Bad Animals

Released

June 6, 1987

Recorded

January–May 1987 at One on One Recording Studios in Hollywood; Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, Los Angeles; Can-Am Studios in Tarzana, Los Angeles; The Power Station in New York City

Genre

AOR, hard rock, power pop, pop rock

Length

40:48

Heart chronology

Heart
(1985)

Bad Animals
(1987)

Brigade
(1990)

Singles from Bad Animals

"Alone" / "Barracuda (live)"
Released: May 16, 1987
"Who Will You Run To" / "Magic Man (live)"
Released: August 15, 1987
"There's the Girl" / "Bad Animals"
Released: November 7, 1987
"I Want You So Bad" / "Easy Target"
Released: February 20, 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	C^[2]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

Bad Animals is the ninth studio album by the American 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 while enjoying similar success. RIAA certification as of 1992 is three times platinum, indicating sales in excess of three million copies in the US alone.^[5] The album reached No. 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.^[6] 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.^[6] The album is notable for containing only a few tracks with writing contributions from lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson. It received a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Bad Animals"	Ann Wilson, N. Wilson, Denny Carmassi, Mark Andes, Howard Leese, Sterling	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

Personnel

Heart

Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals
Nancy Wilson – guitar, keyboards, backing and lead vocals
Howard Leese – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Mark Andes – bass guitar
Denny Carmassi – drums

Additional musicians

Mike Moran, Holly Knight, Duane Hitchings – keyboards
Tom Kelly – backing vocals
Efrain Toro - percussion
Tom Salisbury - strings arrangements

Production

Ron Nevison - producer, engineer, mixing
Toby Wright, Stan Katayama, Julian Stoll, Mike Christopher, Jeffrey Poe - assistant engineers

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1987	Billboard 200 (USA)^[6]	2
	RPM100 Albums (Canada)^[7]	3
	Norwegian Albums Chart^[8]	4
	Swedish Albums Chart^[9]	5
	Swiss Albums Charts^[10]	5
	UK Albums Chart^[11]	7
	GfK Dutch Charts^[12]	9
	Australian Albums Chart^[13]	10
	German Albums Chart^[14]	17
	Austrian Albums Chart^[15]	30

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1987	"Alone"	Billboard Hot 100 (USA)^[6]	1
		RPM100 Singles (Canada)^[16]	1
		Adult Contemporary (USA)^[6]	2
		Mainstream Rock (USA)^[6]	3
		UK Singles Chart^[11]	3
		Swiss Singles Charts^[17]	4
		Norwegian Albums Chart^[18]	5
		GfK Dutch Charts^[19]	6
		Ultratop Belgium Charts (Flanders)^[20]	8
		German Singles Chart^[21]	18
		Austrian Singles Chart^[22]	22
	"Who Will You Run To"	Mainstream Rock (USA)^[6]	2
		Billboard Hot 100 (USA)^[6]	7
		RPM100 Singles (Canada)^[23]	19
		UK Singles Chart^[11]	30
	"There's the Girl"	Billboard Hot 100 (USA)^[6]	12
		Mainstream Rock (USA)^[6]	16
		UK Singles Chart^[11]	34
1988		RPM100 Singles (Canada)^[24]	31
	"I Want You So Bad"	Billboard Hot 100 (USA)^[6]	49
	"I Want You So Bad"	RPM100 Singles (Canada)^[25]	88

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
USA	RIAA	1992	3x Platinum (+ 3,000,000)^[5]
Canada	CRIA	1993	4x Platinum (+ 400,000)^[26]
UK	BPI	1988	Platinum (+ 300,000)^[27]

References

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↑ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide Reviews: Heart". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
↑ Fissinger, Laura (July 2, 1987). "Heart: Bad Animals : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 28, 2007. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
↑ 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.
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↑ "Top Singles - Volume 47, No. 13, January 16, 1988". Library and Archives Canada. January 16, 1988. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
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External links

"Bad Animals" at discogs; click on "more images" for publishing credits

Heart

Ann Wilson Nancy Wilson Ben Smith Craig Bartock Dan Rothchild Chris Joyner Steve Fossen Roger Fisher Ray Schaefer Don Wilhelm James Cirrello Debi Cuidon Ken Hansen Ron Rudge Gary Ziegelman David Belzer Jeff Johnson Mike Fisher John Hannah Brian Johnstone Howard Leese Michael Derosier Denny Carmassi Mark Andes Denny Fongheiser Fernando Saunders Scott Olson Jon Bayless Frank Cox Scott Adams Mike Inez Tom Kellock Darian Sahanaja Gilby Clarke Ric Markmann Kristian Attard Debbie Shair

Studio albums	Dreamboat Annie Little Queen Magazine Dog & Butterfly Bebe le Strange Private Audition Passionworks Heart Bad Animals Brigade Desire Walks On Heart Presents a Lovemongers' Christmas Jupiters Darling Red Velvet Car Fanatic

Live albums	Greatest Hits/Live Rock the House Live! The Road Home Alive in Seattle Dreamboat Annie Live Fanatic Live from Caesar's Colosseum

Compilations	Greatest Hits/Live These Dreams: Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: 1985-1995 The Essential Heart Love Alive Love Songs Playlist: The Very Best of Heart Strange Euphoria Icon

Singles	"Crazy on You" "Magic Man" "Dreamboat Annie" "Barracuda" "Little Queen" "Kick It Out" "Heartless" "Straight On" "Dog & Butterfly" "Magazine" "Without You" "Even It Up" "Bebe le Strange" "Tell It Like It Is" "Unchained Melody" "This Man Is Mine" "How Can I Refuse?" "Allies" "The Heat" "What About Love" "Never" "These Dreams" "Nothin' at All" "If Looks Could Kill" "Alone" "Who Will You Run To" "There's the Girl" "I Want You So Bad" "Wait for an Answer" "All I Wanna Do Is Make Love to You" "Wild Child" "Tall, Dark Handsome Stranger" "I Didn't Want to Need You" "Stranded" "Secret" "You're the Voice" "Black on Black II" "Will You Be There (In the Morning)" "WTF" "Fanatic"

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