Keep Your Distance

For the Richard Thompson song, see Rumor and Sigh.

Keep Your Distance
Studio album by
Curiosity Killed the Cat
Released27 April 1987
3 August 1987 (US)[1]
Recorded1986–1987
GenreSophisti-pop[2][3]
Length37:25
63:58 (with original bonus tracks)
LabelMercury
Producer
Curiosity Killed the Cat chronology
Keep Your Distance
(1987) 		Getahead
(1989)
Singles from Keep Your Distance
  1. "Misfit"
    Released: 8 August 1986; re-released in June 1987
  2. "Down to Earth"
    Released: 7 November 1986
  3. "Ordinary Day"
    Released: 23 March 1987
  4. "Free"
    Released: September 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Number One[5]

Keep Your Distance is the debut album by the British band Curiosity Killed the Cat, released in April 1987. It debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, and is their only album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching #55.[6][7]

  1. ^ "Billboard" (PDF). Vol. 99, no. 31. 1 August 1987. p. 82. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. ^ Inskeep, Thomas; Soto, Alfred. "The Bluffer's Guide – Sophisti-Pop". Stylus. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums". Classic Pop. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  4. ^ Keep Your Distance at AllMusic
  5. ^ Simper, Paul (2 May 1987). "Review: Curiosity Killed the Cat — Keep Your Distance (Phonogram)". Number One. No. 202. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 39. ISSN 0266-5328. Retrieved 6 November 2022 – via Flickr.
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  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Billboard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).