Keep Your Distance

For the Richard Thompson song, see Rumor and Sigh.

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.^[6][7]

Keep Your Distance
Studio album by Curiosity Killed the Cat
Released	27 April 1987 3 August 1987 (US)[1]
Recorded	1986–1987
Genre	Sophisti-pop[2][3]
Length	37:25 63:58 (with original bonus tracks)
Label	Mercury
Producer	Stewart Levine (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7-9) Sly & Robbie (track 3) Pete Smith (track 5) Paul Staveley O'Duffy (track 6)
Curiosity Killed the Cat chronology
Keep Your Distance (1987) Getahead (1989)
Singles from Keep Your Distance
"Misfit" Released: 8 August 1986; re-released in June 1987 "Down to Earth" Released: 7 November 1986 "Ordinary Day" Released: 23 March 1987 "Free" Released: September 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Number One	[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

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

Original CD bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
14.	"Bullet"	3:40
15.	"Man"	3:33
16.	"Corruption" (Dub)	5:26

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8]	47
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[9]	20
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10]	9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11]	29
Icelandic Albums (Tónlist)[12]	7
Italian Albums (FIMI)[13]	8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[14]	19
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[15]	32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[16]	7
UK Albums (OCC)[6]	1
US Billboard 200[7]	55

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	63
Italian Albums (FIMI)[18]	26
UK Albums (OCC)[19]	24

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[20]	Platinum	300,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.