Pink Floyd : Animals

Animals

 is the
 tenth studio album
 by English rock band
 Pink Floyd
 It was first released
 on January 23 1977
 by Harvest Records
 in the United Kingdom 
and by
 Columbia Records 
in the United States.
 It is a concept album
 that provides a 
scathing critique of 
the social-political conditions
 of late 1970s Britain, 
and presents a
 marked change in 
musical style 
from their 
earlier work.
 Animals 
was recorded
 at the band's
 Britannia Row Studios
 in London,
 but its production was
 punctuated by
 the early signs of 
discord that,
 three years later, 
would culminate in
 keyboardist
 Richard Wright 
leaving the band. 
The album's cover image,
 a pig floating between
 two chimneys
 of the
 Battersea Power Station, 
was conceived by
 the band's bassist
 and lead songwriter
 Roger Waters, 
and was designed by
 long-time collaborator
 Storm Thorgerson.

The album was released to
 generally positive reviews
 in the United Kingdom,
 where it reached number 2 
on the UK Albums Chart.
 It was also a success 
in the United States,
 reaching number 3 
on the US Billboard 200,
 and although it scored 
on US charts for half a year, 
steady sales have resulted
 in its certification by
 the Recording Industry
 Association
 of America (RIAA) 
at 4x platinum.
 The size of the venues
 of the band's 
In the Flesh Tour
 prompted an incident in which
 Waters spat at members
 of the audience, 
setting the background
 for the band's 
next studio album
 The Wall,
 released two years later

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