Editing Animals (Pink Floyd album) (section)

=== Reissues ===
''Animals'' was issued on CD in the UK in 1985,{{#tag:ref|EMI CDP 7461282|group="nb"}} and in the US in 1987.{{#tag:ref|Columbia CK 34474|group="nb"}} It was reissued as a digitally remastered CD with new artwork in 1994,{{#tag:ref|EMI CD EMD 1060|group="nb"}} and as a digitally remastered limited-edition vinyl album in 1997.{{#tag:ref|EMI EMD 1116|group="nb"}}  An anniversary edition was released in the US in the same year,{{#tag:ref|Columbia CK 68521|group="nb"}} followed in 2000 by a reissue from Capitol Records.{{#tag:ref|Capitol CDP 724382974826|group="nb"}}<ref name="Poveyp347" /> It was also included in the ''[[Shine On (Pink Floyd album)|Shine On]]'' box set in 1992, in the 2007 [[Oh, by the Way|''Oh, By The Way'']] box set and in the 2011 ''Why Pink Floyd...?'' re-release series both in the box set and as a standalone 'Discovery' edition CD.{{#tag:ref|EMI 50999 028951 2 3|group="nb"}}

In an April 2020 interview, Waters said he had pushed for the release of a remixed and remastered vinyl of ''Animals'' by [[James Guthrie (record producer)|James Guthrie]], but that it had been rejected by Gilmour and Mason.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title='RS Interview: Special Edition' With Roger Waters|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-tour-postponed-2021-984579/|last1=Hiatt|first1=Brian|date=16 April 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=18 May 2020|archive-date=19 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519021027/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-tour-postponed-2021-984579/|url-status=live}}</ref> In June 2021, Waters released a statement announcing a new release with stereo and 5.1 surround mixes. Waters cited a dispute with Gilmour over a set of liner notes written by [[Mark Blake (writer)|Mark Blake]] as the reason for the delay, and posted the rejected liner notes on his website.<ref name="RSAnimals">{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |title=Roger Waters Announces 'Animals' Deluxe Edition, Plans for a Memoir |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2 June 2021 |date=1 June 2021 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013222550/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="wliner">{{cite web |last1=Waters |first1=Roger |title=Animals - New mix update - Roger Waters |url=https://rogerwaters.com/animals-new-mix-update/ |date=3 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603031849/https://rogerwaters.com/animals-new-mix-update/ |archive-date=3 June 2021 |access-date=2 October 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> The remix was released on 16 September 2022, on vinyl, CD, & Blu-ray; a limited edition deluxe gatefold package containing the vinyl, CD, Blu-ray, and DVD copies of the remix and a 32-page book was released on 7 October 2022.<ref name="NeptunePinkFloyd021021">{{cite web |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=30 June 2022 |title=Pink Floyd Put Bickering Aside to Finally Announce 'Animals' Reissue |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-animals-reissue-1376578/ |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024051720/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-animals-reissue-1376578/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A hybrid multichannel SACD of the stereo and surround remixes was released exclusively through Acoustic Sounds on 16 September 2022. The band released the 2018 remix of "Dogs" as a digital single on 22 July 2022. The reissue reached number 21 on the ''Billboard'' 200 (its highest position since March 1977).{{Cn|date=July 2024}}