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.[4][5]

Keep Your Distance
Studio album by
Curiosity Killed the Cat
ReleasedApril 1987
3 August 1987 (US)[1]
GenreSophisti-pop[2]
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: July 1986; re-released in June 1987
  2. "Down to Earth"
    Released: November 1986
  3. "Ordinary Day"
    Released: March 1987
  4. "Free"
    Released: September 1987
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]

Track listing

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

Weekly charts
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Australian Albums (AMR)[6] 47
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 29
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)[10] 7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[11] 8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[12] 19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[4] 1
US Billboard 200[5] 55

Year-end charts
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 63
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 26
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 24

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[18] Platinum 300,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References
  1. "Billboard" (PDF). Vol. 99 no. 31. 1 August 1987. p. 82. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. Inskeep, Thomas; Soto, Alfred. "The Bluffer's Guide – Sophisti-Pop". Stylus. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. Keep Your Distance at AllMusic
  4. "Curiosity Killed the Cat | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  5. "Curiosity Killed the Cat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  6. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  7. "Austriancharts.at – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). Hung Medien.
  8. "Dutchcharts.nl – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  10. "Tonlist Top 40". DV. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  11. "Hit Parade Italia – Gli album più venduti del 1987" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  12. "Charts.nz – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
  13. "Swedishcharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
  14. "Swisscharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
  15. http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1987&cat=a
  16. http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/hp_yenda/lpe1987.htm
  17. "Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Albums". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 37. 23 January 1988.
  18. "British album certifications – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Keep Your Distance in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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