{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album| | name = Calm Animals | type = Album | artist = the Fixx | cover = The Fixx - Calm Animals.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1989|02|06|df=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50834629037/in/album-72157717883047546 |magazine=Record Mirror |issn=0144-5804 |location=London, UK |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd. |volume=36 |issue=5 |date=February 4, 1989 |page=6 |title=News - Releases |access-date=26 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref> | recorded = 1988 | studio = AIR (Salem, Montserrat) | genre = Rock | length = 37:45 | label = RCA | producer = William Wittman | prev_title = React | prev_year = 1987 | next_title = Ink | next_year = 1991 | misc = {{Singles | name = Calm Animals | type = studio | single1 = Driven Out | single1date = {{Start date|1989|01|df=y}} (US)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-01-21.pdf |magazine=Billboard |issn=0006-2510 |location=New York, US |publisher=Billboard Publications Inc. |volume=101 |issue=3 |date=January 21, 1989 |page=20 |title=Album Rock Tracks |access-date=26 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref><br/>{{spaces|17|type}}{{Start date|1989|06|19|df=y}} (UK)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/51219953238/in/album-72157719328980961 |magazine=Record Mirror |issn=0144-5804 |location=London, UK |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd. |volume=36 |issue=25 |date=June 24, 1989 |page=31 |title=[promotional advertisement] |access-date=26 January 2026 |via=Flickr}}</ref> | single2 = Precious Stone | single2date = {{Start date|1989|04|df=y}} (Canada/US promotional release only)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-04-29.pdf |magazine=Billboard |issn=0006-2510 |location=New York, US |publisher=Billboard Publications Inc. |volume=101 |issue=17 |date=April 29, 1989 |page=16 |title=Album Rock Tracks |access-date=26 January 2026 |via=World Radio History}}</ref> }} }} '''''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. 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== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/calm-animals-mw0000202704|title=Calm Animals The Fixx|website=AllMusic|accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref> }} ''Trouser Press'' noted that "the rock-oriented ''Calm Animals'' ... has no songs worth mentioning."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |title=Fixx |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/fixx/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=9 July 2024}}</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>{{cite news |last1=Zibart |first1=Eve |title=Soporific Brit-Pop: Bring on the Frowns |work=The Washington Post |date=24 Mar 1989 |page=N25}}</ref>
==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" (The Fixx, Woods) – 3:08 #"Gypsy Feet" (Curnin, the Fixx) – 4:03 #"Calm Animals" – 4:12 #"Shred of Evidence" – 3:41 #"The Flow" (Curnin, the Fixx) – 2:59 #"World Weary" (Curnin, the Fixx) – 4:38 #"Cause to Be Alarmed" (Curnin, the Fixx) – 3:46 #"Never Mind What You Leave Behind" [*] (Curnin, the Fixx) – 3:17
<nowiki>*</nowiki> 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) {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|The Billboard 200 |align="left"|72 |- |}
'''Singles''' - Billboard (United States) {| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Driven Out" |align="left"|''Billboard'' Hot 100 |align="left"|55 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Driven Out" |align="left"|Mainstream Rock |align="left"|1 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Driven Out" |align="left"|Modern Rock |align="left"|11 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Precious Stone" |align="left"|Mainstream Rock |align="left"|23 |- |}
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Category:The Fixx albums Category:1989 albums Category:RCA Records albums Category:Albums recorded at AIR Studios