| Walkabout | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the Fixx |
| Cover: | The Fixx - Walkabout.jpg |
| Released: | May 1986 |
| Recorded: | November 1985 |
| Studio: | Farmyard Studios, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Genre: | New wave |
| Length: | 48:32 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Rupert Hine |
| Prev Title: | Phantoms |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | React |
| Next Year: | 1987 |
Walkabout is the fourth studio album by the English new wave band the Fixx, released in 1986.[1] [2] The first single, "Secret Separation", spent two weeks atop the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart in July 1986; it was the band's second No. 1 single on the chart.
The album was produced by Rupert Hine.[1] 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.[3]
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."[4] 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."[5] 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."[6]
All songs are written by Dan K. Brown, Cy Curnin, Rupert Greenall, Jamie West-Oram, and Adam Woods, except when noted.
The Fixx
Additional personnel
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia Kent Music Report[7] | 99 |
| US Billboard Top Pop Albums[8] | 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 | ||