Baby Animals (album)

Baby Animals
Studio album by Baby Animals
Released	2 September 1991
Studio	Bearsville (Bearsville, New York)
Genre	Rock
Length	44:37
Label	Imago
Producer	Mike Chapman
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 debut album by Australian band Baby Animals, released in September 1991. The album debuted at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart and spent six weeks at number one, eventually going eight times platinum[3] and becoming the highest-selling debut Australian rock album until the release of Jet's Get Born album 12 years later. In October 2010, Baby Animals was listed in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums.[4]

Track listing

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

Personnel

Baby Animals

• 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

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Baby Animals Chart (1991–1992) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 1 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[6] 21 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] 50 UK Albums (OCC)[8] 70

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Baby Animals Chart (1991) Position Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 2 Chart (1992) Position New Zealand (RIANZ)[10] 50

Certifications

Certifications for Baby Animals

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11]	4× Platinum	280,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Demalon, Tom. "Baby Animals Baby Animals review". AllMusic. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
2. Joy, Alison (15 February 1992). "Baby Animals 'Baby Animals'". Kerrang!. Vol. 379. London, UK: EMAP.
3. "Baby Animals Announce 25th Anniversary Tour Dates With Original Lineup". Music Feeds. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
4. O'Donnell, John; Creswell, Toby; Mathieson, Craig (October 2010). 100 Best Australian Albums. Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 978-1-74066-955-9.
5. "Australiancharts.com – Baby Animals – Baby Animals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
6. "Charts.nz – Baby Animals – Baby Animals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – Baby Animals – Baby Animals". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
9. "ARIA Top 100 Albums 1992". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
10. "Official Top 40 Albums of 1992". Recorded Music NZ. 1992. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
11. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 21.