Baby Animals (album)

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Baby Animals
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Studio album by
Released2 September 1991
Studio Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)
Genre Rock
Length44:37
Label Imago
Producer Mike Chapman
Baby Animals chronology
Baby Animals
(1991)
Shaved and Dangerous
(1993)
Singles from Baby Animals
  1. "Early Warning"
    Released: 21 April 1991
  2. "Rush You"
    Released: 4 August 1991
  3. "Painless"
    Released: November 1991
  4. "One Word"
    Released: January 1992
  5. "Ain't Gonna Get"
    Released: April 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Baby Animals is the debut album by Australian band Baby Animals, released in September 1991. The album debuted at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart and spent six weeks at number one, eventually going eight times platinum [3] and becoming the highest-selling debut Australian rock album until the release of Jet's Get Born album 12 years later. In October 2010, Baby Animals was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums . [4]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Rush You" (Suze DeMarchi, Dave Leslie, Eddie Parise) – 4:11
  2. "Early Warning" (DeMarchi, Leslie, Parise) – 3:57
  3. "Painless" (DeMarchi, Parise) – 3:42
  4. "Make It End" (DeMarchi, Steve Elson) – 4:09
  5. "Big Time Friends" (DeMarchi, Parise, Frank Celenza) – 4:54
  6. "Working for the Enemy" (DeMarchi, Leslie) – 4:32
  7. "One Word" (DeMarchi, Elson) – 3:58
  8. "Break My Heart" (DeMarchi, Parise) – 4:03
  9. "Waste of Time" (DeMarchi, Leslie, Parise, Celenza) – 3:38
  10. "One Too Many" (DeMarchi, Elson) – 5:08
  11. "Ain't Gonna Get" (DeMarchi, Elson) – 2:58

Personnel

Baby Animals

Technical personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Baby Animals
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [11] 4× Platinum280,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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