pull all the parts into the one guitar part that they give. I'd much rather have all the parts written out instead of a mishmash of parts. Plus it messes up a few areas in terms of chords and even song structure, leaving out a good bunch of the actual guitar solos from the album due to lack of a backing band. It's all music notation (which is better for rhythm than tabs) and the only tabs are in the chord symbols above the guitar and voice part. The book itself is great in terms of artwork and design. If anything it can be a nice little coffee table book to flip through and check out pictures of the band recording and playing. If you want just the guitar part that is on the album though, you're probably better off looking it up online for the tabs and filling in most of the solos by ear.
Not for the faint hearted 
2005-09-19 - This album is for the head banger. For the casual listener, there is no way in. But since this is about the book and not the album, here's a bow shot: There is no tablature in here. So if your skill lies in reading music, this is the place to go but don't expect any fret numbers laid out for you neatly to go home, have a few beers and play along. I doubt if Gilmour himself will be able to play along this stuff considering he cannot read music. Additionally, here's a bit of trivia for you. The outro solo on Pigs on the wing - Part 2, was crafted and executed by Snowy White and not David Gilmour, as is usually thought. In conclusion, this is one of PF's heaviest albums and worth learning to read notes to play the stuff. Have fun
RK
NO Tablature! 
2005-08-04 - I thought I'd save everyone the trouble and let you all know that this book does NOT have the popular Tablature format!
Otherwise, the book has a nice collection of photos and essays as well as the music in standard format.
One of Floyd's best!!!
2002-04-19 - this cd is almost perfect...
Pigs on the wing.. almost makes me cry every time I listen to it..
Dogs is a 17 minute tour de Force.... All thanx to Waters...
Waters is god...
This is a great book... Gilmour's solos are great... But thanx to waters... ahhaha
Pink Floyd Guitaring & lyrical cynicism at its best
2000-04-04 - The animals is not generally known for it's musical prowess. It was also admitted by the band that they needed something badly for a tour and threw in this material. While waters dominates the album's song credit, David Gilmour's contribution to it's music has not gone unnoticed. Dogs features some of David's best guitaring and of which he admittedly was very proud of. For him as well, It is not his normal run of the mill solo. Historically for Floydians, it is a track(the solo parts) that Waters accidentally erased and that Gilmour had to re-record. Anyway, It is subtle in the guitar sound and has a pace remniscent of Money, all the luscious signature Gilmour bends. Also sonically, It is an altered tuning that is tuned down a whole step on all strings. Pigs features some repetitive musical parts, the only musical highlight being the outro solo with good bass finishing things off. This solo is a good example of Gilmour's lyrical playing. Rarely does he move around in this solo between too many notes. Instead his attitude is compositional by just staying around a few notes riding it high with bends and vibrato. The two solos are a must for progressive guitarists and there is a lot of learning here in terms of feel and those huge bends. Sheep, not to metion, has some unusual guitar playing on it as well and is a great track and fantastic usage of biblical psalms by Waters. Lyrically, Roger has put George Orwell's Animal Farm to good use here and in Rock & Roll format. It is his lucid observation of the workings of society and the evils that go with it that makes Pink Floyd the band they are and worthwhile listening to.
