Critic Toby Creswell described Circus Animals as, "a really extraordinary piece of work, as though John Steinbeck, Henry Lawson, Manning Clarke and Jerry Lee Lewis formed a band."
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Five of the album's ten songs were later covered for the 2007 tribute album Standing on the Outside: "You Got Nothing I Want" (Alex Lloyd), "Bow River" (Troy Cassar-Daley), "Forever Now" (Pete Murray), "Houndog" (You Am I) and "When the War is Over" (Something for Kate).
The Animals | Monty Python's Flying Circus | Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus | circus | Circus | Circus Maximus | Super Furry Animals | Ringling Brothers Circus | Piccadilly Circus | People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals | JoJo's Circus | Circus of Horrors | World Society for the Protection of Animals | The Carnival of the Animals | Gabby Young and Other Animals | Buddy's Circus | Animals | American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus | The Invisible Circus (film) | National Institute of Circus Arts | Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams | Finsbury Circus | The Invisible Circus | The Animals of Farthing Wood (TV series) | The Animals of Farthing Wood | Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | Ricketts' Circus | Piccadilly Circus tube station |