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 Just officially announced, after a few teasers on Pink Floyd's official social media channels, is Animals 50 which marks the five decades since the band's follow-up album to Wish You Were Here. This special edition will be released in multiple formats and a deluxe box set, out 22nd January 2027 via Sony Music. The 50th anniversary edition brings fans fresh insight into one of Pink Floyd's most visceral and compelling works, featuring a raft of rare and unreleased music, alongside unseen photographs capturing a unique behind the scenes perspective of the recording process, creation of the iconic album art and groundbreaking tour production.
Animals 50 will be released in multiple formats, including a Deluxe Box Set, 1LP, 2LP, 2CD, Blu-Ray Audio and digital. The Deluxe Box Set contains 3 LPs: the original 1977 album, the 2018 Remix (remixed by James Guthrie), and a disc of five rarities that includes an unheard Roger Waters track titled Young Nicholas Jon and previously unreleased early versions of Sheep and Dogs. It also has 5 CDs mirroring the LPs, plus 2 discs of the 1977 Oakland show recorded live at the Oakland Coliseum Arena by a then 19 year old bootlegger, Reinhard Hohlwein, and the 1 disc Blu-Ray, which includes all of the above audio with the 2018 Remix being available in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
The Deluxe Box Set also features a 64 page hardback book comprising new sleeve notes from New York Times Best-Selling author and life-long Floyd fan Jonathan Lethem, an interview with Reinhard Hohlwein and an excerpt from Hipgnosis' Audrey "Po" Powell's memoir about the making of the iconic album art for Animals. These fascinating insights are interspersed with previously unpublished images that document the full creative journey, from the album recording to the shooting of the cover at Battersea Power Station and the subsequent global tour. The 1LP contains the original 1977 album in orange and sandstone colour variants. The 2LP and 2CD sets contain the original 1977 album plus rarities, as does the digital release, which also features the Oakland show.
Below we share the full tracklistings of each of the editions - the rarities selection in particular sounds very intriguing, with the early versions of songs, an untitled studio jam, and a track we've not seen documented before, called Young Nicholas Jon.
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ANIMALS 50 TRACKLISTING AND FORMATS:
DIGITAL
"Disc 1" - Animals (Original album):
Pigs on the Wing 1
Dogs
Pigs (Three Different Ones)
Sheep
Pigs on the Wing 2
"Disc 2" - Animals (2018 Remix)
Pigs on the Wing 1 - 2018 Remix
Dogs - 2018 Remix
Pigs (Three Different Ones) - 2018 Remix
Sheep - 2018 Remix
Pigs on the Wing 2 - 2018 Remix
"Disc 3" - Rarities
Dogs - Early Version, Rough Mix *
Sheep - Original Radio Edit *
Sheep - Early Version, Rough Mix *
Studio Jam *
Young Nicholas Jon *
"Disc 4" - Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977
Sheep (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Pigs on the Wing 1 (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Dogs (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Pigs on the Wing 2 (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Pigs (Three Different Ones) (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 1-5) (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Welcome to the Machine (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Have a Cigar (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Wish You Were Here (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pts. 6-9) (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Money (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Us and Them (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
Careful with That Axe, Eugene (Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977) *
2 LP
LP1: Animals (Original album)
LP2: Rarities
2 CD
CD1: Animals (Original album)
CD2: Rarities
Blu-Ray
Animals (Original album) (stereo)
Animals (2018 Remix) (stereo + 5.1 + Atmos)
Rarities (stereo)
Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977
DELUXE BOX SET INCLUDES:
5CD:
CD1: Animals (Original album)
CD2: Animals (2018 Remix)
CD3: Rarities
CD4: Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977 Disc 1
CD5: Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977 Disc 2
3LP:
LP1: Animals (Original album)
LP2: Animals (2018 Remix)
LP3: Rarities
Blu-Ray:
Animals (Original album) (stereo)
Animals (2018 Remix) (stereo + 5.1 + Atmos)
Rarities (stereo)
Live from the Oakland Coliseum Arena, 1977
Hardback book
Poster reproductions
* never before officially released
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