Bad Animals

Bad Animals
Studio album by
Heart
ReleasedMay 15, 1987 (1987-05-15)
Studio
Genre
Length40:43
LabelCapitol
ProducerRon Nevison
Heart chronology
Heart
(1985) 		Bad Animals
(1987) 		Brigade
(1990)
Singles from Bad Animals
  1. "Alone"
    Released: May 15, 1987
  2. "Who Will You Run To"
    Released: August 1987
  3. "There's the Girl"
    Released: October 1987[1]
  4. "I Want You So Bad"
    Released: February 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauC[3]
Rolling StoneMixed[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

Bad Animals is the ninth studio album by American rock band Heart, released on May 15, 1987, by Capitol Records.[6] The album continues the mainstream hard rock style from the band's 1985 self-titled release, all while enjoying similar success. It peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200 in August 1987 and was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on June 4, 1992. Internationally, Bad Animals charted within the top five in Canada, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, and the top 10 in the United Kingdom.

The album spawned the US number-one single "Alone", while "Who Will You Run To" reached number seven, "There's the Girl" reached number 12, and "I Want You So Bad" reached number 49.[7] Bad Animals received a nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal at the 30th Annual Grammy Awards in 1988.[8]

The album features a few cover songs: "Alone" was originally recorded by the duo i-Ten on their 1983 album Taking a Cold Look, while "Wait for an Answer" was originally recorded by Dalbello on her 1984 album Whomanfoursays.

The album's title refers to the band members themselves: they would call themselves the bad animals due to the way they looked in hotel lobbies, disheveled with sunglasses, exhausted from touring.[9]

  1. ^ "Heart – There's The Girl" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Bad Animals – Heart". AllMusic. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide: Heart". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  4. ^ Fissinger, Laura (July 2, 1987). "Heart: Bad Animals". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 28, 2007. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
  5. ^ Coleman, Mark; Berger, Arion (2004). "Heart". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 372. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ "New Releases". FMQB Album Report. May 8, 1987. p. 51. OCLC 857904873.
  7. ^ "Bad Animals – Heart | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on October 17, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  8. ^ "30th Grammy Awards – 1988". Rock on the Net. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
  9. ^ Popoff, Martin. "'Bébé le Strange' to 'Bad Animals': Ann Wilson reveals meaning behind 7 Heart album titles". Goldmine. Retrieved April 6, 2024.