Battersea Power Station Development Company Review

Great historical place which is changing to a modern residential building

It is the right place and construction but not right people are living there

Excellent.. lots of exciting developments in play and will be revisiting again soon.

What a disappointment! From animals of pink floyd to residential complex for super rich ...

Lots more improvements in the area, the part surrounding the power station is nearly complete. But still lots to do...

Love this place absulitky beautiful they have done a beautiful job restoring this place

We went there by ferry. Then the ferry stopped and we went back.

Animals is the tenth studio album by English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977[2] through Harvest and Columbia Records. It was recorded at the band's Britannia Row Studios in London throughout 1976, and was produced by the band. The album continues the longform compositions that made up their previous works, including Wish You Were Here (1975). The album received positive reviews from critics and was commercially successful, reaching number 2 in the UK and number 3 in the USA.

Animals is both a progressive rock album and a concept album, focusing on the social-political conditions of mid-1970s Britain, and was a change from the style of their earlier work. Tension within the band during production later culminated in keyboardist Richard Wright leaving two years later. The album's cover shows an inflatable pig floating between two chimneys of Battersea Power Station, conceived by the band's bassist and lead songwriter Roger Waters, and was designed by long-time collaborator Storm Thorgerson. The band released no singles from the record, but promoted it through the In the Flesh tour. Waters' agitation with audiences during this tour inspired their next record, The Wall.

Contents
1 Recording
2 Concept
Recording
In 1975, Pink Floyd bought a three-story block of church halls at 35 Britannia Row in Islington, north London. Their deal with Harvest Records' parent company EMI for unlimited studio time in return for a reduced percentage of sales had expired, and they converted the building into a recording studio and storage facility. Its construction took up most of 1975, and in April 1976 the band started work on their tenth studio album, Animals, at the new facility.[3][4]

Animals was engineered by a previous Floyd collaborator, Brian Humphries,[3] and recording took place at Britannia Row from April to December 1976, continuing into early 1977.[5] "Raving and Drooling" and "You've Got to Be Crazy", two songs previously performed live and considered for Wish You Were Here, reappeared as "Sheep" and "Dogs" respectively.[3] They were reworked to fit the new concept, and separated by a Waters-penned composition, "Pigs (Three Different Ones)". The only other new composition, "Pigs On The Wing" (split into two parts to start and end the album,) contains references to Waters' private life; his new romantic interest was Carolyne Anne Christie (married to Rock Scully, manager of the Grateful Dead).[6] With the exception of "Dogs" (co-written by David Gilmour) the album's five tracks were written by Waters. Gilmour was distracted by the birth of his first child, and contributed little else towards the songwriting of the album. Similarly, neither Mason nor Wright contributed as much as they had on previous albums, and Animals was the first Pink Floyd album not to contain a composer's credit for Wright.[7]

The band had discussed employing another guitarist for future tours, and Snowy White was therefore invited into the studio. When Waters and Mason inadvertently erased one of Gilmour's completed 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 cartridge version. White later performed on the Animals tour.[3] Mason recalled that he enjoyed working on Animals more than he had working on Wish You Were Here.[8]

Concept
Loosely based on George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm, the album's lyrics describe various classes in society as different kinds of animals: the predatory dogs, the despotic ruthless pigs, and the "mindless and unquestioning herd" of sheep.

One Big Buildng, alot of construction is happening there at the moment. So you can only get decent views by standing on the opposite side of the thames.

Lovely historical building with an amazing development coming up around it on the Riverside.

Although a lot of places in this neighbourhood are still in the process of opening, it is already a very nice area where to walk around. The most interesting bit was the exhibition in the gallery that gave a very nice overview of the history and future of the power station.

A lovely historic building being transformed for modern living. I love the place, am glad it's being preserved and sad at some of the loss of its spirit at the same time

The gentrification of an album cover. Even power in the station now comes from elsewhere. But the real question this monumental and subtly unsettling pile of bricks poses to any spectator (best seen from the other side of the Thames btw): can psychedelic rock age? So I wondered while listening to animals and looking at the building, not really sure where precisely to look at, yet fully in its grip. Unlike the music, I should say. I opened my eyes several times for moments of revelation, but not a single pig flew by. Instead, Roger Waters is carrying them through the world for cheap symbolism. But was it ever different? And isn't it equally cheap irony when the pigs now gonna live in the refurbished power station under there where the pig once hang and imaginatively still hangs? What they gonna listen to - Drake?

I have to deliever amazon packages here and it's a nightmare.

One of my favourite "little" gems in London! I absolutely adore this landmark and now that it's undergoing redevelopment, this historic place will certainly be one of the best places to live in London. It's also right next to the wonderful Battersea Park, my favourite park in London, with many attractions inside and a view of the river Thames!

One of London's favourite landmark and soon to be one of the most exciting places to visit in the city.

If you wish to enjoy the vibes of this quarter as it was at Pink Floyd time, don't be late! The area is undergoing a strong development plan, with skyscrapers built all around in Vauxhall, the Power Station itself will become a residence soon

It has its own atmosphere. When they build the rest of the new investment, it remains to be seen whether they have destroyed the potential of this place.

You can enjoy yourself just near the river in a fantastic environment, new buildings, cafes and restaurants

A new VIP Paradise in progress with very clean pavements you won t find in Brixton or other boroughs for the common people. A general grocery store with stuff you also can buy at Harrods. But now with a free shuttle bus to Victoria station

I love this place. They have found an awesome way to reuse this old power plant. I can't wait to go back to see the finished product

great place overall has good seating and good restaurants and also ping pong tables