Animal Army

"Animal Army"
Single by Babylon Zoo
from the album The Boy With The X-Ray Eyes
B-side Animal Army (Arthur Plays With Animals)
Animal Army (Babylon Bass Mix
Animal Army (Arthur Dubs With Animals)
Released 2 April 1996
Format CD, Cassette, 12"
Recorded 1995
Genre Space rock
Alternative rock
Label EMI
Writer(s) Jas Mann
Producer(s) Jas Mann
Steve Power
Babylon Zoo singles chronology
"Spaceman"
(1995)		 "Animal Army"
(1996)		 "The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes"
(1996)

"Animal Army" is a song by Babylon Zoo, released as the second single from their debut album The Boy with the X-Ray Eyes and the follow-up to the band's UK number 1 début single "Spaceman". It was released in April 1996 and failed to duplicate the success of that single, reaching #17 in the UK Singles Chart[1] and lasting only a further week in the Top 40 before vanishing.[2] In Australia, "Animal Army" peaked at #59 in June 1996, and spent 6 weeks in the top 100 ARIA singles chart.[3]

The single featured an expensive and audacious music video. Select were harshly critical of the single, saying: "No amount of nudity, drugs or free stuff would help make this low-rent gothic mush any better."[4] Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, in reviewing the track, opined that "it isn't nearly as good as ['Spaceman']."[4]

Track listing

CD Promo Single 1996 EMI (CDEMDJ 425)
  1. Animal Army (7" Edit) - 3.58
CD Single (12" has identical listing) 1996 EMI (CDEM 425)
  1. Animal Army (7" Edit) 3.58
  2. Animal Army (Arthur Plays With Animals) 10.47
  3. Animal Army (Babylon Bass Mix) 6.54
  4. Animal Army (Arthur Dubs With Animals) 10.58
Cassette Single
  1. Animal Army (7" Edit)
  2. Animal Army (Arthur Plays With Animals)

References

  1. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/1996-04-27/
  2. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/1/1996-05-11/
  3. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. 1 2 "New Singles". Select. April 1996. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

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