Two of the album’s three epic-length songs, “Dogs” and “Sheep”, were originally written and performed live (along with the also-epic “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”) during Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon tours in 1974, but unlike “Shine On” they were shelved instead of included on the next album Wish You Were Here. “Dogs” was originally titled “You Gotta Be Crazy”, and “Sheep” was originally titled “Raving and Drooling”, both undergoing some adjustments to fit the Animal Farm inspired theme of the album.
Animals is the first and only Pink Floyd album to be recorded in their new Britannia Row studio in Islington, London. They had intended to record the following album The Wall there but it was recorded in France and the U.S. instead because the band had to spend a year out of England as tax exiles. (The studio found use by numerous other bands, in particular ‘80s goth bands Joy Division, New Order, and The Cult.) Over the years, one by one, each member of Pink Floyd sold their quarter share of Britannia Row to the others, the first being Rick Wright after he was forced out of the band during The Wall sessions, then Roger Waters after he famously quit the band in 1985, and finally David Gilmour sold to Nick Mason leaving him as the sole owner of the recording studio. In the early 1990s, Nick Mason sold Britannia Row to its longtime manager, Kate Koumi.
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