Bad Animals

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Bad Animals
File:Heart - Bad Animals.png
Studio album by
Heart
ReleasedMay 15, 1987 (1987-05-15)
Studio
Genre
Length40:43
LabelCapitol
ProducerRon Nevison
Heart chronology
Heart
(1985) 		Bad Animals
(1987) 		Brigade
(1990)
Singles from Bad Animals
  1. "Alone"
    Released: May 15, 1987
  2. "Who Will You Run To"
    Released: August 1987
  3. "There's the Girl"
    Released: October 1987[1]
  4. "I Want You So Bad"
    Released: February 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[2]
Robert ChristgauC[3]
Rolling StoneMixed[4]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svgFile:Star empty.svg[5]

Bad Animals is the ninth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on May 15, 1987, by Capitol Records.[6] The album continues the mainstream hard rock style from the band's 1985 self-titled release, all while enjoying similar success. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 in August 1987 and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 4, 1992. Internationally, Bad Animals charted within the top five in Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, and the top 10 in the United Kingdom.

The album spawned the US number-one single "Alone", while "Who Will You Run To" reached number seven, "There's the Girl" reached number 12, and "I Want You So Bad" reached number 49.[7] Bad Animals received a nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988.[8]

The album features a few cover songs: "Alone" was originally recorded by the duo i-Ten on their 1983 album Taking a Cold Look, while "Wait for an Answer" was originally recorded by Dalbello on her 1984 album Whomanfoursays.

The album's title refers to the band members themselves: they would call themselves the bad animals due to the way they looked in hotel lobbies, disheveled with sunglasses, exhausted from touring.[9]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Who Will You Run To"Diane Warren4:06
2."Alone"
3:38
3."There's the Girl"
3:50
4."I Want You So Bad"
  • Kelly
  • Steinberg
4:21
5."Wait for an Answer"Lisa Dal Bello4:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Bad Animals"
4:54
7."You Ain't So Tough"
4:05
8."Strangers of the Heart"
  • Duane Hitchings
  • Sue Shifrin
  • Andes
3:41
9."Easy Target"
3:58
10."RSVP"
  • A. Wilson
  • N. Wilson
  • Ennis
3:39
Total length:40:43

Personnel

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Credits adapted from the liner notes of Bad Animals.[10]

Heart

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Additional musicians

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  • Mike Moran – keyboards
  • Tom Kelly – background vocals
  • Holly Knight – player
  • Duane Hitchings – player
  • Efrain Toro – player
  • Tom Salisbury – player

Technical

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  • Ron Nevison – production, engineering
  • Toby Wright – engineering assistance
  • Stan "Sly" Katayama – engineering assistance
  • Julian Stoll – engineering assistance
  • Mike Christopher – engineering assistance
  • Jeffrey Poe – engineering assistance
  • Don Barlow – guitar tech
  • Paul Jamieson – drum tech
  • Gary Grimm – drum tech

Artwork

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  • Norman Moore – design, art direction
  • Phillip Dixon – photography

Charts

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Certifications

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Certification for Bad Animals
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[33] 4× Platinum 400,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[34] Gold 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[35] Platinum 300,000^
United States (RIAA)[36] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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