Animal Farm satire not at all gentle upon a particular State—Soviet Russia? It seems to me that a reviewer should have the courage to identify Napoleon with Stalin, and Snowball with Trotsky, and express an opinion favourable or unfavourable to the author, upon a political ground. In a hundred years time perhaps, "Animal Farm" may be simply a fairy story, today it is a political satire with a good deal of point." "Animal Farm" has been subject to much comment in the decades since these early remarks. The pigs Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer adapt Old Major's ideas into "a complete system of
Animal Farm (song) eighth track on said album. However, the track was eventually used as the B-side to the Japanese only single, "Village Green". The track was also released on The Kinks' compilation album "Picture Book", and an alternate stereo mix of the track made its debut on the 2004 Sanctuary Records special deluxe edition of "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society". "Animal Farm" has received positive feedback from reviewers. J.H. Tompkins of "Pitchfork Media" said of "Animal Farm", "There's a clue to who [Davies] was in the song 'Animal Farm', which opens with a cascade of chords played on a