Bad Animals (studio album)
by Heart
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Bad Animals is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Heart on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Heart is Dreamboat Annie which is ranked number 2264 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 712.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 hours ago |  CaptainPain | 3,278 | 61/100 |
| ! | 11/20/2025 05:24 | Proto | 3,863 | 33/100 |
| ! | 10/17/2025 20:34 | Johnnyo | 9,639 | 77/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2025 10:49 | timosbuecherei | 300 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2025 22:16 | Pluto11 | 11,732 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.7/100, a mean average of 67.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.
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An ok album, very typical of late eighties synth rock (which I don't dislike). I still have the tape, bit muffled now due to the countless playing in the car during the late eighties! If I see a near mint vinyl copy I will buy it without hesitation, if the price is right.
TheDude85 09/22/2020 20:15 | #258547
I respectfully have to disagree with BEA contributer Fischman regarding the Wilson sisters descent into mediocrity with this album. While it is true that they began to often rely on Record company shill songwriters like Diane Warren and Billy Steinberg to pen most of their songs, Ann and Nancy continued to compose a fair share of their own material as in the "Dog and Butterfly"/"Dreamboat Annie" days - (and performance-wise the women could still belt out estrogen amped Zeppelinesque cuts with abandon.) The last two songs on this album did not get the attention they deserved, over-shadowed by the glammed up public adoration heaped on "Alone" and "Who Will I Run To", yet a closer listen reveals solid Heart melodies and lyricism equally worthy of praise that had been previously awarded to "Barracuda"-like and "Crazy On You"-like hits. Contributing to these two songs was long-time collaborator Sue Ennis who has been writing with the Wilson sisters since the beginning.
Fischman 12/05/2018 20:45 | #226290
After sowing the seed of sellout with the highly successful eponymous titled comeback album, Heart fully and completely abandoned any pretense of being a quality band and went mega commercial on this one. The descent into artistic mediocrity was complete.
The first album I heard from heart. Overall, great album
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