Wild Animal

Wild Animal
Studio album by Vanity
Released November 10, 1984
Recorded January–February, 1984
Studio Allen Zentz Recording in Hollywood
Genre R&B
Length 32:49
Label Motown
Producer Bill Wolfer, Vanity
Vanity chronology
Vanity 6
(1982)		 Wild Animal
(1984)		 Skin On Skin
(1986)
Singles from Wild Animal
  1. "Pretty Mess"
    Released: September 7, 1984
  2. "Mechanical Emotion"
    Released: November 26, 1985

Wild Animal is the debut solo studio album by Canadian singer Vanity. It was released by Motown Records on November 10, 1984.

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, Robert Christgau gave Wild Animal a "C–" and compared the record to Vanity 6: "Where formerly she talked her way through bright, crisp, rocking high-end arrangements and kept the smut simple, here she "sings" verbose, amelodic fantasies rendered even duller by a dim, bassy mix. And anyone who dreamed that she'd liberated herself from pornographic role-playing should get a load of the electric dildos, come-stained frocks, and psychedelic sex slavery she flaunts as she strikes out on her own."[1] AllMusic editor Alex Henderson was somewhat more enthusiastic in a retrospective review, giving the album three out of five stars while writing, "Wild Animal is essentially an R&B album, but Vanity laces her R&B with big doses of rock and pop. Despite her obvious limitations as a vocalist, Wild Animal is a respectable solo debut. But the public refused to take Vanity seriously as a solo artist, and this album's unimpressive sales reflected that."[2]

Track listing

All songs published by Jobete Music Co., Inc. & Wolftoons Music (ASCAP). All lyrics and melodies composed by Vanity. All music composed, performed, and arranged by Bill Wolfer, except † lyrics composed by Robert Bruce McCan (Vanity's former boyfriend at that time).[3]

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Flippin' Out"  5:00
2."Pretty Mess"  3:44
3."Samuelle"  4:14
4."Strap On 'Robbie Baby'" (Written by Robbie Bruce†)4:12
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."Wild Animal"  4:39
6."Mechanical Emotion"  5:05
7."Crazy Maybe" (Written by Vanity, Bill Wolfer†)5:00

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1984) Peak position
U.S. Billboard R&B Albums 14[4]

Singles

Year Title U.S. U.S. R&B U.S. dance
1984 "Pretty Mess" 75[6] 15 13[7]
1985 "Mechanical Emotion" 107[8] 23 —

References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert (November 27, 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Wild Animal". AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Buchalter, Gail (1984-10-15). "Her Romance with Prince Hit the Rocks, but Vanity's Singing Career Is Going Grrr-Eat". People.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  4. ↑ "Wild Animal". Allmusic. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Vanity Music News & Info". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (10th ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 739. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
  7. ↑ ((( Vanity > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ))). allmusic (1959-01-04). Retrieved on 2010-08-18.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Bubbling Under The Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004 (2nd ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 277. ISBN 0-89820-162-4.
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