Continuing the elegantly restrained and artistic route of Workshy but having fun with new variations as they went, the five members of Animals That Swim made a fine second album in the shape of I Was the King, I Really Was the King. Drummer/vocalist Starrs again stepped to the fore as a wryly individual singer, either collaborating with Barker on lyrics or interpreting the other's work with the appropriately dry passion suiting the band's music.