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Old British modern rockers never retire--they just cut their hair and go acoustic.... Such is the 1998 LP, The Fixx -- Elemental....
The good stuff comes early with some memorable guitar hooks on "Two
Different Views," "Going Without" and best of all, "Happy Landings."
Lead singer Cy Curnin displays excellent vocals as he examines what is
undoubtedly the peak-and-valley popularity of the band's past. The
Fixx's signature great guitars hold the songs together well.
Track listing 1. Two Different Views 2. Going Without 3. Is That It? 4. Happy Landings 5. Silent House 6. Fatal Shore 7. Ocean Blue 8. You Know Me 9. We Once Held Hands 10. Life's What's Killing Me
Product Details
Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
Original Release Date: April 7, 1998
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Sanctuary Records
The Fixx Biography
A London-based new wave group that managed to sustain a successful
career in America for several years in the mid-'80s, the Fixx always
flirted with the mainstream with their catchy, keyboard-driven pop.
Formed by college friends vocalist/keyboardist Cy Curnin and drummer
Adam Woods in the early '80s, the pair advertised in the music press
for additional members; the remaining members of the group -- guitarist
Jamie West-Oram, keyboardist Rupert Greenall, and bassist Charlie
Barret -- all responded to the ad. Taking the name the Portraits, the
band recorded a single for Ariola Records, "Hazards in the Home," which
failed to gather much attention. Within a year, the band had changed
their name to the Fixx and recorded "Lost Planes," the single that led
to a record contract with MCA.
The Fixx released their debut
album, the Rupert Hine-produced Shuttered Room, in 1982. The record
spawned two minor U.K. hits, "Stand or Fall" and "Red Skies," and spent
a short time in the charts. In America, none of the singles were hits,
yet the album stayed on the charts for nearly a year. After Shuttered
Room, Barret left the group and was replaced by Dan K. Brown. Reach the
Beach, released in 1983, established them as a hit-making force in the
U.S. The terse, pulsating "One Thing Leads to Another" became a number
four hit, sending the album into the Top Ten. Reach the Beach would go
platinum by the end of the year, launching two more Top 40 singles --
"Saved by Zero" and "Sign of Fire." Despite all of their American
success, the Fixx failed to break back into the British charts with
Reach the Beach; in fact, they never had another British hit in their
career.
The Fixx returned in 1984 with Phantoms. While it
performed well -- it peaked at number 19 and went gold -- it didn't
match the success of Reach the Beach; after it launched the number 15
single "Are We Ourselves?" the record fell off the charts. Although
their audience was shrinking, the band kept their basic, synth-driven
sound intact for 1986's Walkabout, which featured the hit "Secret
Separation." After Walkabout, the Fixx stopped working with producer
Rupert Hine, which resulted in a harder, more guitar-oriented sound for
1988's Calm Animals. The album charted at number 72, but it spawned no
hit singles. Ink (1991), the group's next album, didn't reverse their
declining fortunes, even though they tried to update their sound with
an emphasis on guitars and slick, dance-ready beats. After the record
failed to recapture their mainstream audience, the Fixx seemed to fade
away before resurfacing in 1998 with Elemental. A year later, they
returned with 1011 Woodland, a collection of re-recordings of their
greatest hits
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