Released in 1977, Animals stands as one of Pink Floyd’s most uncompromising and politically charged albums. Inspired loosely by Animal Farm, it divided society into archetypes—Dogs, Pigs, and Sheep—using sprawling, aggressive compositions to critique power, capitalism, and social control in a decade marked by unrest and disillusionment.
The album’s imagery became instantly iconic: Battersea Power Station looming under a grey sky, the inflatable pig floating overhead like a threat or a joke, depending on how closely you were paying attention. Shirts and posters from the era carried that same stark, industrial mood—less psychedelic fantasy, more brutalist reality—marking a sharp turn from the band’s earlier cosmic imagery.
