sentences:  "Animal" was released as a single on 9 August 1999 which reached number 16 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and polled at number 19 on Triple J's Hottest 100 for 1999.AllMusic's Melissa Giannini described "Animal" in her review of the split EP with Jimmy Eat World.She compared "Animal" with Jimmy Eat World's "Cautioners", "'[Animal'] suffers from Kevin Mitchell's too-prominent nasal vocals, which might have been less apparent had the song not held its position immediately after the remarkably pleasant 'Cautioners'."