Pink Floyd – Animals (2018 Remix) (Multikanal-Hybrid-SACD, Analogue Productions)

The time for the SACD release all Pink Floyd fans have coveted – Animals in 5.1 surround and stereo – is here. Another classic Pink Floyd title receives the multichannel reissue treatment from Analogue Productions. The SACD also of course includes a stunning stereo mix. And as this is a hybrid disc the album is of course also playable on a standard CD player. The SACD features the 2018 remix of the iconic 1977 Pink Floyd album for the first time by long-time producer/engineer James Guthrie. 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 economic situation mirrors that of the time.