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.

References

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. Keep Your Distance at AllMusic
5. 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.
6. "Curiosity Killed the Cat | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
7. "Curiosity Killed the Cat Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
8. 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.
9. "Austriancharts.at – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). Hung Medien.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
11. "Offiziellecharts.de – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
12. "Tonlist Top 40". DV. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
13. "Hit Parade Italia – Gli album più venduti del 1987" (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
14. "Charts.nz – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
15. "Swedishcharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
16. "Swisscharts.com – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". Hung Medien.
17. "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".
18. "Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1987".
19. "Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Albums". Record Mirror. London, England: Spotlight Publications: 37. 23 January 1988.
20. "British album certifications – Curiosity Killed the Cat – Keep Your Distance". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 25 July 2012.