Editing Animals (Pink Floyd album) (section)

==Recording==
By 1975, Pink Floyd's deal with [[Harvest Records]]' parent company, [[EMI]], for unlimited studio time in return for a reduced percentage of sales had expired. That year, Pink Floyd bought a three-storey block of church halls at [[Britannia Row Studios|35 Britannia Row]] in [[Islington]], north London. They converted it into a recording studio and storage facility, which took up most of 1975. In April 1976, Pink Floyd started work on their tenth studio album, ''Animals'', at the new facility.<ref name="Masonpp218220">{{Harvnb|Mason|2005|pp=218–220}}</ref><ref>{{Harvnb|Blake|2008|p=239}}</ref> It was engineered by a previous Floyd collaborator, Brian Humphries.<ref name="Masonpp218220" /> Recording took place at Britannia Row between April 1976 and early 1977.<ref name="Poveyp208">{{Harvnb|Povey|2007|p=208}}</ref> 

With the exception of "Dogs" (co-written by the guitarist, [[David Gilmour]]), the tracks were written by the bassist, [[Roger Waters]]. Gilmour was distracted by the birth of his first child, and contributed little else towards the songwriting. The drummer, [[Nick Mason]], and the keyboardist, [[Richard Wright (musician)|Richard Wright]], contributed less than on previous albums, and ''Animals'' was the first Pink Floyd album not to contain a composer's credit for Wright.<ref>{{Harvnb|Blake|2008|pp=242–243}}</ref>

"Raving and Drooling" and "You've Got to Be Crazy", songs previously performed live and considered for Pink Floyd's 1975 album ''[[Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd album)|Wish You Were Here]]'', reappeared as "Sheep" and "Dogs".<ref name="Masonpp218220" /> They were reworked to fit the new concept, and separated by "Pigs (Three Different Ones)". The only other new composition, "Pigs on the Wing" (split into two parts to start and end the album), references Waters' private life; his new romantic interest was [[Carolyne Christie|Carolyne Anne Christie]], who was married to [[Rock Scully]], the manager of the [[Grateful Dead]], when she met Waters.<ref>{{Harvnb|Blake|2008|pp=244–245}}</ref>

The band had discussed employing another guitarist for future tours, and [[Snowy White]] was invited into the studio. When Waters and Mason inadvertently erased one of Gilmour's guitar solos, White was asked to record a solo on "Pigs on the Wing". Although his performance was omitted from the vinyl release, it was included on the [[8-track tape|8-track cartridge]] version. White performed on the ''Animals'' tour.<ref name="Masonpp218220"/> Mason recalled enjoying working on ''Animals'' more than ''Wish You Were Here''.<ref>{{Harvnb|Mason|2005|p=220}}</ref>