Keep Your Distance
Appearance
Keep Your Distance | ||||
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Released | 27 April 1987 3 August 1987 (US)[1] | |||
Recorded | 1986–1987 | |||
Genre | Sophisti-pop[2] | |||
Length | 37:25 63:58 (with original bonus tracks) | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
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Keep Your Distance is the debut album by the British band Curiosity Killed the Cat, released in April 1987. It debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart, and is their only album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching #55.[5][6]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks are written by Curiosity Killed the Cat and Toby Andersen
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Misfit" | 4:03 |
2. | "Down to Earth" | 4:19 |
3. | "Free" | 4:00 |
4. | "Know What You Know" | 3:50 |
5. | "Curiosity Killed the Cat" | 3:20 |
6. | "Ordinary Day" | 3:51 |
7. | "Mile High" | 4:04 |
8. | "Red Lights" | 5:33 |
9. | "Shallow Memory" | 4:25 |
Total length: | 37:25 |
No. | Title | Length |
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10. | "Misfit" (extended version) | 7:03 |
11. | "Down to Earth" (extended version) | 5:58 |
12. | "Ordinary Day" (extraordinary mix) | 5:22 |
13. | "Mile High" (mile long mix) | 8:10 |
Total length: | 63:58 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "Bullet" | 3:40 |
15. | "Man" | 3:33 |
16. | "Corruption" (dub) | 5:26 |
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[7] | 47 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] | 20 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] | 9 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 29 |
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)[11] | 7 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[12] | 8 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[13] | 19 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] | 32 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] | 7 |
UK Albums (OCC)[5] | 1 |
US Billboard 200[6] | 55 |
Year-end charts
[edit]Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[16] | 63 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] | 26 |
UK Albums (OCC)[18] | 24 |
Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Billboard" (PDF). Vol. 99, no. 31. 1 August 1987. p. 82.
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(help) - ^ Inskeep, Thomas; Soto, Alfred. "The Bluffer's Guide – Sophisti-Pop". Stylus. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Keep Your Distance at AllMusic
- ^ Simper, Paul (2 May 1987). "Review: Curiosity Killed the Cat — Keep Your Distance (Phonogram)". Number One. No. 202. London: IPC Magazines Ltd. p. 39. ISSN 0266-5328. Retrieved 6 November 2022 – via Flickr.
- ^ a b "Curiosity Killed the Cat | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
- ^ a b "Curiosity Killed the Cat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 80. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
- ^ "Tonlist Top 40". DV. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Hit Parade Italia – Gli album più venduti del 1987" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Charts.nz – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".
- ^ "Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1987".
- ^ "Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Albums". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 37. 23 January 1988.
- ^ "British album certifications – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012.