Walkabout (The Fixx album)

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Production

The album was produced by Rupert Hine.<ref name="auto"/> Singer Cy Curnin started working on the album while temporarily living in Africa. Walkabout was the first album to include bass player Danny Brown as an official member of the band.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critical reception

Template:Music ratings The Ottawa Citizen called the album "the most well-rounded, honest effort by the group so far, marked by a deliberate attempt to 'uncomplicate' the group's sound, without sacrificing the poignancy of the social messages in the songs."<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The Los Angeles Times called the album the band's best to that point, writing that "the LP's uninventive slices of quirky new wave, tentative funk and Bowie impersonations could have been worse."<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The Sun Sentinel wrote that "the Fixx is capable of creating polished but ultimately passionless and perfunctory pop-funk ... this is not a record that anyone's going to remember five years from now."<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Track listing

All songs are written by Dan K. Brown, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, and Adam Woods, except when noted.

1. "Secret Separation" (Brown, Curnin, Greenall, Jeannette Obstoj, West-Oram, Woods) - 3:51
2. "Built for the Future" - 4:07
3. "Treasure It" - 4:38
4. "Chase the Fire" - 4:27
5. "Can't Finish" - 4:09
6. "Walkabout" - 4:35
7. "One Look Up" - 4:15
8. "Read Between the Lines" - 3:59
9. "Sense the Adventure" - 3:42
10. "Camphor" - 3:53 [with hidden CD track "Peace on Earth (Do What You Can)" - 10:46]

Personnel

The Fixx

• Cy Curnin – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic piano
• Rupert Greenall – keyboards
• Jamie West-Oram – guitars, backing vocals
• Dan K. Brown – bass guitar
• Adam Woods – drums

Additional personnel

• The TKO Horns:
  • Brian Maurice (credited as 'Brian Morris') – alto saxophone
  • Geoffrey Blythe – tenor saxophone
  • Jimmy Paterson – trombone
  • Dick Hanson – trumpet, solos (5, 7)
• Rupert Hine – backing vocals
• Lisa Dalbello – backing vocals (1)

Production

• Rupert Hine – producer
• Stephen W. Tayler – recording, mixing
• Andrew Scarth – technical assistant
• Georgina Rhodes – design
• Iain McKell – photography

Charts

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia Kent Music Report<ref name=aus>Template:Cite book</ref>	99
US Billboard Top Pop Albums<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1986	"Built for the Future"	US Album Rock Tracks	13
	"Secret Separation"	US Billboard Hot 100	19
		US Album Rock Tracks	1

References

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