Calm Animals

Calm Animals is the fifth studio album by British new wave band The Fixx, released on February 7, 1989.[1][3][4] The single "Driven Out" gave them a #1 song on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in early 1989, and reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100. Additionally, the single "Precious Stone" reached the top 25 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart later that year. Calm Animals was also The Fixx's only album to be released on RCA Records.

Calm Animals
Studio album by The Fixx
Released	February 7, 1989[1]
Recorded	Air Studios, Montserrat (1988)
Genre	New Wave, pop rock, progressive rock
Length	37:45
Label	RCA
Producer	William Wittman
The Fixx chronology
React (1987) Calm Animals (1989) Ink (1991)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

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

1. "I'm Life" – 3:19
2. "Driven Out" – 3:59
3. "Subterranean" – 3:43
4. "Precious Stone" (The Fixx, Woods) – 3:08
5. "Gypsy Feet" (Curnin, The Fixx) – 4:03
6. "Calm Animals" – 4:12
7. "Shred of Evidence" – 3:41
8. "The Flow" (Curnin, The Fixx) – 2:59
9. "World Weary" (Curnin, The Fixx) – 4:38
10. "Cause to Be Alarmed" (Curnin, The Fixx) – 3:46
11. "Never Mind What You Leave Behind" [*] (Curnin, The Fixx) – 3:17

* bonus track on 2001 CD re-issue

Personnel

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

Production

• Producer: William Wittman
• Engineers: John Agnello, Richard Moakes, David Thoener
• Assistant engineer: Ted Trewhella
• Mixing: David Thoener
• Art direction: Ed Spyra
• Photography: Chris Parker
• Paintings: George Underwood

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	72

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Driven Out"	Billboard Hot 100	55
1989	"Driven Out"	Mainstream Rock	1
1989	"Driven Out"	Modern Rock	11
1989	"Precious Stone"	Mainstream Rock	23

References

1. Though 1988 is listed as the copyright and publishing date on the initial pressings of Calm Animals, the booklet of Ultimate Collection notes January 1989 as the release date of its debut single "Driven Out". Additionally, The Fixx wrote on Twitter on February 7, 2015, "Back on this day....in 1989.....we released #CalmAnimals.....", implying that the album was released on February 7, 1989.
2. "Calm Animals - The Fixx - Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
3. "The Fixx - Calm Animals". Discogs. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
4. "The Fixx - Calm Animals". Discogs. Retrieved 28 April 2019.