Greatest Hits (Baby Animals album)

Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by Australian hard rock band Baby Animals. The album includes tracks from the band's four studio albums to date, and three new singles. The album was released digitally on 15 February 2019 to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary.[3]

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by
Released15 February 2019
Recorded1990–2018
LabelBloodlines Records
Baby Animals chronology
The Essential Five
(2018)
Greatest Hits
(2019)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Tonight"
    Released: 2 February 2018[1]
  2. "How Do I Make You"
    Released: 15 February 2019[2]

Lead singer Suze DeMarchi said "The whole 30-year thing to me is a little hard to wrap my head around because I don't feel any different; obviously we're older but our reason for doing it all is just for fun and we've always said that."[4]

The album was supported with an Australian tour in May 2019, with special guest Killing Heidi.[3] DeMarchi said "We are so pumped for this tour, and to share the stage with Killing Heidi – can't wait to get out there and play live again!"[5]

Background and release

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Baby Animals were formed in Sydney in 1989 and released their self-titled debut studio album in September 1991, which peaked at number 1 on the ARIA Charts, was certified 8× platinum and the band won three ARIA Music Awards at the Awards of 1992, including the Album of the Year.[5] The band's second studio album, Shaved and Dangerous was released in 1993, peaked at number 2 and was certified gold, before disbanding in 1996.[4] In 2007, the band reformed and released an acoustic album, titled Il Grande Silenzio, before an album of new music in 2013, titled This Is not the End, which peaked at number 19. In 2016, the band re-released their debut album, under the title BA25.[6] Baby Animals have continued to tour, having just come off the Red Hot Summer Tour performing alongside the likes of Suzi Quatro, The Screaming Jets and The Angels.[4]

The album was announced alongside the album's second single "How Do I Make You", a cover of a Linda Ronstadt song. On social media, DeMarchi wrote "Our new single... from our Greatest Hits album [was] originally recorded by the beautiful Linda Ronstadt, one of my childhood inspirational women" [7]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)AlbumLength
1."Early Warning"
Baby Animals3:56
2."Rush You"
  • DeMarchi
  • Leslie
  • Parise
Baby Animals4:08
3."Painless"
  • DeMarchi
  • Parise
Baby Animals3:41
4."One Word"
  • DeMarchi
  • Steve Elson
Baby Animals3:56
5."Working for the Enemy"
  • DeMarchi
  • Parise
Baby Animals4:30
6."Break My Heart"
  • DeMarchi
  • Parise
Baby Animals4:02
7."Ain't Gonna Get"
  • DeMarchi
  • Elson
Baby Animals2:58
8."Impossible to Fly"
  • DeMarchi
  • Elson
non-album single3:22
9."Don't Tell Me What to Do"
  • DeMarchi
  • Leslie
  • Parise
Shaved and Dangerous4:11
10."At the End of the Day"
  • DeMarchi
  • Parise
Shaved and Dangerous2:51
11."Lights Out at Eleven"
  • DeMarchi
  • Leslie
  • Parise
Shaved and Dangerous5:28
12."Backbone"
  • DeMarchi
  • Leslie
  • Parise
Shaved and Dangerous5:15
13."Email"
  • DeMarchi
  • Leslie
This Is not the End3:45
14."Stitch"
  • DeMarchi
This Is not the End3:45
15."Invisible Dreamer"
  • DeMarchi
  • Leslie
This Is not the End3:44
16."Got It Bad"
  • DeMarchi
  • Leslie
This Is not the End3:38
17."Tonight" Greatest Hits3:36
18."How Do I Make You"Greatest Hits2:15
19."The Long Goodbye" Greatest Hits3:57
20."Satellite"
  • DeMarchi
  • Leslie
Il Grande Silenzio3:10

Release history

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Region Date Format Label
Australia 15 February 2019[8] Bloodlines

References

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  1. ^ "Tonight - single". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  2. ^ "BABY ANIMALS ANNOUNCE 30TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL TOUR". Bloodlines Music. January 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b "The Baby Animals cover Linda Ronstandt for their First Greatest Hits album". 31 January 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Baby Animals all grown up with Greatest Hits Tour". Community News. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "BABY ANIMALS ANNOUNCE 30TH ANNIVERSARY NATIONAL TOUR". Bloodlines Music. February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Baby Animals". Mushroom Music. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  7. ^ "LISTEN TO BABY ANIMALS COVER LINDA RONSTADT". I Like Your Old Stuff. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Greatest Hits by Baby Animals". Apple Music. Retrieved 18 August 2019.