Calm Animals

Calm Animals is the fifth studio album by British band the Fixx, released by RCA Records on 6 February 1989. The single "Driven Out" gave them a No. 1 song on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in early 1989, and reached No. 55 on the [Billboard Hot 100|Billboard magazine|Billboard Hot 100]. The single "Precious Stone" reached the top 25 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart later that year. Calm Animals was the Fixx's only album to be released on RCA Records.

Critical reception

Trouser Press noted that "the rock-oriented Calm Animals... has no songs worth mentioning." The Washington Post wrote that the album "has some familiar moments when they recapture their old seductive combination of sin and synth, but the ska-funkincense that powered early Fixx has been flattened to pop-metal."

Track listing

All songs are written by Cy Curnin, Adam Woods, Jamie West-Oram, Rupert Greenall, and Dan K. Brown, except where noted.

"I'm Life" – 3:19
"Driven Out" – 3:59
"Subterranean" – 3:43
"Precious Stone" – 3:08
"Gypsy Feet" – 4:03
"Calm Animals" – 4:12
"Shred of Evidence" – 3:41
"The Flow" – 2:59
"World Weary" – 4:38
"Cause to Be Alarmed" – 3:46
"Never Mind What You Leave Behind" – 3:17

* bonus track on 2001 CD re-issue

Personnel

The Fixx

Cy Curnin – lead vocals, guitars
Rupert Greenall – keyboards, backing vocals
Jamie West-Oram – lead guitars, backing vocals
Dan K. Brown – bass guitar, fretless bass, backing vocals
Adam Woods – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

William Wittman – producer
John Agnello – engineer
Richard Moakes – second engineer
David Thoener – mixing
Ted Trewhella – mix assistant
Ed Spyra – art direction
Chris Parker – photography
George Underwood – paintings

Charts

Album - Billboard
Singles - Billboard