Calm Animals is the fifth studio album by British

Great Britain

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 new wave

New Wave music

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 band The Fixx

The Fixx

The Fixx is an English rock band formed in London in 1979. Their hits include "One Thing Leads to Another," "Red Skies," "Stand or Fall," "Saved by Zero," "Sign of Fire," "Are We Ourselves?," "Secret Separation," "Driven Out," "How Much Is Enough?," and "Deeper and Deeper," which was featured on...

, released in 1989. The single "Driven Out" gave them their final #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks

Mainstream Rock Tracks

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 chart, and reached #55 on the Billboard Hot 100

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.

Track listing

All songs are written by Cy Curnin

Cy Curnin

Cy Curnin is a singer/songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, The Fixx. The band became famous with the song "One Thing Leads to Another" in 1983, and remained popular in the United States throughout the 1980s...

, 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

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 re-issue

Personnel

• Dan K. Brown - bass
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals, fretless bass
• Cy Curnin
  Cy Curnin
  Cy Curnin is a singer/songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, The Fixx. The band became famous with the song "One Thing Leads to Another" in 1983, and remained popular in the United States throughout the 1980s...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , lead vocals
  Singing
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• Rupert Greenall - keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
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  , backing vocals
• Jamie West-Oram - guitar, backing vocals
• Adam Woods - drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
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  , backing vocals

Production

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

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1989	The Billboard 200	72

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1989	"Driven Out"	Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	55
1989	"Driven Out"	Mainstream Rock	1
1989	"Driven Out"	Modern Rock	11
1989	"Precious Stone"	Mainstream Rock	23