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Keep Your Distance

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.[7][8]

Keep Your Distance
Studio album by
Curiosity Killed the Cat
Released27 April 1987
3 August 1987 (US)[1]
Recorded1986–1987
GenreSophisti-pop[2][3]
Length37:25
63:58 (with original bonus tracks)
LabelMercury
Producer
Curiosity Killed the Cat chronology
Keep Your Distance
(1987)		 Getahead
(1989)
Singles from Keep Your Distance
  1. "Misfit"
    Released: 8 August 1986; re-released in June 1987
  2. "Down to Earth"
    Released: 7 November 1986
  3. "Ordinary Day"
    Released: 23 March 1987
  4. "Free"
    Released: 7 September 1987[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarHalf star[5]
Number OneStarStarStarStar[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Curiosity Killed the Cat and Toby Andersen.

No.TitleLength
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
Original CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
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
2010 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
14."Bullet"3:40
15."Man"3:33
16."Corruption" (Dub)5:26

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[9] 47
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[10]20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11]9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]29
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)[13] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[14] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[15]19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16]32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[17]7
UK Albums (OCC)[7]1
US Billboard 200[8]55

Year-end charts

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Chart (1987) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[18] 63
Italian Albums (FIMI)[19] 26
UK Albums (OCC)[20] 24

Certifications

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Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ↑ "Billboard" (PDF). Vol. 99, no. 31. 1 August 1987. p. 82. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. ↑ Inskeep, Thomas; Soto, Alfred. "The Bluffer's Guide – Sophisti-Pop". Stylus. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Top 15 Sophisti-Pop Albums". Classic Pop. 25 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "News Digest". Record Mirror. 5 September 1987. p. 21.
  5. ↑ Keep Your Distance at AllMusic
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 "Official Albums Chart on 3/5/1987 – Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  8. 1 2 "Curiosity Killed the Cat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
  13. ↑ "Tonlist Top 40". DV. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia – Gli album più venduti del 1987" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  15. ↑ "Charts.nz – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
  17. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
  18. ↑ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".
  19. ↑ "Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1987".
  20. ↑ "Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Albums". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 37. 23 January 1988.
  21. ↑ "British album certifications – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Select albums in the Formats field. Type Keep Your Distance Curiosity Killed the Cat in the "Search:" field.
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