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| Released | February 7, 1989[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | AIR (Salem, Montserrat) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 37:45 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | William Wittman | |||
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Calm Animals is the fifth studio album by British band the Fixx, released on February 7, 1989.[1] 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.
- ^ a b Though 1988 is listed as the copyright and publishing date on the initial pressings of Calm Animals, the booklet of Ultimate Collection notes January 1989 as the release date of its debut single "Driven Out". Additionally, the Fixx wrote on Twitter on February 7, 2015, "Back on this day....in 1989.....we released #CalmAnimals.....", implying that the album was released on February 7, 1989.