Baby Animals (album)

Baby Animals

Studio album by Baby Animals

Released

15 September 1991

Recorded

Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York

Genre

Rock

Length

44:37

Baby Animals chronology

Baby Animals
(1991)

Shaved and Dangerous
(1993)

Singles from Baby Animals

"Early Warning"
Released: 21 April 1991
"Rush You"
Released: 4 August 1991
"Painless"
Released: November 1991
"One Word"
Released: January 1992
"Ain't Gonna Get"
Released: April 1992

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]

Baby Animals is the self-titled debut album by Australian band Baby Animals, released in 1991. The album debuted at number six on the ARIA Album Charts and spent six weeks at number one, eventually going eight times platinum and becoming the highest-selling debut Australian rock album of all time (until the release of Jet's album, Get Born 12 years later). In October 2010, Baby Animals was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.^[3]

Track listing

"Rush You" (Suze DeMarchi, Dave Leslie, Eddie Parise) – 4:11
"Early Warning" (DeMarchi, Leslie, Parise) – 3:57
"Painless" (DeMarchi, Parise) – 3:42
"Make It End" (DeMarchi, Steve Elson) – 4:09
"Big Time Friends" (DeMarchi, Parise, Frank Celenza) – 4:54
"Working for the Enemy" (DeMarchi, Leslie) – 4:32
"One Word" (DeMarchi, Elson) – 3:58
"Break My Heart" (DeMarchi, Parise) – 4:03
"Waste of Time" (DeMarchi, Leslie, Parise, Celenza) – 3:38
"One Too Many" (DeMarchi, Elson) – 5:08
"Ain't Gonna Get" (DeMarchi, Elson) – 2:58

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1991/92)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	1
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[5]	21
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	50
UK Albums (OCC)^[7]	70

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position
Australian Albums Chart^[8]	2

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)^[9]	4× Platinum	280,000^{^}
^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

Personnel

Suze DeMarchi – guitar, vocals
Dave Leslie – guitar
Eddie Parise – bass
Frank Celenza – drums

Technical personnel

Mike Chapman – producer, mixing
Kevin Shirley – engineer
Rick O'Neil – mastering engineer
Mario Vasquez – assistant engineer
Rob Marinissen, Chrystene Carroll – photography

References

↑ Demalon, Tom. "Baby Animals Baby Animals review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
↑ Joy, Alison (15 February 1992). "Baby Animals 'Baby Animals'". Kerrang!. 379. London, UK: EMAP. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
↑ "Australiancharts.com – Baby Animals – Baby Animals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ "Charts.org.nz – Baby Animals – Baby Animals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Baby Animals – Baby Animals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1992". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1992 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.

Preceded by Diamonds and Pearls by Prince and the New Power Generation	Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album 2 February - 14 March 1992	Succeeded by Hepfidelity by Diesel

Baby Animals

Suze DeMarchi Dave Leslie Dario Bortolin Mick Skelton Eddie Parise Frank Celenza

Studio albums	Baby Animals (1991) Shaved and Dangerous (1993) Il Grande Silenzio (2008) This Is not the End (2013)

Other albums	BA25 (2016)

Singles	"Early Warning" (1991) "Rush You" (1991) "Painless" (1991) "One Word" (1992) "Ain't Gonna Get" (1992) "Impossible to Fly" (1992) "Don't Tell Me What to Do" (1993) "At the End of the Day / Backbone" (1993) "Lights Out at Eleven" (1994) "Email" (2013) "Stitch" (2013)

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ARIA Award for Album of the Year

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Temple of Low Men by Crowded House (1989)
Matchbook by Ian Moss (1990)
Blue Sky Mining by Midnight Oil (1991)
Baby Animals by Baby Animals (1992)
Hepfidelity by Diesel (1993)
The Honeymoon Is Over by The Cruel Sea (1994)
Don't Ask by Tina Arena (1995)
Hourly, Daily by You Am I (1996)
Savage Garden by Savage Garden (1997)
Unit by Regurgitator (1998)
Internationalist by Powderfinger (1999)
Reflector by Killing Heidi (2000)
Odyssey Number Five by Powderfinger (2001)
Barricades & Brickwalls by Kasey Chambers (2002)
Vulture Street by Powderfinger (2003)
Get Born by Jet (2004)
The Sound of White by Missy Higgins (2005)
Tea & Sympathy by Bernard Fanning (2006)
Young Modern by Silverchair (2007)
Apocalypso by The Presets (2008)
Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun (2009)
Down the Way by Angus & Julia Stone (2010)
Moonfire by Boy & Bear (2011)
Making Mirrors by Gotye (2012)
Lonerism by Tame Impala (2013)
1000 Forms of Fear by Sia (2014)
Currents by Tame Impala (2015)

ARIA Award for Breakthrough Artist

Album	...Ish by 1927 (1989) Tales of the City by Rockmelons (1989) Matchbook by Ian Moss (1990) Safety in Numbers by Margaret Urlich (1991) Baby Animals by Baby Animals (1992) Marvin the Album by Frente! (1993) Get on Board by The Badloves (1994) Frogstomp by Silverchair (1995) Tu-Plang by Regurgitator (1996) Savage Garden by Savage Garden (1997) Left of the Middle by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) The Living End by The Living End (1999) Reflector by Killing Heidi (2000) Since I Left You by The Avalanches (2001) Polyserena by George (2002) Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem (2003) Get Born by Jet (2004) The Sound of White by Missy Higgins (2005) Wolfmother by Wolfmother (2006) Sneaky Sound System by Sneaky Sound System (2007) Lessons to Be Learned by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) Ladyhawke by Ladyhawke (2009) Moonfire by Boy & Bear (2011)

Single	"That's When I Think of You" by 1927 (1989) "Tucker's Daughter" by Ian Moss (1990) "Token Angels" by Wendy Matthews (1991) "Early Warning" by Baby Animals (1992) "Ordinary Angels" by Frente! (1993) "Lost" by The Badloves (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "It's Alright" by Deni Hines (1996) "Shut My Eyes" / "Eight Step Rail" by The Superjesus (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "Lucky Star" by Alex Lloyd (1999) "Get Set" by Taxiride (1999) "Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000) "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches (2001) "Get Free" by The Vines (2002) "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004) "O Yeah" by End of Fashion (2005) "Forever Young" by Youth Group (2006) "Just a Song About Ping Pong" by Operator Please (2007) "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) "My Delirium" by Ladyhawke (2009) "Feeding Line" by Boy & Bear (2011)

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