Animal Soup is an album by Simon Townshend, the younger brother of The Who's guitarist Pete Townshend. The album was released in March 1999 and features Ben Townshend, Phil Spalding, James Hayto, Tony Lowe, Linz King among others.[1]

Animal Soup
Studio album by Simon Townshend
Released	March 1999
Recorded	Woodgrange, London (Except tracks 3, 6 and 11 - recorded and produced by Andy Kravitz at The Amazing Barn, Philadelphia
Genre	Rock, Pop rock
Language	English
Label	Stir Music
Producer	Simon Townshend Andy Kravitz
Simon Townshend chronology
Among Us (1996) Animal Soup (1999) Bare Bodies Bare Assets (2000)

The song "Blind As A Bat" was a song that Simon Townshend wrote when he was Six years old. It surfaced when Simon Townshend was in the studio in Philadelphia, and producer Andy Kravitz asked him to sing something he hated.[2]

Track listings

Personnel

• Simon Townshend - Lead vocals, Acoustic guitar, Electric guitars, Keyboards and Backing vocals
• Ben Townshend - Drums, Percussion and Backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Phil Spalding - Bass guitar, Slide guitar, Electric guitar, Wah-wah guitar and Backing vocals on tracks 4, 8, 9, and 10
• James Hayto - Lead guitar, Wah-wah guitar, Rhythm guitar, Electric guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 11, and Bass guitar on tracks 3, 6, and 11
• Tony Lowe - Lead guitar on tracks 4 and 5
• Linz King - Acoustic guitar and Backing vocals on track 5
• Andy Kravitz - Drums on track 5
• Jackie Norrie - Fiddle on track 2

References