Anyway, I feel a little better.
I remember the singles from this album back in the 80s intermixed with all the other 80s songs I remember. Pretty good, but nothing I was going to get worked up about. Then, in 1997, an employee of mine when I was managing restaurants, suggested I listen to the entire album as it was wonderful. (Before I could do that, though, he got fired for pinching a female co-worker's nipple with his chef's tongs.) I finally got around to listening to it in mid-2004, and I remember being thoroughly impressed. This one would again fit in with my "pleasantly surprised" category. I'd almost call it something in between New Wave and Prog/Classic Rock. A unique and attractive sound.
The singles are great, and the b-sides (as some of you may remember) were difficult to find. The mixes are great, and I love the original cover, so I didn't change it much. I just messed with the font a bit, and gave it some depth...
Anyway, I'm going to go try and relax with the fam, as work SUCKED DICK today, and I need a fucking break from idiocy.
Sorry your day sucked. I can relate.
ReplyDeleteBack to the FAR MORE IMPORTANT GEEKERY AT HAND HERE THOUGH... :D
Technically speaking, Deeper And Deeper kinda belongs more with Phantoms. Though perhaps you weren't/aren't going to do Phantoms, in which case it fits just fine and dandy right here.
Those (two albums) are/were definitely their greatest moments. If you're not familiar with them, I would highly recommend digging around and finding (producer) Rupert Hine's solo albums from this period, especially 83's The Wildest Wish To Fly. He was on a pretty hot streak during that era - Fixx/Saga/Howard Jones/Tina Turner, plus Man On The Line, the best record Chris De Burgh ever made by a large distance. But the combination was best with The Fixx. When you hear his own albums, there's a very definite "older/younger" brothers vibe to them.
Oh my gosh, SO AGREED about Chris de Burgh! I love "Flying Colours" (mainly for "Carry Me," which never fails to make me cry whenever I listen to it), but "Man on the Line" is just superb from start to finish. There's not a single weak track on that album, and it doesn't hurt that Tina Turner guests on a song, either.
DeleteOne more tidbit about Rupert Hine -- he also produced Stevie Nicks's "The Other Side of the Mirror," which I think is by FAR her best solo album (well, okay, "Bella Donna" is pretty great, too). "Rooms on Fire" seriously sounds like something he could have done himself.
I think this is the first album you've posted where I already have everything...but as the album and band are excellent and deserving of much more love than they've gotten from the masses since their heyday, I hope someone new discovers them through this post. They're a band worthy of digging deeper (and deeper) into their back catalogue. Start with Shuttered Room and keep going. The latest album, Beautiful Friction, is great.
ReplyDeleteTHEY HAVE A NEW ALBUM?!?
Delete*scurries off to Amazon to order it*
well, it's not THAT new (2012)...but it is a good one. The single "Anyone Else" is classic Fixx. There's a new album in the works but no news on when that one comes out. If they come to a town near you, I strongly suggest making the effort to see them. They put on a killer live show - Cy is always entertaining and the band is tight.
DeleteGreat Post!
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