''Baby Animals'' is the debut album by Australian band
Baby Animals
Baby Animals is an Australian hard rock band active from October 1989 to 1996 and reformed in 2007. The original line-up was Frank Celenza on drums; Suze DeMarchi on lead vocals and guitar; Dave Leslie on guitar and backing vocals; and Eddie P ...
, released in September 1991. The album debuted at number six on the
ARIA Albums Chart
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...
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
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Writing and recording ...
'' 12 years later). In October 2010, ''Baby Animals'' was listed in the book, ''
100 Best Australian Albums
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''.
Track listing
# "
Rush You" ''
(Suze DeMarchi
Suze DeMarchi (born 14 February 1964) is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for fronting the band Baby Animals (1989–1996, 2007–present).
Early life
DeMarchi was born in Perth, Western Australia to Walter and Shirley DeMarchi and h ...
, 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
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" ''
(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
Personnel
Baby Animals
*
Suze DeMarchi
Suze DeMarchi (born 14 February 1964) is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for fronting the band Baby Animals (1989–1996, 2007–present).
Early life
DeMarchi was born in Perth, Western Australia to Walter and Shirley DeMarchi and h ...
– guitar, vocals
* Dave Leslie – guitar
* Eddie Parise – bass
* Frank Celenza – drums
Technical personnel
*
Mike Chapman
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– producer, mixing
*
Kevin Shirley
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– engineer
* Rick O'Neil – mastering engineer
* Mario Vasquez – assistant engineer
* Rob Marinissen, Chrystene Carroll – photography
Charts and certifications
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1991 debut albums
ARIA Award-winning albums
Baby Animals albums
Albums produced by Mike Chapman