Calm Animals

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Critical reception

Template:Album ratings Trouser Press noted that "the rock-oriented Calm Animals ... has no songs worth mentioning."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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

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 (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