Bad Animals

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Bad Animals
Studio album by Heart
Released June 6, 1987
Recorded January–May 1987
Genre Hard rock
Length 40:48
Label Capitol
Producer Ron Nevison
Heart chronology

Heart
(1985)		 Bad Animals
(1987)		 Brigade
(1990)
Singles from Bad Animals
  1. "Alone / Barracuda (live)"
    Released: 16 May 1987
  2. "Who Will You Run To / Magic Man (live)"
    Released: 15 August 1987
  3. "There's the Girl / Bad Animals"
    Released: 7 November 1987
  4. "I Want You So Bad / Easy Target"
    Released: 20 February 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau C [2]
Rolling Stone (average) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [4]

Bad Animals is the ninth studio album by the rock band Heart, released in 1987 through Capitol Records. The album continues the mainstream hard rock style from the band's 1985 self-titled release, all whilst enjoying similar success. RIAA certification as of 2010 is five times platinum, indicating sales in excess of five million copies in the US alone. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard album chart. Bad Animals contained the number one hit single "Alone", while "Who Will You Run To" reached No. 7, "There's the Girl" reached No. 12, and "I Want You So Bad" reached No. 49. The album is notable for containing only four tracks with writing contributions from lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson.

Track listing

  1. "Who Will You Run To" (Diane Warren) – 4:06
  2. "Alone" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:38
  3. "There's the Girl" (Holly Knight, Nancy Wilson) – 3:50
  4. "I Want You So Bad" (Kelly, Steinberg) – 4:21
  5. "Wait for an Answer" (Lisa Dalbello) – 4:31
  6. "Bad Animals" (Ann Wilson, N. Wilson, Denny Carmassi, Mark Andes, Howard Leese, Sterling Crew) – 4:54
  7. "You Ain't So Tough" (Steve Kipner, Peter Beckett) - 4:05
  8. "Strangers of the Heart" (Duane Hitchings, Sue Shifrin, Andes) - 3:41
  9. "Easy Target" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Sue Ennis) - 3:58
  10. "RSVP" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:39

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[citation needed] 10
Austrian Albums Chart[5] 30
Canadian Albums Chart[6] 3
Dutch Albums Chart[7] 9
German Albums Chart[8] 17
Norwegian Albums Chart[9] 4
Swedish Albums Chart[10] 5
Swiss Albums Chart[11] 5
UK Albums Chart[12] 7
U.S. Billboard 200[13] 2

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

  • Tom Kelly – backing vocals
  • Mike Moran – keyboards

Production

  • Produced By Ron Nevison
  • Engineered & Mixed By Michael Christopher, Stan Katayama, Ron Nevison, Jeff Poe, Julian Stoll & Toby Wright

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Bad Animals - Heart". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-08-03. 
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "CG: Heart". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 2013-04-21. 
  3. ↑ Fissinger, Laura (1987-07-02). "Heart: Bad Animals : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 2013-04-21. 
  4. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 372. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. 
  5. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Heart - Bad Animals". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2012-01-04. 
  6. ↑ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-01-04. 
  7. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Heart - Bad Animals". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2012-01-04. 
  8. ↑ "charts.de". charts.de. Retrieved 2012-01-04. 
  9. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Heart - Bad Animals". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-04. 
  10. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Heart - Bad Animals". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-04. 
  11. ↑
  12. ↑ "Heart - Bad Animals". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2012-01-04. 
  13. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/artist/303367/heart/chart?f=305

External links

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Live albums
Compilations
Singles
Related articles
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