Bad Animals
Studio album by Heart
Released	June 6, 1987
Recorded	January – May 1987
Genre	Hard rock
Length	40:48
Label	Capitol
Producer	Ron Nevison
Heart chronology
Heart (1985) Bad Animals (1987) Brigade (1990)
Singles from Bad Animals
"Alone / Barracuda (live)" Released: 16 May 1987 "Who Will You Run To / Magic Man (live)" Released: 15 August 1987 "There's the Girl / Bad Animals" Released: 7 November 1987 "I Want You So Bad / Easy Target" Released: 20 February 1988

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	C [2]
Rolling Stone	(average) [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Bad Animals is the ninth studio album, but tenth album overall by the rock band Heart. Released in 1987, the album was another major hit scoring similar success to their previous record Heart in 1985. RIAA certification as of 2010 is five times platinum, indicating sales in excess of five million copies in the US alone. The album reached No. 2 on the Billboard album chart. Bad Animals contained the number one hit single "Alone", while "Who Will You Run To" reached No. 7, "There's the Girl" reached No. 12, and "I Want You So Bad" reached No. 49. The album is notable for containing only four tracks with writing contributions from lead members Ann and Nancy Wilson.

The album found the band in fine form, continuing the mainstream hard rock style from their previous album while adding more depth and emotion to the overall performance. In addition to the four singles, two other tracks were notable: "Wait for an Answer" due to Ann Wilson's opera-meets-metal vocal delivery, and the title track for its intertwining passages of Black Sabbath style darkness with Pink Floyd-esque brightness.

Track listing [edit]

1. "Who Will You Run To" (Diane Warren) – 4:06
2. "Alone" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:38
3. "There's the Girl" (Holly Knight, Nancy Wilson) – 3:50
4. "I Want You So Bad" (Kelly, Steinberg) – 4:21
5. "Wait for an Answer" (Lisa Dalbello) – 4:31
6. "Bad Animals" (Ann Wilson, N. Wilson, Denny Carmassi, Mark Andes, Howard Leese, Sterling Crew) – 4:54
7. "You Ain't So Tough" (Steve Kipner, Peter Beckett) - 4:05
8. "Strangers of the Heart" (Duane Hitchings, Sue Shifrin, Andes) - 3:41
9. "Easy Target" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Sue Ennis) - 3:58
10. "RSVP" (A. Wilson, N. Wilson, Ennis) - 3:39

Chart performance [edit]

Personnel [edit]

Band members [edit]

• Ann Wilson – lead and backing vocals
• Nancy Wilson – backing and lead vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Howard Leese – backing vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Mark Andes – bass guitar
• Denny Carmassi – drums

Additional musicians [edit]

• Tom Kelly – backing vocals
• Mike Moran – keyboards

Production [edit]

• Produced By Ron Nevison
• Engineered & Mixed By Michael Christopher, Stan Katayama, Ron Nevison, Jeff Poe, Julian Stoll & Toby Wright

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• "Bad Animals" at discogs; click on "more images" for publishing credits